History of Fashion Design

Very elaborate peasant clothing for special occasions that was passed from one generation to another and became the traditional garb.

• Couture

• Folk costume

• Serge de Nimes

• Denim

The art of dressmaking in France.

• Couture

• Folk costume

• Serge de Nimes

• Denim

A tough cotton fabric.

• Couture

• Nylon

• Serge de Nimes

• Polyester

Long-wearing pants with riveted pockets, made with a tough fabric called serge de Nimes.

• Capris

• Khakis

• Serge de Nimes

• Denim

Tenement workrooms which had excessively long hours in unsanitary surroundings for extremely low wages.

• Factories

• Sweatshops

• Textile Mills

• Denim Huts

The personification of the ideal young middle-class American woman, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States, who gave style to the basic high-neck, puffed-sleeve blouse and long skirt look.

• Flapper

• Twiggy

• Gibson Girl

• Valley Girl

A designer who dominates the field because they are able to capture the spirit of their times and translated it into highly accepted fashion.

• Dominator

• Trendsetter

• Gibson Girl

• Fashionista

By 1965, ___ percent of the U.S. population was under the age of 25.

• 30

• 20

• 50

• 70

Newly emerging market in the 1940s and 1950s as children became teenagers after the post-war baby boom.

• Couture

• Junior fashions

• Kids Clothes

• Crazy Hep Cats

A male designer in France.

• Tailor

• Trend Setter

• Couturier

• Couturière