. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. th dark clothfinished off at the top with a wreath of gold or silver leaves. Fig. 2 shows how the skirt form can be draped in order toshow a side view. The skirt is rather plain, having the goodsthat makes the panier l;rought up to make a large bow at thewaist line. Several parasols are fastened to the back of the formand add an attractive note to the display. Fig. 3 is a more elaborate drape, or rather a combination ofdrapes. First the skirt drape is made with a wide bandtrimming runnin
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. th dark clothfinished off at the top with a wreath of gold or silver leaves. Fig. 2 shows how the skirt form can be draped in order toshow a side view. The skirt is rather plain, having the goodsthat makes the panier l;rought up to make a large bow at thewaist line. Several parasols are fastened to the back of the formand add an attractive note to the display. Fig. 3 is a more elaborate drape, or rather a combination ofdrapes. First the skirt drape is made with a wide bandtrimming running down the front and short paniersdraped over the hips. The goods are then draped up toa tall straight stand and then allowed to drape on dowrto the floor. In our Fig. 4 is shown Ivw thedrape will look when completed on askirt form having a high belt drape is quite simple. Take yourskirt p;ittern, find the center of thegoods, and place across the front ofform. The over-drape, as shown in thedrawing consists of the two ends of thegoods thrown over the hips. Noticethe plaits over the hips. 25(1. LIVE MODEL DRAPING A New Draping Idea Introduced byWill H. Bates in 1911 THE live model had been used to ad-vantage in the ready-to-wear de-partment, and the next step wasto use them for the showing of fabrics,draped in imitation of a late style Bates developed this idea until itwas practical, and showed it for the firsttime at the 1911 convention of The Na-tional Association of Window Trimmersof America. The fabrics were draped on threeyoung women who were later assembledin one of the permanent windows of theKoester school, thus showing a completewindow arrangement. The window trimmers grasped at oncethe possibilities in this new idea. Those thathad used live models in exhibits of gowns,coats and ready-to-wear knew how great their success had been in this line and becameanxious to know just how to drape the goods in the correct manner. Pencils and paperwere resorted to
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