. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. y hand-some effect. It is not always well to try to copy a , but better to select some one feature thatstands out from the rest and accentuate that. Forinstance, in the drape shown in Fig. 3, which isalso made on the double shell form, the par-ticular feature of the drape is the waythe train is brought out on the floor in pointedeffects, with the ends tied in knots. In develop-ing the drape, the overdrape skirt effect (whichin the original was of orange colored chiffonedged wi
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. y hand-some effect. It is not always well to try to copy a , but better to select some one feature thatstands out from the rest and accentuate that. Forinstance, in the drape shown in Fig. 3, which isalso made on the double shell form, the par-ticular feature of the drape is the waythe train is brought out on the floor in pointedeffects, with the ends tied in knots. In develop-ing the drape, the overdrape skirt effect (whichin the original was of orange colored chiffonedged with lace, over blue satin), has been elimi- ^^ nated and the idea of the knotted ends made the chief feature. This overdrape skirt caneasily be made the keynote of another drape. The drape as shown was worked out in aheliotrope taffeta silk, 19 inches wide, and trimmed with a sash effect of narrow velvetribbon in different lengths, each of which is tied in a knot at the end, still further carryingout the idea in the train. It is in these minor details of costume that one must seek noveltyin draping. 263. Draping on Forms In Fig. 4 is shown a rather unusual drape on the half shell form, which was fakedup as a caricature, you might say, of some of the prevailing ideas of dress, i. e., the shortclose fitting jacket, the large rever collar and the use of contrasting bands of color to finishout the bottom of the skirt. This latter part is exaggerated by the use of long folds of theback. The drape was worked up out of a short length of cream serge, kept in the doublefold throughout the drape. Scarlet satin was used for the skirt and to cover the largecollar, which was first cut out of cardboard, and covered with an end of satin. Satin ribbonof the same shade was used fc r outlining the jacket and in making the bow in front. We also suggest that, in working up new drapes of your own, from such sources asindicated here, that you avoid making the drape too complicated or too fussy. Simpl
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