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Title: Art in dress
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Brown, P. Clement (Percy Clement), 1886-
Subjects: Dressmaking Clothing and dress
Publisher: New York, P. C. Brown
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ft side portion between the swathed parts of the bodice. After youhave cut your French Bias Lining lay your Front and Back together anddraft it off of the same block. The material of this Model is gold and vermilion shot taffeta, the bowand swathing surplice is lined in heliotrope over deep wine shade of crepegeorgette. The ropes over the shoulder are hand-made by winding helio-tropes on cable cord in shades ranging from light lavender to deep purple.The bow on the interior is edged with the same flower. It is also wiredout. The underslip, or lining, is made of black crepe georgette. Circular Skirt cut with Front andBack Seam First pin side seam of skirt together. Then place center of front ofpattern along selvage and pin. Join any place where seam happens tocome with the selvage of the material. Cut even with edge of patternand sew. Circular Skirt with Side Seams Place center of front and center of back of pattern on fold of material,cut even with edge of pattern and sew. Ninety-five
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Ninety-six Character of Line Character of the Wearer can be personified through Line. Not alonethe Personal Character, but any character on the Stage can be representedby Dress. The Personality of the Character is sometimes acted through linesof Dress, and through this recognizable principle we have the co-operationof Arts, the Actor and the Designer. Sometimes the lines of a dress, introduced on the Stage, become verypopular. A good character of line is one that has been accepted by theAudience and has become one of the Trends of Fashion. The World is a Stage and upon it are many Players. The Designermust cope with this idea and Design Models that will suit many differentkinds of characters. It does not have to be Characters in the Modem Plays. Character of Line is the Free Will of Line. In designing for the In-genue we could not express the character by long clinging lines, like wewould a Tragedienne. We would give a line expressing a Type active andfull of active motives. We prevai

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