Fashion trivia? Game on!

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Ever since I profiled Margaret Maldonado, the influential founder of L.A.’s Margaret Maldonado Agency representing wardrobe and hair stylists, I’ve been eager to get my hands on Fashion Rules!, her new Trivial Pursuit-style board game. Now, just in time for the holidays, it’s arrived in stores and online at ronrobinson.com and vivre.com.

The concept came to Maldonado after she and her friends got into their own fashion Q&A game one night over drinks. It was so much fun she thought she could sell it. And she did, with the help of editor Merle Ginsberg.

The object of the game is to answer enough questions correctly to collect all four accessories (shoe, scissors, camera and sunglasses). Instead of positing those accessories into a plastic “pie,” as you do in Trivial Pursuit, the game comes with cheap-looking nylon tote bags, which I hate to say it, but no self-respecting fashionista would be caught dead carrying. The gold and crystal dice are more luxe (they were designed by Pascal Mouawad, a jeweler who works with Maldonado’s clients). Still, with its $98 price tag, you’d think Fashion Rules could be a little more chic.

But what really matters are the questions, all 1,200 of them, and some are better than others.

The good:

1) What do the initials BCBG stand for?
a. Benoit Christian
b. Bernard Gechamp
c. Be Cool Be Good
d. Bon Chic Bon Genre

2) What is the actual name of the Burberry check introduced in 1924?
a. Watch plaid
b. The Nova
c. English Check
d. Herringbone

3) Which Fashion illustrator created early covers of Harper’s Bazaar in the Deco style of the 1920s?
a. E. Rattic
b. Erte
c. Romain de Tirtoff
d. Ruben Toledo

4) Annie Leibovitz was the concert tour photographer for what rock band in 1975?
a. The Clash
b. The Rolling Stones
c. The Eagles
d. Queen

5) Which celebrity graced the cover of the September 1991 Vanity Fair nude, holding her pregnant belly?
a. Madonna
b. Kim Basinger
c. Mimi Rogers
d. Demi Moore

6) Which 1980s hair accessory turned your hair into a vertical mane?
a. The Scrunchie
b. The large bobby pin
c. The banana clip
d. The bandanna

Answers: 1D, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5D, 6C.

The not so good:

1) Which cosmetic product has not had a successful version in black?
a. Nailpolish
b. Eyeshadow
c. Hair color
d. Lipstick

The answer is D, lipstick -- though I would argue that YSL’s Black Pur Gloss, in stores now, has been a success.

2) Which one of these celebrities’ weight gain and loss get the most press?
a. Oprah Winfrey
b. Janet Jackson
c. Britney Spears
d. Courtney Love

The answer is D, Courtney Love. But I would have to go with all of the above.

3) Which male star of TV and films is thought to have the absolute best-looking hair?
a. George Clooney
b. Patrick Dempsey
c. Benjamin Bratt
d. Kyle MacLachlan

The answer is B, Patrick Dempsey — but by who’s standards?

Still, for people who work in fashion, or just can’t get enough of it, there is more to like about this game than not.

As for those tote bag pawns, well, there’s always next year’s model.

-- Booth Moore

Photo: Fashion Rules! board game Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times.