. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. hows the customer just how the goods will look when made up, and this method of is so unusual that the customers cannot helpbut notice it. You simply have the dressmaker make up a waist out of a certain piece ofgoods, put it on the form and drape the yard goods over one shoulder, leaving the boltof goods lying on the counter or against the stand. When all of this particular pattern of goods is gone, you simply close the waist outin your shirtwaist department. Fig. 17 shows a new
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. hows the customer just how the goods will look when made up, and this method of is so unusual that the customers cannot helpbut notice it. You simply have the dressmaker make up a waist out of a certain piece ofgoods, put it on the form and drape the yard goods over one shoulder, leaving the boltof goods lying on the counter or against the stand. When all of this particular pattern of goods is gone, you simply close the waist outin your shirtwaist department. Fig. 17 shows a new silk drape on a : -^ waist form. The novel feature of thisdrape is the way the sleeves are get this effect by rolling a small sheetof cardlioard into a roll the si^e of asleeve and jjinning it to the shouhlers ofthe shirt-waist form. It is then an easymatter to drape the waist pattern over thisfoundation without cutting. The use oflace at the ends of the sleeve, around theneck and in the bust adds to the beauty ofthis drape. Also notice the use of thebuttons and flowers at the waist 253 Tig. 17 DRAPES ON THE NEW SHELL WAIST FORM EACH year shows a marked increase in the interest shown in dress fabric is undoubtedly due, tx3 a great extent, to the prevailing fashions in dress whichhave contained so many features that can be easily duplicated in full form credit must also be given to the various fixture houses for placing on the marketa number of special draping forms, whicli liavc made these costume drapes comparativelyeasy. However, forms for full figure draping arc not the only ones that have been sofeatured. A new iorm that has just liecn liroiight out consists of a half shell waist form
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