What Century is it?
Styles
World Fashions
Fashion Vocab Words
Anything Goes
100

Men and woman wore lace, ribbon, and colored silk during this time period. 

What is Baroque and Rococo?

100

Examples of wrapped or draped garments include these.

What are togas and chitons?

100

In the seventeenth century (the baroque and rococo period) world fashions were mostly influenced by this country.

What is France?

100

A white undergarment made of linen or cotton.

What is a chemise?

100

True or False Garment styles tend to reappear throughout history.

True

200

During this time period, sleeves were often detachable and slashing was all the rage!

What is the Renaissance?

200

This was a hairstyle popular in the 1800's, made famous by the mistress of the king. Woman would pile their hair high on top of their head and brush it back.

What is the pompadour?

200

True or False Since the Middle Ages clothing styles of Africa and Asia were strongly influenced by Europe.

False Africa and Asia were not influenced by Europe. Africa and Asia developed their own style to reflect their own culture. They often influenced European styles with touches of the "exotic."

200

A tall hat worn by women during the Middle Ages

What is a henin?

200

During this time period, called a rebirth,  the printing press was created.

What was the Renaissance?

300

During this time period, you might find women wearing Doric or Ionic chitons

What is Ancient Greece?

300

Clothing of the earliest civilizations can be described as this.

What is simple? What is worn for weather protection? What is made of natural fibers? What is fur and leather?

300

Tunics, togas, and himations are examples from these civilizations.

What is Greece and Rome?

300

This is produced from the cocoons of small caterpillars.

What is silk?

300

True or False Technology influences fashion.

True

400

During this time period dresses were very long and trimmed in fur to keep warmth in during the long cold winters

What are the Middle Ages?

400

Like in the past, clothing styles today are influenced by this group of people.

What are the wealthy?

400

The earliest fabric was made of wool and produced in this way.

What is felting?

400

These were created because medieval nobility felt threatened that other social classes were wearing similar clothes as them. These controlled what other classes wore.

What are sumptuary laws?

400

True or False The evolution of fashion grew very rapidly up until the fourteenth century.

False Fashion grew very slowly.

500

During this time period, garments consisted of long tunics and wrapped shawls, richly decorated with gold, tassels trim and embroidery

What is the Ancient World - Babylon, Mesopotamia?

500

The first recording of woman wearing a fitted style garment occurred when?

What is The Middle Ages?

500

The process by which fashion slowly changes, becoming more and more extreme until it switches direction.

What is evolution?

500

The small, decorated triangular panel worn at the front of dresses during the Rococo period.

What is a stomacher?

500

Their clothes were made from linen, created from flax plants grown along the banks of this river

What is the Nile?

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