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Expert fashion and design quiz: LC4, E-1027, Balmain and De Stijl
The LC4 chaise longue's co-designer, the E-1027 villa's creator, Balmain's founder, Rietveld's art movement and Denmark's PH lamps. Expert, free.
Fashion & Design quizzes
Designers, trends, design, interior architecture
From Paris haute couture to ready-to-wear collections, from Coco Chanel's little black dress to Christian Dior's New Look in 1947, fashion tells the story of silhouettes and of the societies that wore them. This Fashion & Design theme also explores industrial and interior design: Walter Gropius's Bauhaus, the chairs of Charles and Ray Eames, Scandinavian style, Art Deco and the great French and Italian luxury houses.
You can review designers and couturiers, fabrics and cuts, design movements and the objects that became icons. The quizzes cost nothing; pick from five levels, very easy to expert, and every answer comes with an explanation that fills in the story behind the piece or the creator.
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HardFashion & Design
Hard fashion and design quiz: Vionnet, haute couture and Bauhaus
The father of haute couture in 1858, who freed women from the corset, Vionnet's cut, the 1926 Bauhaus city and the Wassily chair. Hard, 10 questions.
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Intermediate fashion and design quiz: Chanel No. 5, Balenciaga, Gaudí
Audrey Hepburn's couturier, the Barcelona chair's architect, Chanel No. 5's launch year, Balenciaga's birthplace and Gaudí's Casa Batlló. Intermediate.
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Easy fashion and design quiz: Dior's New Look, Bauhaus, trench coats
The year of Dior's New Look, the 1965 Mondrian dress, the Bauhaus founder, a polo-player emblem and a British trench coat. Easy, free, 10 questions.
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Very easy fashion and design quiz: Chanel, jeans and famous logos
Who founded Chanel, which Italian city rules Fashion Week, jeans fabric and brands with a crocodile or a swoosh. Very easy, free, 10 questions.
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Frequently asked questions about Fashion & Design
Who popularised the little black dress and Chanel No. 5?
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel made the little black dress a staple in the 1920s, turning a colour then tied to mourning into a symbol of simple elegance. She also launched the perfume No. 5 in 1921, created with the perfumer Ernest Beaux.
What was the Bauhaus?
The Bauhaus was a school of art, architecture and design founded in 1919 in Weimar by Walter Gropius. It championed simple forms and the union of art, craft and industry. It later moved to Dessau and then Berlin, and ceased operating in 1933 under pressure from the Nazi regime.
What is haute couture?
Haute couture is a protected designation in France, granted to fashion houses that meet strict requirements: made-to-measure garments, handmade in Parisian workshops and shown in regular presentations. Its founding is often credited to the Englishman Charles Frederick Worth, who set up in Paris around 1858.