Show:
Inventions and Inventors
Designers and Fashion Houses
Miscellaneous
Inventions and Miscellaneous
WWI and WWII
100
created the first sized sewing patterns
Who is Ebenezer Butterick
100
This country had the main fashion houses during WWI
What is France
100
a computer network that played a huge role in globalizing fashion
What is the internet
100
could spin using more than one spindle at a time
What is the Spinning Jenny
100
Girdles stopped being made because this was needed for the war effort
What is rubber
200
added rivets to the pockets of jeans to make them stronger
Who is Jacob Davis
200
Creator of "The New Look"
Who is Christian Dior
200
Designs that move from the runway to stores in the fastest time possible
What is fast fashion
200
Eli Whitney created what?
What is the cotton gin
200
This item was banned for importing due to the attack at Pearl Harbor
What is Japanese silk
300
created the first commercially successful sewing machine
Who is Levi Strauss
300
the Father of Haute Couture
Who is Charles Worth
300
This area became the major fashion house after WWII
What is New York
300
DAILY DOUBLE This allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics and could be mechanized and Who invented it?
What is the flying shuttle and John McKay
300
Who created the lockstitch for the sewing machine?
What is Elias Howe
400
The cotton gin did what?
What is separated the cotton seeds from the cotton fibers
400
Made the " little black dress" popular
Who is Coco Chanel
400
A machine used to spin cotton and other fibers
What is the Spinning Mule
400
DAILY DOUBLE What are the three types of power that came out of the Industrial Revolution
What are combustion, electricity and steam
400
The phrase used to describe rationing?
What is " a fair share for a fair price"
500
DAILY DOUBLE An American inventor and the sewing machine pioneer with a lockstitch
Who is Elias Howe
500
off the rack clothing
What is ready-to-wear
500
Another name for ready-to-wear
What is pret-a-porter
500
How many threads are used in a lockstitch and where is the eye of the needle?
What is the tow threads and the eye is in the bottom of the needle instead of the top