. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. d thelast one ratlicr low down onthe hips. The loose end of thegoods is left at the bottomand then brought up to theleft shoulder of the figure(right side of picture) asshown in Iig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the nextmove. The surplus goods arebrought across from the leftshoulder U> the riglu one (leftside of picture) a half turnbeing given to the material atthe middle of the bust. Form The drape No. 8 shownhere is a good one. It wasnot intended to show a fin-ished gown. The purpose wasto demon


. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. d thelast one ratlicr low down onthe hips. The loose end of thegoods is left at the bottomand then brought up to theleft shoulder of the figure(right side of picture) asshown in Iig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the nextmove. The surplus goods arebrought across from the leftshoulder U> the riglu one (leftside of picture) a half turnbeing given to the material atthe middle of the bust. Form The drape No. 8 shownhere is a good one. It wasnot intended to show a fin-ished gown. The purpose wasto demonstrate tw^o featuresthat are important in theselling of dress materiaLs—style, and the goods by theyard. Showing the goods at-tractively by the yard is con-sidered from a merchandisingstandpoint as more importantthan the indicating of form of drape will befound to be easily made if onewill follow closely tlie littlesketches. Fig. 1 shows the drapestarted. The beginning is madewitli the end of the goods atthe neck. The material isbrought down tlie front of theform and fitted around it. Pins. 17(3 Drape 8, Fig. 2 Draping on Forms


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