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Free Fashion quiz: 72 trivia questions and answers — designers & iconic clothes. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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Why are women's buttons on the left? Where does the tie come from? Who invented the red sole or the miniskirt? This quiz tells the surprising story of clothes, designers and trends, from Louis XIV's court to the Paris catwalks. Enough to shine in company… and look at your wardrobe differently.
This quiz currently has 72 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 14 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: The New Look. After wartime rationing, these skirts used up to 20 metres of fabric. Some women found it scandalous… but the whole world followed Paris's lead.
Answer: An undergarment of the US Navy. It came out from underneath thanks to 1950s films: Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire', then James Dean, made it irresistibly attractive.
Answer: Hubert de Givenchy. Their friendship lasted more than forty years. One of the dresses from the film sold at auction for over 600,000 euros in 2006, for charity.
Answer: US Army pilots. Their teardrop shape protected the whole field of vision of pilots dazzled at altitude. General MacArthur, then the film 'Top Gun', made them a legendary accessory.
Answer: Actress and singer Jane Birkin. In 1984, on a plane, Jane Birkin spilled the contents of her basket and complained she could not find a practical bag. The man next to her was the head of Hermès…
Answer: Versace. Gianni Versace is said to have chosen Medusa because, like her, fashion should captivate so much that you cannot look away.
Answer: Coco Chanel. Vogue magazine compared it to the Ford Model T: simple, accessible and adopted by everyone. Black, until then reserved for mourning, became chic.
Answer: To reinforce miners' and workers' pockets. Pockets tore under the weight of tools and gold nuggets. Tailor Jacob Davis came up with the rivets and Levi Strauss paid for the patent: a work garment became a global icon.
Answer: An assistant's nail polish, painted on a prototype. In 1993, finding a prototype too dull, the designer borrowed his assistant's red nail polish and painted the sole. The colour became his signature, protected by European courts.
Answer: It was originally a registered trademark. Like 'fridge' or 'Sellotape', a brand name became a common noun. The mechanism itself was perfected in the US by engineer Gideon Sundback in 1913.
Answer: After the island of Jersey, whose fishermen wore knitted sweaters. The knitwear of this Channel Island's sailors was famous. Coco Chanel caused a scandal by using this 'underwear' fabric for elegant outfits.
Answer: Alessandria. Worn by gangsters in American films, then by Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo in 'Borsalino' (1970), it became synonymous with the elegant men's hat.
Answer: Paisley. It is also called a "cashmere" pattern in France, because it decorated shawls from Kashmir before being copied in Paisley.
Answer: Poulaines. The nobler you were, the longer the point: some exceeded 50 cm and had to be held up by a small chain tied to the knee.
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