RMM 225 Exam 1 Review – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions
for Exam Preparation
_____ refer to short-lived styles.
Retro
Classic
Fad - ANS ✔✔Fad
Christian Dior's _______ is introduced as an example of trickle-down effects theory.
Disco
New Look
Neo Romance - ANS ✔✔New Look
Christian Dior's New Look gained high popularity in the United States immediately after it was
released.
True
False - ANS ✔✔False
High-end designers' adoption of the Punk subculture's style supports trickle-down theory.
True
False - ANS ✔✔False
, Vivienne Westwood, a high-end British fashion designer, often adopts the Punk's fashion style
as she creates her fashion design. This is an example of ______________ theory.
Twinkle-twinkle
Trickle-up
Trickle-across
Trickle-down - ANS ✔✔Trickle-up
This model explains the fashion process as shifting from one extreme to its antitheses in
repetition. A good example of this model can be found in a fashion process that appeared
between power dressing in the 1980s and minimalism fashion in the 1990s.
Retro/vintage style
Shifting erozoneous zones
Pendulum Swing
Trickle-across theory - ANS ✔✔Pendulum Swing
___________ is the study of signs and their meanings.
Postmodernism
Structuralism
Semiotics
Transportation theory - ANS ✔✔Semiotics
Which of the following items was NOT used as a fashion prop to indicate Princess Ann's inner
and outer changes?
for Exam Preparation
_____ refer to short-lived styles.
Retro
Classic
Fad - ANS ✔✔Fad
Christian Dior's _______ is introduced as an example of trickle-down effects theory.
Disco
New Look
Neo Romance - ANS ✔✔New Look
Christian Dior's New Look gained high popularity in the United States immediately after it was
released.
True
False - ANS ✔✔False
High-end designers' adoption of the Punk subculture's style supports trickle-down theory.
True
False - ANS ✔✔False
, Vivienne Westwood, a high-end British fashion designer, often adopts the Punk's fashion style
as she creates her fashion design. This is an example of ______________ theory.
Twinkle-twinkle
Trickle-up
Trickle-across
Trickle-down - ANS ✔✔Trickle-up
This model explains the fashion process as shifting from one extreme to its antitheses in
repetition. A good example of this model can be found in a fashion process that appeared
between power dressing in the 1980s and minimalism fashion in the 1990s.
Retro/vintage style
Shifting erozoneous zones
Pendulum Swing
Trickle-across theory - ANS ✔✔Pendulum Swing
___________ is the study of signs and their meanings.
Postmodernism
Structuralism
Semiotics
Transportation theory - ANS ✔✔Semiotics
Which of the following items was NOT used as a fashion prop to indicate Princess Ann's inner
and outer changes?
