Loaded Questions 9/12/22 - Fashion
Sock it to me!
Happy Monday! Hope all is going well with you at work. New week ahead, and we’ve got a fashionable set of questions today. Enjoy!
1. What repetitive name was given to short flounced layered skirts, first becoming popular with teenage girls in the 1980s?
2. What word follows "brothel" in the name of a shoe style that became popular with WWII soldiers in North Africa made of thick crepe soles with suede uppers, and follows "Puma" in a relaunch by Puma and Rihanna in 2015?
3. What former director at Liz Claiborne has hosted various TV shows including on Oxygen, and has appeared as a judge on Project Runway? He is the subject of the 1995 documentary "Unzipped".
4. Possibly inspired by operas, what jewelry chain consists of two or three small circular links, followed by one elongated oval link?
5. Born in Fort Wayne in 1922, what fashion designer created menswear, luggage, airline uniforms, Girl Scout uniforms, and Continental car leather?
6. Roy Frowick is the first and last name of what fashion designer, best known for Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat?
7. Headquartered near Venice, what Italian fashion brand is best known for their "United Colors" series?
8. One of the first women to control a French fashion house, what woman born 1866 operated a Parisian salon and was the subject of a number of portraits by Paul César Helleu?
9. Light Blue is a fragrance by what fashion house, named for founders Domenico and Stefano?
10. From the Cantonese for "long robe", what style of tight-fitting dress is usually brightly colored/patterned and has a split at the thigh? It is often worn as a uniform in East Asian schools.
11. Anna Wintour is the editor of American Vogue, but what Ghanaian stylist is the editor-in-chief of British Vogue? In 2020, he commissioned photographer Misan Harriman as the first Black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover.
ANSWERS BELOW
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ANSWERS
1. What repetitive name was given to short flounced layered skirts, first becoming popular with teenage girls in the 1980s?
Rah-rah skirt
2. What word follows "brothel" in the name of a shoe style that became popular with WWII soldiers in North Africa made of thick crepe soles with suede uppers, and follows "Puma" in a relaunch by Puma and Rihanna in 2015?
Creeper
3. What former director at Liz Claiborne has hosted various TV shows including on Oxygen, and has appeared as a judge on Project Runway? He is the subject of the 1995 documentary "Unzipped".
Isaac Mizrahi
4. Possibly inspired by operas, what jewelry chain consists of two or three small circular links, followed by one elongated oval link?
Figaro chain
5. Born in Fort Wayne in 1922, what fashion designer created menswear, luggage, airline uniforms, Girl Scout uniforms, and Continental car leather?
Bill Blass
6. Roy Frowick is the first and last name of what fashion designer, best known for Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat?
Halston
7. Headquartered near Venice, what Italian fashion brand is best known for their "United Colors" series?
Benetton
8. One of the first women to control a French fashion house, what woman born 1866 operated a Parisian salon and was the subject of a number of portraits by Paul César Helleu?
Louise Chéruit (Madeleine Chéruit)
9. Light Blue is a fragrance by what fashion house, named for founders Domenico and Stefano?
Dolce & Gabbana
10. From the Cantonese for "long robe", what style of tight-fitting dress is usually brightly colored/patterned and has a split at the thigh? It is often worn as a uniform in East Asian schools.
Qipao / Cheongsam
11. Anna Wintour is the editor of American Vogue, but what Ghanaian stylist is the editor-in-chief of British Vogue? In 2020, he commissioned photographer Misan Harriman as the first Black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover.
Edward Enninful