Which designer created the 1937 Lobster dress famously worn by Wallis Simpson?
Answer
Elsa Schiaparelli
94 Fashion Icons Of The 20th Century Trivia Questions with Answers
94 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which fashion editor became the first female editor-in-chief of American Vogue in 1914?
Answer
Edna Woolman Chase
Which designer created the 1957 sack dress, a loose silhouette that challenged the fitted fashions of its time?
Answer
Cristóbal Balenciaga
Which designer created the original wrap dress introduced by Diane von Furstenberg in 1974?
Answer
Diane von Furstenberg
Which designer created Madonna’s cone bra corset for her 1990 Blond Ambition tour?
Answer
Jean Paul Gaultier
Which fashion icon designed the 1920s “Robes de Style” with wide, bouffant skirts?
Answer
Jeanne Lanvin
Which supermodel was the first Black woman on the cover of American Vogue in 1974?
Answer
Beverly Johnson
Which fashion icon founded the House of Dior in Paris in 1946?
Answer
Christian Dior
Which designer founded the Italian fashion house Emilio Pucci in 1947?
Answer
Emilio Pucci
Which designer created the red dress worn by Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman in 1990?
Answer
Marilyn Vance
Which designer created the black dress Audrey Hepburn wore as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
Answer
Hubert de Givenchy
Which designer created the 1993 “bumster” trousers with an extremely low-rise waist?
Answer
Alexander McQueen
Which designer opened the Saint Laurent Rive Gauche ready-to-wear boutique in Paris in 1966?
Answer
Yves Saint Laurent
Who designed Princess Elizabeth’s wedding dress for her 1947 marriage to Philip Mountbatten?
Answer
Norman Hartnell
What was the birth name of 1960s fashion icon Twiggy?
Answer
Lesley Hornby
Which fashion house did Elsa Schiaparelli establish in Paris in 1927?
Answer
Schiaparelli
Which designer created the 1970s wrap dress that became a symbol of women’s independence?
Answer
Diane von Furstenberg
Which designer created the 1930s shoe-hat, a surrealist hat shaped like a woman’s shoe?
Answer
Elsa Schiaparelli
Which designer founded the Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani in 1975?
Answer
Giorgio Armani
Which designer created the iconic red-soled shoes of the Christian Louboutin brand?
Answer
Christian Louboutin
Which British designer founded the fashion label Stella McCartney in 2001?
Answer
Stella McCartney
Which model was nicknamed “The Body” during the supermodel era of the 1990s?
Answer
Elle Macpherson
Which photographer took the iconic 1955 fashion photograph Dovima with Elephants?
Answer
Richard Avedon
Which French engineer designed the bikini first presented in Paris in 1946?
Answer
Louis Réard
Which designer became Givenchy’s chief designer in 1996 after Hubert de Givenchy retired?
Answer
Alexander McQueen
Which designer launched Calvin Klein’s first designer jeans collection in 1978?
Answer
Calvin Klein
Which fabric did Halston famously popularize in 1970s American fashion?
Answer
Ultrasuede
Which designer created the 1968 safari jacket known as the Saharienne?
Answer
Yves Saint Laurent
Which Japanese designer created David Bowie’s costumes for the Ziggy Stardust era?
Answer
Kansai Yamamoto
Which Japanese designer founded Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 1969?
Answer
Rei Kawakubo