Homework: Fashion Cycle & Adoption Quiz

Opened: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:00 AM
Due: Friday, 4 April 2025, 12:00 AM

Fashion Cycle & Adoption Quiz

Multiple Choice (Choose the best answer)

  1. Which of the following factors has most accelerated the pace of the fashion cycle in modern times?
    A. Economic depression
    B. Internet and fast fashion
    C. Historical wars
    D. Climate differences
  2. The pencil skirt resurfacing in the 2000s is an example of:
    A. Obsolescence
    B. Fast fashion
    C. Recurring fashion
    D. Trickle down theory
  3. Which of these is an example of fashion influenced by geography?
    A. Pencil skirts
    B. Trickle up jeans
    C. Aran sweaters
    D. Haute couture designs
  4. Which theory of fashion adoption suggests that trends start with young or lower income groups and move upward?
    A. Trickle down
    B. Trickle up
    C. Trickle across
    D. Cycle theory

5.     Which is an example of geography influencing fashion?
A. Trickle across shopping habits
B. Hudson’s Bay blanket coats
C. Pencil skirts in the 1980s
D. Haute couture

True or False

  1. Fast fashion encourages consumers to hold on to clothes longer.
    ☐ True ☐ False
  2. Historical events like World War II had no real effect on fashion cycles.
    ☐ True ☐ False
  3. The trickle across theory involves fashion trends beginning at multiple income levels at the same time.
    ☐ True ☐ False
  4. Economic booms lead to more frequent changes in fashion trends.
    ☐ True ☐ False

Matching

Term

Description

A. Trickle down

1. Trends start with average or lower income consumers and are later adopted by elites

B. Trickle up

2. Trends start with designers or elites and are eventually adopted by the masses

C. Trickle across

3. Trends are adopted simultaneously across different income and social groups

Write the letter next to the correct number:
9. ___ Trends start with the wealthy
10. ___ Trends spread at the same time in all groups
11. ___ Trends start with lower income or younger people

 

Short Answer

  1. Give one example from the reading of how geography influences fashion.
  1. Explain how technology has changed the fashion cycle.
  1. How can understanding the trickle up theory help fashion designers today?

15.  Give one historical or cultural example of how geography has influenced fashion trends.