Fashion History I

Sumptuary laws are

Of the various motivations for dress, which is the one generally acknowledged to be the primary motive?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about fashion?

The word tunic is generally applied to a garment that is described as follows:

The name of some authors give to the skirt-like garment worn by Egyptian men and women is...

Woolen garments were worn by Egyptian priests when they served in their ceremonial roles in the temples. T/F

Which of the following textile fibers were most extensively used in ancient Egypt?

The evidence found to date indicates that only Egyptian women were tattooed. T/F

The Minoans lived..

What is the name of the garment described here: A garment for men and women that was cut full and pinned with a number of small pins over the arms...

The name of the garment in which Greek philosophers were most likely to be depicted was

Under this garment the philosopher would most likely be shown as wearing

Infants in ancient Greece were wrapped in bands of fabric, a practice called

The components of Greek military costume included a close-fitting, shaped body armor that, in modern terminology, is called:

The Hercules knot, the stephane, and laurel wreath were all part of Greek costume for

Which of the following garments was restricted in use to male Roman citizens?

Which of the following garments would be worn by a respectable married Roman woman?

Pallium, himation, chlamys, and paludamentum all fall under the general category of

If a Roman man said he was going to "put on the sagum" he meant that

A Roman woman who wore a saffron-colored palla, six pads of artificial hair, and a flammeum would have been

The most elaborately cut, fitted, and patterned garments of any of those classical antiquity were the clothes of

Wool was the fabric most used by poor people during the Middle Ages. T/F

One of the most important elements of Byzantine costumes was

How were married and older women distinguished from unmarried younger women in the 10 &11 centuries?

The reason given for the developement of long, pointed toed shoes in the 12th century by a monk of the time was

These long pointed shoes were called

During the 14th century what had been called cote in women's dress was called a gown. T/F

During the 14th and 15th centuries styles for men and women began to change much more rapidly than had been the case in earlier centuries. T/F

The 15th century jacket was worn with

Until they reached the age of four or five, boys of the 15th century were dressed the same as girls. T/F

The costume of students of the Middle Ages served as the basis for modern academic gowns. T/F

The custom of buttoning men's coats from the left over the right probably originated from the construction of medieval plate armor. T/F

The period which we call the Renaissance

The word "chopines" means

The word camicia in Italian refers to

Spain became a major imfluence in both politics and fashions in the 16th century because

Intermarriage amoung memebers of royal families from different parts of Europe helped to spread fashions from one region to another. T/F

The development of the fashion for wide, stiff neck ruffs came about, in part, because

The slashed decoration with contrasting fabric linings underneath are supposed to have originated

A major change in the fit of stockings came about

Which of the following were NOT elements of men's costume during the 16th century in Northern Europe?

Which of the following are undergarments today, but were a visible part of the outer garments in the 16th century

Which garment is called a conch?

Which garment is called a farthingale?