| Show for fashion plates plate A field for women workers and oats thit that is comparatively unoccupied as yet ad isa drawing fashion plates for magazines and papers it would seem that this work would immedi immediately tely recommend itself to women and yet men are doing it for nearly an all the wen well known fashion journals why do you not empi employ oy women was asked at harpers Harri ers we are perfectly willing to do so answered the superintendent in charge of the fasli fashion ion department I 1 if they prove themselves capable of good practical and artistic work but it does not seem as though women wanted to do that kind idna of drawing if they do they dont omo como to tons us 0 of course many of our designs are sent direct from paris still a good many are maio mail lo 10 here and men draw all efthem of them sm sometimes betimes a leading new york I 1 modiste will invent a handsome gown or suit enit a ad will let us have the benent benefit or of her idea in such instances instance swe we send some of our artists artiste to the shop of tho the dressmaker er the garment to be sketched is put upon a young woman who is ia employed by uj madam to act as a model and the figure is ia drawn with the head very much idealized or simply from the artists fancy of course such a picture cannot be treated in what an artist would call a stretchy ft style every puff ruffle and band must be accurately indicated and the garment must have a certain smartness or chic which the artist who paints piet pictures tires would not consider necessary vue V wor voort is fairly well raid paid though 1 |
