Answers to Quiz 2 What is your FQ?

 Answers to  Quiz 2 FQ Questions

We hope everyone had fun with Fashion Reverie’s second Fashion Quotient Quiz. You will find the answers to each question bolded and linked to the appropriate article, giving you more detailed information about the subject of the question. Every week leading up to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week there will be a new quiz. Enjoy!!

1. Who is now the creative director of the House of Christian Lacroix? Sacha Walckhoff  www.fashionreverie.org/?p=736
2. Who invented the monokini? Rudi Gernreich www.fashionreverie.org/?p=1114
3. Which British designer with Vivienne Westwood helped usher in the punk aesthetic into British fashion? Zandra Rhodes www.fashionreverie.org/?p=125
4. Which supermodel fled the Sudan as a child? Alek Wek www.fashionreverie.org/?p=271
5. Who is the first American designer to become a member of the Chambre du Syndicale Prêt à Porter? Patrick Kelly www.fashionreverie.org/?p=732
6. Which French couturier was known for her extensive use of draping? Madame Gres designerindex.net/designers/alixgres.html
7. What 6`2 Bosnian supermodel is known for modeling both women and men’s collection? Andrej Pejic models.com/models/andrej-pejic
8. What is the definition of cutting on the bias? textileglossary.com/terms/bias-cut.html
9. Which French couturier was known as the ‘Queen of the Bias’ cut? Madeleine Vionnet vionnet.com/about/madeleine-vionnet
10. Which female couturier is credited with liberating women from the corset? Coco Chanel encoremag.com/new-york/articles/571/the-woman-who-banished-the-corset
11. What iconic designer is credited for creating the classic black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Hubert de Givenchy alisonkerr.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/style-on-film-breakfast-at-tiffanys/
12. Which couturier’s trademark aesthetic is bubble skirts and ultra-modern shapes? Cristobal Balenciaga designerindex.net/designers/cristobalbalenciaga.html

—Staff