Styles
What style from the 1920s was characterized by a loose, androgynous, boyish silhouette?
Flapper Style
This shapewear is often portrayed as causing fainting spells and crushing vital organs, which would only result from an ill-fitting one.
Corset
This material is typically acquired boiling the pupas of a certain moth species.
Silk
This color is typically reserved for mourning in european tradition.
Black
Popular 1920s headwear (any)
Tiara, headband, turban / wrap, cloche hat
This style is most associated with which historical icon: Tall and elaborate wigs, wide skirts, french
Marie Antoinette
Type of cloth made in Africa, utilizes colorful, geometric prints.
Kente Cloth
This color was prized by Roman Royalty and the dying process was notoriously smelly.
Purple
Jane Austen's books feature this particular female style of dress. Hint: No Corset
Empire Waist / Regency Dress
Shapewear used in the 20s to achieve a flattening rather than cinching effect.
Girdle
Name three fibers
Ex: Flax, cotton, silk, wool
Vermilion is what color
Red
The victorian era was characterized by corsets made of these two materials:
Steel & Whalebone
This textile is made in Scotland using wool. Hint: My favorite
(Harris) Tweed
Fur coats were popular in the 1920s, but another popular, more affordable style was wool coats with ___ trim.
fur
In addition to the flapper style, the other main silhouette on the 20s was characterized by more feminine, decorative, and historically inspired and was called the ____ __ _____
Robe de Style
Bullet bra
This material was used as decoration for clothing and was typically only afforded for royalty or high nobility in large amounts until a machine alternative was created, a skilled maker could make about 1 square inch per hour.
Lace