100 years of fashion
Across
- 1. the style of the early 1980s.
- 4. (2wds) the style that became popular in 1947.
- 6. (2wds) the shocking style popular in the mid 1960s.
- 7. a stiffening effect that made collars and cuffs harder and helped them to keep their shape.
- 9. the type of dressing that women did later on in the 1980s when they wanted to be taken seriously at work.
- 11. the area of London that the new fashion was named after.
- 13. an umberella type shading device for keeping the sun off a lady's face.
- 15. leg coverings that were needed when dresses became shorter.
- 17. (2wds) a designer who first became famous in the 1930s.
- 18. to be sensible and thoughtful.
- 19. a padded piece of fabric that exaggerated a woman's bottom.
- 20. decorations that go round the edge of fabrics to give them a neat, finished appearance.
Down
- 2. the thing that men's clothing was in the 70s, in contrast to the previous 150 years.
- 3. the part of a dress that covers the breast and stomach.
- 5. regular, sharp folds in a fabric.
- 7. Shoe protectors that first became popular in the mid 19th Century.
- 8. A French word for elaborately styled hair.
- 10. when people were only allowed to buy a certain number of things.
- 12. (2wds) the jumpsuit that was popular during the war.
- 14. a garment made with whale bones, designed to squeeze a lady into a more fashionable and slimmer shape.
- 16. the head wear that was popular during the war for working women.