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Fashion Trends Started by Movies — Daily trivia Monday, March 30, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which teen comedy's yellow plaid blazer-and-skirt set became a much-recreated Halloween outfit?
- AClueless
- BRomy and Michele's High School Reunion
- CEmpire Records
- D10 Things I Hate About You
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Clueless
Clueless: Iggy Azalea recreated Cher's yellow plaid for her Fancy video, shot at the same Los Angeles high school where the film was made.
Q 02Which film's opening-scene Givenchy gown cemented the little black dress as a wardrobe staple?
- AMy Fair Lady
- BBreakfast at Tiffany's
- CSabrina
- DFunny Face
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn's dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's survives in three copies; one sold at Christie's in 2006 for £467,200, nearly seven times its top estimate.
Q 03Which actress's personal style inspired the oversized-menswear look popularised by a Woody Allen film?
- AMeryl Streep
- BDiane Keaton
- CJane Fonda
- DMia Farrow
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Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton already dressed in men's vintage clothes, and Ralph Lauren has often claimed credit for the Annie Hall look, yet only one jacket and one tie came from him.
Q 04Tom Cruise wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarers in which film sent sales up roughly 2,000%?
- ATop Gun
- BThe Color of Money
- CRisky Business
- DCocktail
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Risky Business
Only 18,000 Wayfarers sold in 1981 and the style was close to being dropped; after Cruise wore them in Risky Business, 360,000 pairs sold in 1983.
Q 05Which fashion house's archive did Catherine Martin alter for The Great Gatsby (2013) costumes?
- AChanel
- BDior
- CPrada
- DGucci
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Prada
Prada: Catherine Martin reworked pieces from the Prada and Miu Miu archives, many never worn off the runway, and costume historians grumbled the results looked more 2010s than 1920s.
Q 06Which crime film's Depression-era costumes boosted French beret production and maxiskirts?
- ABonnie and Clyde
- BIn the Heat of the Night
- CThe Dirty Dozen
- DCool Hand Luke
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Bonnie and Clyde
For Bonnie and Clyde, designer Theadora Van Runkle ignored Edith Head's advice to 'do everything in chiffon', and after its release maxiskirts replaced miniskirts.
Q 07How did Jennifer Beals' off-the-shoulder sweatshirt in Flashdance get its distinctive cut?
- AThe costume designer slashed it on set
- BIt was a deliberate punk fashion choice
- CShe cut it after it shrank
- DThe director ripped it during rehearsal
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She cut it after it shrank
She cut it after it shrank: Jennifer Beals said the sweatshirt shrank in the wash, so she cut a big hole at the top to wear it again, and the look ended up on the poster.
Q 08What daily challenge did Olivia Newton-John's vintage black pants in Grease's finale create?
- AThey split during dance scenes
- BThe zipper kept jamming under the lights
- CThey required a special adhesive to stay up
- DShe had to be sewn into them each day
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She had to be sewn into them each day
The 1950s pants had a broken zipper, so she was stitched in each day. The whole outfit sold at auction in 2019 for about $405,000, with proceeds going to her cancer centre.
Q 09What was John Travolta's iconic white three-piece suit in the 1977 disco film made of?
- ACotton blend
- BPolyester
- CSilk
- DLinen
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Polyester
Only two of the suits were made for the production; one sold at auction for about $260,000, and critic Gene Siskel famously bought one at a charity auction.
Q 10Building the 2023 Barbie sets used up supplier Rosco's entire remaining stock of what product?
- AA pink lighting gel
- BA pink glitter varnish
- CA pink vinyl laminate
- DA fluorescent pink paint
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A fluorescent pink paint
A fluorescent pink paint: Rosco was already short from COVID supply snarls and a 2021 Texas freeze that damaged materials, and the Barbieland sets took all it had left.
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