Results: "People will stare. Make it worth their while."
Published on 12/31/2024
Sources: thefactshop.com/fashion-facts/100-fashion-facts & universityoffashion.com/blog/unveiling-fun-facts-from-fashion-history
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The first fashion magazine ever, titled "Gynasceum sive Theatrum Mulierum" (The Gynasceum or Theatre of Women), was produced in Germany by Josse Amman in 1586. It featured the engravings of the female costumes of all the nations of Europe . . . . . . Do you read fashion magazines?
No
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Yes
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Sometimes
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N/a
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Two of the most popular fashion magazines still in publication today, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, both first appeared in the 1920's - one of the most important decades for fashion. . . . . . . . . Have you ever subscribed to a fashion magazine?
No
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Vanity Fair
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ELLE
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Vogue
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Glamour
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Harper's Bazaar
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Cosmopolitan
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Burda
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Seventeen
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Other
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N/a
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In 1907, an Australian athlete Annette Kellerman was arrested on a beach in Boston for wearing a form-fitting swimsuit. The judge would eventually rule in her favor! (the picture is cropped, open in a new tab for full view) . . . . . . . . Have you ever been detained / arrested for an indecent exposure?
No
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Yes
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N/a
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In 1946 the bikini was finally invented! And immediately banned in several European countries, after the VATICAN declared bikinis as sinful. . . . Introduced in by French designer Louis Réard, the bikini was named after the Bikini Atoll, where atomic bomb tests were conducted in 1946 . . . . . Did you know the bikini was named after the Bikini Atoll?
Undecided
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Yes
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In the 1980s, the 'Power Suit' became a symbol of women's rising influence in the workplace. Pioneered by designers like Giorgio Armani, it marked a significant shift in women's fashion . . . . . . . . Do you own a 'Power Suit'?
Undecided
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Yes! and I'm a woman
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Yes! and I'm a man
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No
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N/a
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"People will stare. Make it worth their while." - Harry Winston. . . . . . . . . . Do you like to be the center of attention?
Undecided
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Yes!
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No
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N/a
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