Fall Fashion Trivia

1. Accessorize! Accessorize! Accessorize!

In 1858, Chicago became the nation's first police agency to issue uniforms to officers.

What new addition to the Chicago Police wardrobe was finally approved this week?

Berets
Chaps
Sneakers
Yarmulkes

2. Ready to Wear

Connecticut's Ed Kirko made headlines in the New York Times in 1994 for his unique fashion "design" business.

What would customers pay for the "designer" to do to their clothing?

Send it over Niagara Falls in a barrel
Spraypaint it with graffiti
Photograph it modeled on his farm animals
Shoot it full of holes

3. Slaves to Fashion

At a show in Paris in January of 1995, Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo released a controversial line of fashions.

What served as the inspiration for the designer's questionable fashions?

Holocaust victims
Abused children
Prison inmates
Homeless people

4. Hair-Raising Fashion

To meet a previously ignored fashion demand, Rusk, a Los Angeles hair-care company, introduced in 1992 a revolutionary new product.

What did Rusk's product promise to do for clean hair?

Make hair impervious to rain and mud
Provide the "melted" look of hair on someone who has been electrocuted
Make hair fall out permanently
Provide the feeling of hair that hasn't been washed in three days

5. Can't we all just get along?

After the controversial verdict in the Rodney King trial, portions Los Angeles were ravaged by looting and riots.

What unlikely group organized a clothing drive for victims of the L.A. riots?

Hell's Angels
The American Sunbathing Association
The National Society of Professional Clowns
The Ku Klux Klan

 


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