. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. it may seem to be tooradical a change from the full forms andconventional stands with which we are ac-customed. Yet in window dressing it isthe unusual that stops the crowd and theman with the nerve to spring the newthings and do it first, is the one whomakes the greatest hit as the windowtrimmer of his town. The direct appealof this form—its suggestion of thethought, Fashion, right in connectionwith the drape—is really more in keepingwith a display of expensive fabrics thansome of the o
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. it may seem to be tooradical a change from the full forms andconventional stands with which we are ac-customed. Yet in window dressing it isthe unusual that stops the crowd and theman with the nerve to spring the newthings and do it first, is the one whomakes the greatest hit as the windowtrimmer of his town. The direct appealof this form—its suggestion of thethought, Fashion, right in connectionwith the drape—is really more in keepingwith a display of expensive fabrics thansome of the other draping stands whichhave enjoyed great popularity—for , the mummy. The draping of the form is compara-tively simple. The form is being madein half-relief, the body and neck beinghollow, and with goods up to 36 incheswide the neck can be covered up to tlietop of the head simply by rolling andfolding the goods around into the hollowspace. With wider goods it would bemore practical tb start the goods at thebase of the neck in covering the body,and cover the nee!:, head and beak with V. Here your Peacock drape is perched on agarden seat. 422 Let thePeacockHold aDrape inIts Bill
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