Fashion trends started by royalty by accident
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Q 01Which royal's wedding dress popularised white as the colour for brides?
- AQueen Victoria
- BMarie Antoinette
- CEmpress Joséphine
- DQueen Charlotte
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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria wore white satin and Honiton lace to marry Albert in 1840; other brides had worn white before, but coverage of her wedding made the look fashionable.
Q 02Which royal's sweatshirt-and-bike-shorts gym look became an athleisure template?
- APrincess Anne
- BPrincess Charlene
- CPrincess Diana
- DPrincess Caroline
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Princess Diana
Princess Diana's oversized sweatshirts and cycling shorts were just what she wore to the gym, yet fashion writers now hold the look up as early athleisure.
Q 03Which outfit became a children's craze after Winterhalter painted the four-year-old Prince of Wales in one?
- ASailor suit
- BKilt ensemble
- CPageboy outfit
- DHussar jacket
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Sailor suit
The sailor suit. Four-year-old Albert Edward was given a scaled-down version of the Royal Yacht ratings' uniform, and by the 1870s boys and girls in many countries wore it.
Q 04Which French king pioneered wig-wearing among men after going prematurely bald?
- ALouis XIII
- BFrancis I
- CCharles IX
- DHenry IV
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Louis XIII
Louis XIII took up a wig in 1624 as he went bald early, and his son Louis XIV spread the fashion, which ruled European men's dress for about 140 years.
Q 05Which royal's limp, left by rheumatic fever, did society women imitate?
- AQueen Mary
- BQueen Alexandra
- CEmpress Eugénie
- DQueen Adelaide
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Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra was left with a limp after rheumatic fever in 1867; fashionable women copied it so faithfully that the 'Alexandra limp' became a recognised society fad.
Q 06The 'Windsor knot' is named after which king, famous for his wide tie knots?
- AEdward VII
- BGeorge V
- CEdward VIII
- DGeorge VI
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Edward VIII
Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, got his wide knots from ties of thicker cloth, and the Windsor knot was probably devised so other men could copy the look with ordinary ties.
Q 07Which country's soldiers are credited with inspiring the 17th-century fashion for men's cravats?
- ACroatian
- BSpanish
- CSwedish
- DPrussian
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Croatian
Croatian mercenaries in France wore distinctively knotted neckerchiefs that Parisians copied; the style was called a 'Croat', later 'cravat', and Croatia marks Cravat Day every 18 October.
Q 08Which wasp-waisted 19th-century royal was routinely sewn into her dresses?
- AEmpress Eugénie of France
- BQueen Marie-Antoinette of France
- CEmpress Elisabeth of Austria
- DEmpress Joséphine
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Empress Elisabeth of Austria was often literally sewn into her clothes to show off her wasp waist, which she laced to about 16 inches in rigid leather corsets made in Paris.
Q 09Which revolutionary leader's 'Redshirts' inspired a fashion for women's blouses?
- ASimón Bolívar
- BGeorge Washington
- CNapoleon Bonaparte
- DGiuseppe Garibaldi
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi's red-shirted volunteers inspired it, but a royal made it fashion: Empress Eugénie started the women's Garibaldi shirt in 1860, an ancestor of the modern blouse.
Q 10Whose Edinburgh visit in kilt and pink tights launched tartan mania?
- AGeorge III
- BGeorge IV
- CWilliam IV
- DEdward VII
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George IV
George IV, the first reigning monarch to visit Scotland in nearly two centuries, wore his kilt over flesh-coloured tights, and Walter Scott's tartan pageantry made the kilt a national emblem.
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