. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. iniature a trifle over30 inclies in length. Wcare of the opinion, thatthe clever way to usethese forms is to makethem part of a largerfigure. I low tills can lely sort of draping stand. • lllC in fact Draping on Forms Draping these small figures withfull width material without cuttiiit;,means that the drape itself must 1 esimplified, and such things as dividedpaniers, tunics, slit skirts, etc., willnot be easy to accomplish. How-ever, many of these ideas can hesuggested by maki
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. iniature a trifle over30 inclies in length. Wcare of the opinion, thatthe clever way to usethese forms is to makethem part of a largerfigure. I low tills can lely sort of draping stand. • lllC in fact Draping on Forms Draping these small figures withfull width material without cuttiiit;,means that the drape itself must 1 esimplified, and such things as dividedpaniers, tunics, slit skirts, etc., willnot be easy to accomplish. How-ever, many of these ideas can hesuggested by making over drapes oflace or ribbon. We do not viewwith approval, the proposal of someof the trimmers to cut up the ma-terial in order to dress the figureswith cut and fitted garments, pinnedor pasted together. This is gettingaway from the draping proposition,and setting up more as doll dress-makers, an accomplishment whichwe hardly believe is necessary toadd to a window dressers repertoire—to say nothing of the destructionof the goods. The doll drape on the table issuggested as a goc d one to use as a. Fashion Doll Draped on Top of Large Boltcenterpiece to a window display. A36-inch bordered material is used,with the bulk of the goods kept inthe original folds and draped overthe edge of the table. The end fromthe top layer is draped around thedoll, without cutting, with the bor-der in a diagonal across the remnant of lace is used for trim-ming over the shoulder and to formshort sleeves. The other doll drape is made inconnection with a dummy bolt fix-lure, standing on a plateau, andusing a 54-inch broadcloth. In cov-ering the bolt, about a yard and ahalf of the material is left in the1)ack, which is afterwards broughtup over the top of the bolt anddraped around the doll. A cornerof tlie goods at the end forms thepointed bodice. With such wide ma-terial one can only suggest a drapedeffect around the skirt of the form,but even so. a good idea of how thegoods will look mad
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