The art of dressmaking in France.

A tough cotton fabric.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A male designer in France.