. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. Drape 10 It is of course most interesting to be able to work with these finer and more expensivefabrics but you will find that you can produce the same styles in cheaper goods and at adistance they really look almost as good. Therefore in order to get a more exclusive look to these expensive fabric drapes it isvery wise to place as few drapes as possible in the window as this gets all the attention con-centrated on the one or two drapes. 197 Draping on Forms It is always interesting to l
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. Drape 10 It is of course most interesting to be able to work with these finer and more expensivefabrics but you will find that you can produce the same styles in cheaper goods and at adistance they really look almost as good. Therefore in order to get a more exclusive look to these expensive fabric drapes it isvery wise to place as few drapes as possible in the window as this gets all the attention con-centrated on the one or two drapes. 197 Draping on Forms It is always interesting to look over the various drapes tliat have beeen originated forthere seems to be a continual advance in the novelty and attractiveness of the latest crea-tions. Tliis, we think our readers will agree with us, is the case with the drapes whichwe show herewith, of which we will append brief descriptions of each: Drape 11—\\hite satin underskirt with black chantilly lace flounce; narrow chan-tilly lace over the waist, with wliitc rose. Flowers, by the way, nrc now used on the finest. Drape 11 Drape 12 dresses for evening wear and for street. Flowered brocaded velvet is also used in thedraping. The velvet is of the unusual width of 50 inches, which makes the work of bring-ing out the proper effect more difficult, but the success in doing so is very noticeable. Drape 12—Gold lace underskirt, with black flounce. Same on waist, in narrow width,over gold lace. The drape same as before, of same black brocaded velvet; also flowersat center on waist. Drape 13—Pink chiffon underskirt, witli white flounce. Waist of white allover on 198 Draping on Forms one side, and on otlicr side is white beaded allover. Extra band silver embroidery onright side. Handsome pink roses on waist and skirt, and ribbon bow same hue. Drape 14—Waist and skirt, white satin with gold flowers. Two pieces of uncut lacedraped over all. Ribbon starts at skirt in bow and runs through to waist. Bunch ofpink roses at s
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