. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. 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
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. 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 and all the various steps of the three drapes noted Mr. W. H. Bates demonstrating how to drape a livemodel with dress goods, showing how they willlook when made up into a gown.
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