Mid-Term Practice Test

1. Known as the "Father of Haute Couture" this designer dressed Empress Eugenia of France and Elizabeth of Austria.

Paul Poiret

Charles Frederick Worth

Gilbert Adrian

Jeanne Lanvin

Cecil Beaton

2. Designed a classic suit, still popular today, which consists of a straight cut skirt and jacket.

Jacques Fath

Gilbert Adrian

Coco Chanel

Pierre Cardin

Nina Ricci

3. Even though never shown on the runway, this designer popularized the use of costume jewelry, particularly the wearing of long strands of fake pearls.

Madeleine Vionnet

Coco Chanel

Edward Molyneux

Nina Ricci

Elsa Schiaparelli

4. After living at the Ritz-Carlton with a Nazi, this controversial designer was forced to live in exile, but reopened the design house in Paris in the 1950s.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Madeleine Vionnet

Nina Ricci

5. This designer often used Ancient Greece as inspiration and is known for created the bias cut dress.

Coco Chanel

Paul Poiret

Madeleine Vionnet

Edith Head

Lucien Lelong

6. This designer is known for bold, new colors and popularized the new "shocking pink" color in the 1930s.

Madeleine Vionnet

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Cecil Beaton

Elsa Schiaparelli

7. Taking credit for eliminating the corset, this highly theatrical designer create the "lampshade tunic".

Paul Poiret

Charles Frederick Worth

Madeleine Vionnet

Jeanne Lanvin

Pierre Cardin

8. This designer was well known for draping designs on a small, wooden mannequin instead of using flat patterning.

Madeleine Vionnet

Coco Chanel

Lucien LeLong

Edward Molyneux

Charles Frederick Worth

9. This designer was popular in the 1930's and was known for draping instead of tailoring.

Coco Chanel

Charles Frederick Worth

Madeleine Vionnet

Nina Ricci

Pierre Cardin

10. This icon designer began as a milliner, a maker of hats.

Jean Patou

Elsa Schiaparelli

Paul Poiret

Coco Chanel

Callot Souers

11. This designer had a motto which was "to copy is to steal" and claimed that she eliminated the corset before Poiret.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Madeleine Vionnet

Lucile

12. Rejecting the corset or any understructure, this designer allowed the female form to dictate designs.

Charles Frederick Worth

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Elsa Schiaparelli

Madeleine Vionnet

13. This designer was greatly influenced by growing up in a wealthy home in Rome, Italy.

Coco Chanel

Elsa Schiaparelli

Paul Poiret

Charles Frederick Worth

Nina Ricci

14. Arguably, this individual can be considered the first internationally known fashion designer.

Charles Frederick Worth

Coco Chanel

Paul Poiret

Madeleine Vionnet

Jean Patou

15. Known for many innovations, this designer was the first to use live models to show off creations.

Coco Chanel

Paul Poiret

Charles Frederick Worth

Madeleine Vionnet

Mariano Fortuny

16. This designer left a successful career at MGM to open own fashion business.

Edith Head

Cecil Beaton

Gilbert Adrian

Lucile

Jean Patou

17. This designer thought of self as an artist, not just a fashion designer. Went on to create interiors, textiles, graphics, and perfumes as well as clothes.

Paul Poiret

Charles Frederick Worth

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Cecil Beaton

18. Greatly influenced by the theatre and travel, this designer is known for using both turbans and Turkish trousers.

Charles Frederick Worth

Elsa Schaparelli

Paul Poiret

Madeleine Vionnet

Jeanne Lanvin

19. Influenced by Cubist, Futurist and Surrealist art of the era, this designer created sportswear with bright, bold colors.

Coco Chanel

Pierre Cardin

Edward Molyneux

Gilbert Adrian

Elsa Schiaparelli

20. Among this designer's innovations was the use of knit jersey to create popular, sport designs, using the dropped waistline popular in the 1920s.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Madeleine Vionnet

Paul Poiret

Coco Chanel

Cecil Beaton

21. This designer heralded the guiding principles of: Proportion, Movement, Balance, and Truth.

Paul Poiret

Coco Chanel

Elsa Schiaparelli

Madeleine Vionnet

Cecil Beaton

22. Not only did this versatile designer create women's costumes and clothing, but also produced men's wear and two lines of perfumes, Saint and Sinner.

Edith Head

Coco Chanel

Madeleine Vionnet

Charles Frederick Worth

Gilbert Adrian

23. This designer created the famous Letty Linford dress for Joan Crawford in a movie. The dress then sold over 50,000 copies at Macy's.

Mainbocher

Edith Head

Lucien LeLong

Coco Chanel

Gilbert Adrian

24. Known for dramatically changing the silhouette, this designer popularized the Princess Line Cut.

Paul Poiret

Mariano Fortuny

Charles Frederick Worth

Jacques Doucet

Nina Ricci

25. Starting out young, this designer was an apprentice of a couturier at the age of 13, the head of an atelier at 18, and a premier stylist at 21.

Coco Chanel

Madeleine Vionnet

Elsa Schiaparelli

Charles Frederick Worth

Nina Ricci

26. This iconic Hollywood designer never dressed women for the world outside of movies.

Gilbert Adrian

Pierre Cardin

Edith Head

Mainbocher

Edward Molyneux

27. This designer was greatly influenced by the "avant garde" art movement of Paris in the 1930's.

Coco Chanel

Madeleine Vionnet

Elsa Schiaparelli

Paul Poiret

Pierre Cardin

28. When the film costumes were so popular, this designer created own line of fashion.

Jean Patou

Paul Poiret

Gilbert Adrian

Edith Head

Jacques Fath

29. This Hollywood designer headed the costume department of Paramount Pictures for 29 years.

Charles Frederick Worth

Coco Chanel

Edith Head

Gilbert Adrian

Cecil Beaton

30. Designing for such notables as Sarah Bernhardt and Lilly Langtree, this highly theatrical designer spent fortunes on fetes and costume balls.

Charles Frederick Worth

Paul Poiret

Nina Ricci

Gilbert Adrian

Lucien LeLong

31. A somewhat reluctant couturier, this designer did not open a couture house until age 49, and the house was run by the designer's son, Robert, after 1945.

Edith Head

Paul Poiret

Nina Ricci

Gilbert Adrian

Charles Frederick Worth

32. Rejecting the dropped waist of the 1920's this designer brought the waistline back up to the normal waist.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Coco Chanel

Mariano Fortuny

Madeleine Vionnet

Jean Patou

33. Select style influences from the Middle Ages or Renaissance. Check all that apply.

Gothic architecture

Obsession with cleanliness

The plague

Unchanging styles for long periods of time

Body hair considered undesirable

Wars in the "Holy Land"

Sumptuary Laws

Beauty of the human form

Humanism

Discovery and exploration of the New World

Strength of the human form

Submit

34. Select style influences from the 17th or 18th century. Check all that apply.

Religion

Greek culture

Baroque style ornamentation

Artistic patronage of the d'Medicis

Royal trends

Military influence

Expansion of the Roman empire

Strength of the arch

New technology

Sumptuary Laws

Colonization

Submit

Mid-term Practice Test

1. Known as the "Father of Haute Couture" this designer dressed Empress Eugenia of France and Elizabeth of Austria.

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2. Designed a classic suit, still popular today, which consists of a straight cut skirt and jacket.

3. Even though never shown on the runway, this designer popularized the use of costume jewelry, particularly the wearing of long strands of fake pearls.

4. After living at the Ritz-Carlton with a Nazi, this controversial designer was forced to live in exile, but reopened the design house in Paris in the 1950s.

5. This designer often used Ancient Greece as inspiration and is known for created the bias cut dress.

6. This designer is known for bold, new colors and popularized the new "shocking pink" color in the 1930s.

7. Taking credit for eliminating the corset, this highly theatrical designer create the "lampshade tunic".

8. This designer was well known for draping designs on a small, wooden mannequin instead of using flat patterning.

9. This designer was popular in the 1930's and was known for draping instead of tailoring.

10. This icon designer began as a milliner, a maker of hats.

11. This designer had a motto which was "to copy is to steal" and claimed that she eliminated the corset before Poiret.

12. Rejecting the corset or any understructure, this designer allowed the female form to dictate designs.

13. This designer was greatly influenced by growing up in a wealthy home in Rome, Italy.

14. Arguably, this individual can be considered the first internationally known fashion designer.

15. Known for many innovations, this designer was the first to use live models to show off creations.

16. This designer left a successful career at MGM to open own fashion business.

17. This designer thought of self as an artist, not just a fashion designer. Went on to create interiors, textiles, graphics, and perfumes as well as clothes.

18. Greatly influenced by the theatre and travel, this designer is known for using both turbans and Turkish trousers.

19. Influenced by Cubist, Futurist and Surrealist art of the era, this designer created sportswear with bright, bold colors.

20. Among this designer's innovations was the use of knit jersey to create popular, sport designs, using the dropped waistline popular in the 1920s.

21. This designer heralded the guiding principles of: Proportion, Movement, Balance, and Truth.

22. Not only did this versatile designer create women's costumes and clothing, but also produced men's wear and two lines of perfumes, Saint and Sinner.

23. This designer created the famous Letty Linford dress for Joan Crawford in a movie. The dress then sold over 50,000 copies at Macy's.

24. Known for dramatically changing the silhouette, this designer popularized the Princess Line Cut.

25. Starting out young, this designer was an apprentice of a couturier at the age of 13, the head of an atelier at 18, and a premier stylist at 21.

26. This iconic Hollywood designer never dressed women for the world outside of movies.

27. This designer was greatly influenced by the "avant garde" art movement of Paris in the 1930's.

28. When the film costumes were so popular, this designer created own line of fashion.

29. This Hollywood designer headed the costume department of Paramount Pictures for 29 years.

30. Designing for such notables as Sarah Bernhardt and Lilly Langtree, this highly theatrical designer spent fortunes on fetes and costume balls.

31. A somewhat reluctant couturier, this designer did not open a couture house until age 49, and the house was run by the designer's son, Robert, after 1945.

32. Rejecting the dropped waist of the 1920's this designer brought the waistline back up to the normal waist.

33. Select style influences from the Middle Ages or Renaissance. Check all that apply.

34. Select style influences from the 17th or 18th century. Check all that apply.