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Historical Fashion Studies Revision

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hip Hop is a subculture in America in 1980 that was influences by what?

a)

Individualism, Break Dancing& Prejudice

b)

Romanticism, Jazz & Segregation

c)

Humanism, Sportswear & Sneakers

d)

Pop, Protest & Hippies

2.

What is New Romanticism?

a)

Nostalgia towards Romanticism of the 1800's

b)

A fashion movement referencing pirates

c)

A fashion movement where they wore bright colours

3.

What does YUPPIE mean?

(a)  

4.

What were the biggest influences in Power Dressing and Masculine Women in the 1980s in America?

a)

3rd Wave of Feminism

b)

Women in Power

c)

Gender Politics

d)

Escapism

e)

Segregation

5.

What were the biggest influences in the creation of Punk in the 1970s in Britain?

a)

Glam, Feminism & Unemployment

b)

Rap, Escapism & Unisex

c)

Rock, Individualism & Boredom

d)

Inflation, Government & Disco

6.

Choose which movements came from Minimalism in the 1980s in America?

a)

Rock, Hippies, Punk & Rap

b)

Unisex, Glam Rock, Denim, Body Culture & Punk

c)

Disco, Yuppies, Protest & Feminism

d)

Individualism, Conspicuous Consumption, Glitter Rock

7.

In the 1970's the black panthers, the Red Army Faction, the IRA and the PLO were all considered to be...?

a)

Governmental Army Units

b)

TV Series

c)

Terrorists & Activists

d)

Academic Research Groups

8.

What did the 'Hippie' in the 1960s stand for?

a)

Free love, Capitalism & Sovereignty

b)

Bohemian Religions, Communal Living, Peace & Equality

c)

Communism, The Third Reign & Equality

d)

Drugs, Music & Dancing

9.

What caused Individualism in the 1950s in America?

(a)  

10.

What caused sexual liberation in the 1960s?

a)

Bohemian Religions

b)

Drug Experimentation

c)

The Contraceptive Pill

d)

Communal Living

11.

What were the biggest influences in fashion at the start of the 1960s in America?

a)

Mary Quant

b)

Space Race

c)

Star Trek

d)

American Segregation

12.

What was the biggest side effect that the WWII caused in fashion for women?

a)

Women's Roles in Society

b)

Dior's New Look

c)

Mass Production

d)

Privilege for the Middle Class

13.

What are the main influences in 1950s fashion in America?

a)

The 'Teenager' Market

b)

Glam Rock

c)

Existentialism

d)

Jackson Pollock

e)

Rock ń Roll

14.

What was the results of mass production in the 1950s?

a)

The roles of women became more defined

b)

A revolution started

c)

Middle and lower classes of people could wear and own fashion

d)

Teenagers would dress as their parents do

15.

What fashion movement did the American & British Royal Weddings inspire in the 1950s?

a)

Neoclassism

b)

New Romantisim

c)

Yuppism

d)

The New Look

16.

What other name did the Parisians call WWII?

a)

The German War

b)

The War of the Worlds

c)

The Phoney War

d)

The Great War

17.

What were the results of rationing fashion in WWII?

a)

Longer Hair

b)

No Stockings

c)

Shorter Skirt & Dress Lengths

d)

Elaborate Hearwear

e)

Wide Skirts

18.

What influence did the occupation of France in the 1940s have on fashion?

a)

They lost their title as the capital of fashion

b)

They had no clothes

c)

American designers needed to search for inspiration elsewhere

d)

They controlled fashion more

19.

What did women's of-duty clothes consists of in the 1940s in America?

a)

Swimsuits

b)

Jumpsuits & Pants

c)

Wide Dresses & Skirts

d)

Hot-Shorts & T-Shirts

20.

What caused the crash of the American Stock Market in 1929?

a)

Public not being able to pay their debt

b)

Mass Unemployment

c)

Banks going Bankrupt

d)

Decreased Production in Farctories

e)

American Segregation

21.

Who was a Surrealism artist?

a)

Dior

b)

Salvador Dali

c)

Picasso

d)

Michelangelo

22.

What were the reactions of fashion to the Great Depression of the 1930's in America?

a)

Less ornate fashion

b)

Fashionable garments available for lower classes

c)

Elite Classes making their own garments

d)

Fringed Flapper Dresses

e)

Domestic Sewing Patterns

23.

What are all the fashion influences of the 1930s in America?

a)

Gibson Girl, Flappers, Hollywood Movies & Satin

b)

The Little Black Dress, Balenciaga, Full Skirts & Racer Back Vests

c)

Sportswear, Old Hollywood Glamour, Bare Backs, Bias Cut & The Big White Dress

24.

Who were the famous designers of the 1920s?

a)

Elsa Schiaparelli

b)

Coco Chanel

c)

Jean Patou

d)

Dior

e)

Balenciaga

25.

What did a flapper girl look like in the 1920s?

a)

Full flared skirt, tiny waist, dainty shoes, hair in a bun with a small hat

b)

Low waist, shortened hem, androgynous silhouette, bobbed hair, Galoshes & Cigarettes

c)

Long dress with a lean silhouette, Long curly hair, drooping eyes with bare makeup

26.

What are the influences in 1920s modernism?

a)

Primitivism

b)

Cubism

c)

Existentialism

d)

Humanism

e)

Art Deco

27.

Where did the textile artists of the 1902s in America found their inspiration?

a)

Cuba and the Caribbean

b)

North West Africa

c)

Primitive cultures from South America & Africa

d)

South Korea

28.

What influenced the economic growth in America in the 1920s?

a)

Mass Production of Motorcars

b)

Aviation

c)

Laisse Faire Capitalism

d)

Public Debt

e)

Communism

29.

What were the three main things America people in the 1920's protested against?

a)

The Berlin Wall

b)

Prohibition

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Segregation

e)

Unequal Gender Rights

30.

What music genre is synonymous with the 1920's?

a)

Pop

b)

Rock

c)

Jazz

d)

Rap