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Chapter 1: The Fashion Dolls, Supermodels, and Celebrities
True/False Please write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
1. _____ A fashion show is an event where the latest fashion, fabric, and color trends in apparel and accessories are presented on live models to an audience. 2. _____ The true inventor of the modern runway fashion show, using live models on a stage, was Lady Duff Gordon. 3._____ As the primary fashion adviser to the Queen Marie Antoinette, Rose Bertin was the first marchande de mode to be recognized by name. 4._____ The practice of sending and displaying fashion dolls gave way to other methods of fashion communication, and fashion dolls were forgotten in the 20th century. 5. _____ Paul Poiret‘s contributions to fashion show development included creating the first press show or répétition générale and the use of American models in Paris. 6. ______Fashion model Linda Evangelista gained a reputation for being arrogant when she remarked, ―We have this expression, Christy [Turlington] and I: We don‘t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.‖
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7. The first fashion doll was believed to be delivered to: a. Queen Anne, wife of Richard II, King of England b. Empress Maria Theresa of Austria c. Marie Antoinette d. Mrs. Hannah Teatt‘s of Boston e. None of the above 8. Costume historians agree that this designer was the first couturier in France: a. Rose Bertin b. Charles Frederick Worth c. Paul Poiret d. Madame Jeanne Paquin e. None of the above 9. This designer‘s promotional contributions included innovative and controversial window displays, showing fashion designs at chic resorts, and parading mannequins at the races: a. Rose Bertin b. Jeanne Paquin c. Jean Patou d. Paul Poiret e. None of the above 10. This designer was given credit for changing the fashion show from a parade into a polished theatrical performance, involving a revolution in fashion as well as a revolution in showing fashion: a. Mary Quant b. Coco Chanel c. Christian Dior d. Marc Jacobs e. None of the above 11. The American designers who presented their fashion designs at Grand Divertissement à Versailles included: a. Donna Karan b. Halston c. Oscar de la Renta d. All of the above e. b and c 12. The first fashion model was considered to be: a. Marie Antoinette b. Marie Vernet c. Suzy Parker d. Eileen Ford e. Lucile
Short Answer Write in the correct answer in the blank space.
13. The Central Saint Martins graduation collection by ______entitled ―Les Incroyables,‖ featured models who looked like women resurrected from the French Revolution, as they drifted down the runway barefoot, eyes whitened with pale mascara, in tattered clothes sprinkled with dust and cobwebs.
14. Minimalist designers such as ______were able to buck the traditional fashion system, gaining success during the end of the 20th century without advertising, courting celebrities, or presenting fashion shows. 15. Edna Woolman Chase, then editor of Vogue magazine, combined several fashion show elements, including trade shows, society leaders, and a charitable benefit for a wartime cause, into the first major fashion show for the public, which was called ______. 16. ______was the woman who created the job of fashion publicist in the United States. 17. The first fashion shows produced in the United States were presented at______, a retail store in New York City.