Q 01/05

What two-word term describes the shoulder-padded look of 1980s career women?

A) Power dressing

B) Corporate chic

C) Boardroom couture

D) Executive tailoring

Answer · why

A) Power dressing

The look coincided with women entering management in large numbers, and the wider the shoulder, the bigger the statement.

Q 02/05

Joan Collins and Linda Evans helped make oversized shoulder pads a craze on which prime-time soap opera?

A) Dallas

B) Dynasty

C) Knots Landing

D) Falcon Crest

Answer · why

B) Dynasty

The show's costume designer Nolan Miller dressed the Carringtons in ever-bigger silhouettes, and the trend lasted into the early 1990s.

Q 03/05

Which French designer was nicknamed 'the King of the Shoulder Pad'?

A) Thierry Mugler

B) Claude Montana

C) Jean Paul Gaultier

D) Christian Lacroix

Answer · why

B) Claude Montana

Montana's exaggerated, almost armour-like shoulders are credited with defining the whole power-dressing era.

Q 04/05

Norma Kamali's best-selling 1981-82 collection was made from which unlikely fabric?

A) Sweatshirt fleece

B) Parachute nylon

C) Stretch Lycra

D) Stonewashed denim

Answer · why

A) Sweatshirt fleece

The 'Sweats' line got young women back into miniskirts for the first time in a decade and made Velcro shoulder pads mainstream.

Q 05/05

Besides lace gloves and tulle skirts, Madonna's 'Like a Virgin'-era imitators wore big jewelry in what shape?

A) Peace signs

B) Skulls

C) Crucifixes

D) Hearts

Answer · why

C) Crucifixes

The look, much of it from London street designers, also included bras worn as outerwear and 'Boy Toy' belt buckles.