Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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Dress De igning This course is planned for girls in- ho terested in clothes and style and w desire to create and produce their own .n- garments. At the end of three years i tensive work, students are prepared and q . . . . k. establishments. Every step in production, every mani- pulative process, all the concrete details f th craft of dressmaking, backed up o e by a thorough theoretical and practical l d e of the technical problems in know e g designing, selection of fabrics and in the construction of clothes are parts of the ' ' l. training given in the schoo Students are taught to analyze and b ' to forecast the mode, to select fa rics, d to create original ones, ualified to fill positions in dressma ing copy models an and to fit various types of figures. Adapting and altering patterns, operat- s ecial equipment such as button ing p hole hemstitching and zig-Zag machines, d 'l ractice in cutting, draping, fitting 5' Y P and finishing is carried on in an atmos f5'W h t 's thoroughly practical and is phere t a r similar with those in any workroom of a dressmaking establishment. All of this ' ' 'th the is under the supervision and wi f t achers who are skilled assistance o e craftsmen equipped by years of intimate experience in this field. ' ' three Since this course is laid out for m the simple to years and is planned fro lex it should be entered at the the comp , beginning of the tenth year in order to get the full benefit of the offerings. ' e half In the second and third year, on of the school day is spent in the shop ' ' lated room, the balance of the time in re and academic subjects. A girl with natural talent for hand- work and a latent ability for creativeness ' f will be one who can derive much rom the technical train- this course by having ing as self. a foundation for expressing her

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