Classic Fashion Magazines

About Classic Fashion Magazines

Give your memory a workout with Classic Fashion Magazines: 15 multiple-choice questions with a mix of 10 easy, 4 medium, 1 hard questions, free to play right in your browser. How well do you remember the glossy fashion magazines that shaped American style for decades? Expect to spend about 7 minutes; every question comes with an explanation, so you learn something even when you miss.

A few sample questions

1. 1. Which fashion magazine, known as 'the fashion bible,' has been published continuously since 1892?

   Answer: Vogue

   Vogue, first published in 1892, became the world's most influential fashion magazine, setting trends and showcasing designers for over a century.

2. 2. Which women's magazine, featuring patterns and homemaking advice, was essential reading for home seamstresses in the 1950s?

   Answer: McCall's

   McCall's magazine was famous for its McCall's sewing patterns and fashion content, making it essential reading for the millions of women who sewed their own clothes.

3. 3. Which teen fashion magazine, launched in 1954, told young women 'what to wear, what to read, what to think'?

   Answer: Seventeen

   Seventeen magazine, launched in 1944, became the definitive teen fashion and lifestyle magazine, guiding young women on fashion, beauty, and social issues.

4. 4. Which magazine, first published in 1867, is the oldest continuously published fashion magazine in the world?

   Answer: Harper's Bazaar

   Harper's Bazaar, first published in 1867, is the oldest fashion magazine still in publication, known for its sophisticated fashion coverage and artistic photography.

5. 5. Which magazine transformed from a general women's publication into a bold feminist and fashion magazine under Helen Gurley Brown in 1965?

   Answer: Cosmopolitan

   Cosmopolitan was transformed by editor Helen Gurley Brown starting in 1965, becoming a groundbreaking magazine for modern, independent women.

Things you'll learn along the way

• ✓Good Housekeeping's Seal of Approval, introduced in 1909, became a trusted symbol of product quality that consumers relied on when making purchases.
• ✓Vogue Patterns (a division of Vogue magazine) published pattern catalogs and magazines that brought high-fashion designs to home seamstresses.
• ✓Glamour magazine's 'Do's and Don'ts' street-style feature, showing real women's fashion hits and misses, became one of the most popular regular features in any magazine.