Why We Wear Clothes
What is decoration?
This area was named for being situated in between two rivers: the Tigris and Euphrates
What is Mesopotamia?
This is the number of Celtic nations recognized by the Celtic League
What is six?
This is how Breton lace headdresses keep their shape
What is starch?
This Mesopotamian culture restricted women's rights after overthrowing the Babylonians.
Who are the Assyrians?
This small statue shows a beaded headdress and no other clothes, emphasizing the primary reason humans wear clothes.
What is the Venus of Willendorf
This Sumerian garment was made from wool, wrapped around the body, and fastened with a padded belt
What is a kaunake?
Welsh traditional costume is typically reserved for this feast day.
What is St. David's Day?
The Cornish tartan uses these colors to signify their old Cornish kings
What is black on gold?
This was the main reason so many people died during the Irish potato famine.
The forced export of the available food to London.
This historical figure took very ill, then when they got better, they insisted that their previous self had died and that they were now genderless.
Who is The Public Universal Friend?
This fabric was woven from flax, was used to make garments, and was also used to wrap mummified corpses.
What is Linen?
These Manx performers dress in white robes with colorful ribbons affixed to them.
Who are the White Boys?
This term refers to a garment that has been cut and sewn together rather than draped.
What is tailored dress?
This historical writer's books were destroyed in the UK because they didn't like the vulnerable, sympathetic portrayal of lesbians.
Who is Radclyffe Hall?
This term, used to describe what is popular in society, is a German word meaning "the spirit of the times"
What is zeitgeist?
Wearing these in Ancient Egypt was thought to have given powers to the wearer.
What are animal skins?
This Irish garment can be worn with the traditional Leine or over top of modern clothes
What is the Brat?
This term is where we get the word "costume", and is typically viewed as "rules of dress".
What is custom?
This Egyptian Pharaoh was largely erased from the annals of history by her rivals until her tomb was unearthed.
Who is Pharaoh Hatshepsut?
This limitation to garment design takes into consideration what a person might need to do on a daily basis.
What are functional aspects?
These dresses are the main example of ladies' clothes that we still have extant examples of from Ancient Egypt
What is the Bead-net dress?
This small bag is worn around the waist in front of a kilt in Scotland
What is a Sporran?
This term refers to both the Egyptian sheath dress and the Egyptian fringed tunic
What is the Kalasiris?
During this rebellion in 1497, citizens of a Celtic nation marched 280 miles to London. They were subsequently defeated at the Battle of Deptford Bridge.
What is the Cornish Rebellion?