. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. Draping on Forms white satin ribbon. The accessories that were placed in front consisted only of a and handkerchief. Drape No. 4 shows the form taken apart Lo make a waist and a skirt arrangementseparately. This form will be described a little later on. To the left is the npper part ofthe form fitted on a low stand and draped with Irish lace to suggest a waist. At the rightis a graceful skirt drape made of an Irish lace robe trimmed with cerise ribbon and a bouquetof flowers.
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. Draping on Forms white satin ribbon. The accessories that were placed in front consisted only of a and handkerchief. Drape No. 4 shows the form taken apart Lo make a waist and a skirt arrangementseparately. This form will be described a little later on. To the left is the npper part ofthe form fitted on a low stand and draped with Irish lace to suggest a waist. At the rightis a graceful skirt drape made of an Irish lace robe trimmed with cerise ribbon and a bouquetof flowers. A rhinestone buckle was placed at the back. Drape No. 5 shows an arrangement of an entirely different kind. In this case theform was covered with plain satin charmeuse for the underdrape and frappe velour brochewas used for the upper drape. This was trimmed with gold band lace. A few pieces ofermine fur were added to finish the Drape 6 In Drape No. 6 the underdrape was done with figured woolen dress goods and overthis was used a heavy dress material. Buttons of an appropriate character were figure suggests two separate drapes, one on each side. Note the graceful line ofthe hip at the left. In most of the foregoing drapes, the most costly materials were used, yet they werehandled in such a way that n,ot a single pin-hole could be detected when the goods werereturned to stock. 195 Dhaimnc. ox Forms In (Hir Jhaiii-^ 7. S. M .iiid Ki \vc ,sli,,u (lrapr> ilial wiic nia souii a> tlu>c styleswere out, ami in all of these repriKlnctions tlierc lia\e lncn Iwo salient features—newness and The experienced Irininu-r who has made a study of draping findsthere is no linul the hcautiful ideas lie can exi)ress in fahries. Every new seasonushers in a new fashion, and the latest style is no sooner suggested than it appears in theshow windows, from which even the fo
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