FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Fashionably Late Trivia Quiz

These arbiters of fashion may have passed on, but their legacy remains.

A multiple-choice quiz by dellastreet. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dellastreet

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,612

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
276

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Rose Bertin is widely credited with bringing haute couture to the forefront of popular culture. Dying in 1813, she outlived her most famous customer by almost two decades. Who was that unfortunate client? Hint

Catherine the Great

Madame de Pompadour

Empress Eugenie

Marie Antoinette

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. Although he died abroad in poverty, this dandy was for many years the arbiter of English fashion. Which long-term friend of the Prince Regent is credited with the introduction of the modern men's suit worn with a tie? Hint

Beau Geste

Beau Pepys

Beau Bridges

Beau Brummell

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Born in Lincolnshire but dying in Paris, which Englishman, official dressmaker to the Empress Eug�nie, is considered to be the father of haute couture? Hint

Frank Winfield Woolworth

Charles Frederick Worth

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Charles James Fox

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Largely forgotten by the time of his death in 1944, this designer had in the 1910s been known in America as the "King of Fashion" and in Paris as "Le Magnifique". Who was this Frenchman, who celebrated the uncorseted female form and devised harem pants and the hobble skirt? Hint

Hercule Poirot

Charles Perrault

Dom Perignon

Paul Poiret

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. The suits and handbags, the numbered perfumes and the Little Black Dress all live on after her, but this queen of haute couture is also remembered for making the sun tan fashionable. Who was she? Hint

Lucile

Coco Chanel

Nina Ricci

Madeleine Vionnet

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. A pioneering knitwear designer and proponent of a more masculine look for women, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) introduced which arresting colour? Hint

Shocking Pink

Jungle Red

Burnt Orange

Electric Blue

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. Inventor of the A-line dress, which designer, who died in 1957, will be forever remembered for the post-World War II New Look? Hint

Christian Dior

Pierre Cardin

Yves Saint Laurent

Jacques Fath

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. Louis R�ard, an engineer by profession, attained fashion immortality in 1946 when he introduced which incendiary garment? Hint

Topless Dress

Tank Top

Hot Pants

Bikini

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Obituarists in 1996 had more than clothes to write about when remembering this designer. Which Musketeer designed the first steel tennis racket as well as establishing a leisurewear empire? Hint

Henri Cochet

Jean Barotra

Ren� Lacoste

Toto Brugnon

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. Although he lived on into the 21st century, which designer of Italian and Russian ancestry is possibly best remembered for creating the "Jackie Look" for Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s? Hint

Halston

Oleg Cassini

Bill Blass

Adrian

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Marie Antoinette

Having opened her own dress shop in Paris in 1770, Rose Bertin, known by her detractors as the "Minister of Fashion", dressed Marie Antoinette until her dethronement, finally making her mourning clothes following the execution of Louis XVI. During the French Revolution Bertin followed many of her customers to England, later returning to France.

Answer: Beau Brummell

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell's career as a fashion icon began when he was a schoolboy at Eton, where he was noted for his fastidious neatness. An early advocate of "less is more" and of scrupulous cleanliness, Brummell was eventually forced to leave England to escape his creditors and died insane in Caen, France in 1840.

3. Born in Lincolnshire but dying in Paris, which Englishman, official dressmaker to the Empress Eug�nie, is considered to be the father of haute couture?

Answer: Charles Frederick Worth

Having moved to Paris in 1846, Charles Worth opened his fashion house in partnership with Otto Bobergh in 1858. He was the first designer to produce seasonal collections, to use live models and to attach designer labels to clothes.

Answer: Paul Poiret

Poiret worked for the House of Worth before establishing his own fashion house in 1903. His clothes were noted for their bright colours, their oriental influence and their free-flowing shapes. Drafted into the French Army in World War I, Poiret returned to find that his clothes had been superseded by simpler designs.

Answer: Coco Chanel

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel opened a millinery shop in Paris in 1910, later moving into couture. Her early innovations included the use of jersey fabric and the adoption of more masculine-inspired, comfortable clothes. The perfume Chanel No 5 was introduced in 1922 and the little black dress in 1926.

The Chanel suit dates from the 1950s, following Chanel's return from self-imposed Swiss exile after the Second World War.

6. A pioneering knitwear designer and proponent of a more masculine look for women, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) introduced which arresting colour?

Answer: Shocking Pink

A friend of, and much influenced by, Surrealists Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali, Schiaparelli called her autobiography "Shocking". Her perfume of the same name came in a bottle shaped to look like one of her most famous clients, Mae West.

7. Inventor of the A-line dress, which designer, who died in 1957, will be forever remembered for the post-World War II New Look?

Answer: Christian Dior

Dior founded his fashion house in Paris in 1946. His first collection, presented the following year, was notable for the amount of fabric used in the designs and was given the name "New Look" by the American magazine "Harper's Bazaar". Dior's "A-Line" collection was unveiled in 1955.

8. Louis R�ard, an engineer by profession, attained fashion immortality in 1946 when he introduced which incendiary garment?

Answer: Bikini

An automobile engineer before he took over his mother's Paris lingerie establishment, Louis R�ard unveiled the bikini in 1946, naming it after the atomic testing site Bikini Atoll. A two-piece swimsuit called the "atome" was released earlier by fellow French designer Jacques Heim, but the bikini achieved notoriety by uncovering the female navel.

9. Obituarists in 1996 had more than clothes to write about when remembering this designer. Which Musketeer designed the first steel tennis racket as well as establishing a leisurewear empire?

Answer: Ren� Lacoste

Ren� Lacoste won seven Grand Slam singles finals in the 1920s, as well as being part of the victorious French Davis Cup team. Nicknamed "the crocodile", he introduced the Lacoste tennis shirt in 1929 and founded the shirt company bearing his name in 1933. Lacoste and fellow champions Barotra, Brugnon and Cochet were collectively known as the "Four Musketeers".

10. Although he lived on into the 21st century, which designer of Italian and Russian ancestry is possibly best remembered for creating the "Jackie Look" for Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s?

Answer: Oleg Cassini

Born in Paris in 1913, Cassini came to America in 1936. Appointed by Jacqueline Kennedy as her exclusive couturier in 1961, he also had a decades-long career as a designer for Hollywood and Broadway.

Source: Author dellastreet

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor bloomsby before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.