The Post Quiz - Clothing Through the Ages and Around the World - Answers
Created | Updated Oct 20, 2013
How well-dressed are you internationally?
Clothing Through the Ages and Around the World: Answers
How civilised are you? Wait…don't answer that. We really just want to know if you got the answers right.
What goes around, comes around. These ancient clothing styles hang around, change forms, get worn by the 'opposite' sex, turn up on fashion runways, and get re-purposed as Hallowe'en costumes. We're versatile, we humans. After all, we're the only species that wears clothes.
Or needs to.
Here are the items with their names and provenances:
Item | Item |
Name: kimon | Name: dhoti |
Provenance: Japan | Provenance: India |
Item | Item |
Name: kilt | Name: pyjamas |
Provenance: Scotland | Provenance: Persia |
Item | Item |
Name: caftan | Name: buckskin shirt |
Provenance: ottoman Empire | Provenance: North American woodlands |
Item | Item |
Name: grass skirt | Name: toga |
Provenance: Polynesia | Provenance: Rome |
Item | Item |
Name: Lederhosen | Name: tunic |
Provenance: Alps | Provenance: Greece, Balkans |