Clothing History: Fun Facts

TRUE OR FALSE: In the U.S., each person owns an average of 7 pairs of jeans.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Medieval shoes could have been up to 5 feet long.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: In the 1860's, women's dresses became so wide they couldn't fit through door ways.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: In the 1600's, men wore high heels.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Wearing high heels that were green showed that you were exclusive and perhaps wealthy because green dye was expensive.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Up until about 1940, boys wore dresses until they were about 4 or 5.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: The color black has been associated with royalty and upper class.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: Bird feathers used to be used to decorate hats of upper class women, which led to the extinction of some birds.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: The first sneakers were made by Keds in 1917. They were made with rubber soles that were almost soundless.....which is why they got named "sneakers".

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE: The first designer logo ever was the emoji.

• True

• False