French Fashion Terms Quiz 2010-04-15 06:50:22

Bonne Chance! Guess the French Fashion Term

April 15, 2010

Besides being a beautiful language, French has provided us with many fashion terms we use even in America. Haute couture, pret-a-porter, noir, gilet — ring a bell? Take our fun French fashion vocab quiz to test your smarts.

15 Comments

mommie 3 years 4 weeks

Fun quiz - and agree that Haute Couture is custom fitted clothes.

chloe bella 3 years 5 weeks

12/13 - Finally, my minor in French has come in handy for something!

SofiaNolan 3 years 5 weeks

ribbons ribbons ribbonsssss!!! I love ribbons!

blackdiamonds 3 years 5 weeks

10/13! Not bad!! I <3 French. Thanks for the interesting quizz

neonbee 3 years 5 weeks

Haha, trop facile.

POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 3 years 5 weeks

11/13. Pas mal!!

bronzebeauty719 3 years 5 weeks

olivia yes Haute couture is related to expensive clothing but that is not its meaning a haute couture dress is custom fit for its recipient. i spent a week in france recently with a friend who is having a custom made wedding dress so we met and visited many designers (it was amazing) but what makes her wedding dress haute couture vs pret a porter is it is being custom fit to her wishes and body not the price (which is obviously a high one).

vinnie 3 years 5 weeks

11/13 - pretty good for a non-French-speaker.

POPSUGAR Fashion 3 years 5 weeks

So so sorry about the confusion ladies. I had accidentally marked the wrong answer for haute couture. It's custom-fitted clothing! Xo.

oliviaobsessed 3 years 5 weeks

Sorry, you are incorrect about Haute couture which is French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking"; pronounced [oːt kutyʁ] and refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish by the most experienced and capable seamstresses, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.

bronzebeauty719 3 years 5 weeks

same as the above question #3 is rating the incorrect answer as correct. Question 3: Haute couture Your answer: Custom-fitted clothes Correct answer: Runway clothes Haute couture, which literally means high sewing, refers to custom-fitted clothes.

GIOVS 3 years 5 weeks

I love this Quiz! ♥

EkaterinaBallerina 3 years 5 weeks

For Question 3, I answered that haute couture means custom-fitted clothes. It says I'm wrong and that the right answer is "runway clothes" but this is reasoning: "Haute couture, which literally means high sewing, refers to custom-fitted clothes." So am I right?

Retro Bunny 3 years 5 weeks

Woo! 13/13! I feel like I cheated though... I'm French Canadian. >< By the way, the word "Pull" is actually not French. It's an English word, "pull-over", that was adopted by the French only recently.

else411 3 years 5 weeks

I'm confused, on # 3 on what the true answer is based on the answer blurb . Haute couture is now considered run way fashion, but before fashion shows, I thought it meant shop made custom clothes. Question 3: Haute couture Your answer: Custom-fitted clothes Correct answer: Runway clothes Haute couture, which literally means high sewing, refers to custom-fitted clothes. thx

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