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DESIGNS AND PHOTOS OF HATS BY JANE LOWEN I. WIRE FRAMES Uses of wire frames-Mathematical side of frame making- Process of constructing a wire frame for a hat - Dimensions for standard hats - Questions II. MOLDED FRAMES Molded or pressed frames - Hand-molded frames - Bias ~dry- molded frames - Questions Ill. PATTERN FRAMES Classification of frames made from patterns - Comparison of processes in making unrolled and rolled brims - Cutting the frame - Wiring frame - Binding a frame - Covering frame with interlining - Questions IV. CROWNS Frame foundations used for crowns-Kinds of crowns~-Out- line of kinds of crowns and their appropriate brims - How to determine kinds of crowns suitable to individual types of faces - Questions V. STAPLE MILLINERY MATERIALS Materials used - Questions VI. CUTTING MATERIALS Cutting a true bias - Cutting a long bias - Table of bias meas- ures - Rules for measuring material for a bias that is to be stretched - Correct shading for velvet and ~soleil - Measuring a frame for the correct amount of material - Accuracy in cutting, a large factor in cost saving - Methods used for cutting maline - Cutting bias binding from frame and crown edges - Questions VII. THE FABRIC HAT Fall materials and fabrics - Classified construction of fabric hats for fall and winter - Questions VIII. BRAID HATS Kinds - Manner of sewing - Questions IX. TRANSPARENT HATS Kinds - Preparing the frame - Edge finishes - Appropriate trimmings - Questions X. DRAPED HATS Matrons' turbans - Harem turbans - Draped ~tams - Section hats - Questions XI. TAILORED TRIMMINGS Severe, factory-tailored hats - Semitailored hats - Kinds of tailored trimmings - Questions XII. DRESS-HAT TRIMMINGS Trimmings for which the hat is a background - Trimming which is part of the design - Questions XIII. CLEANING AND REMODELING Cleaning - Remodeling - Questions XIV. COLOR HARMONY AS APPLIED TO THE INDIVIDUAL . Purpose of color in adorning the person - Color versus temperament - Chart of color combinations suitable to various types - Questions XV. LINE HARMONY Fundamental principles of line - Principles of line as applied to the individual - Questions |
Millinery, by Jane Loewen 1925. Scanning and OCR by Karen Wood, layout by Karen Wood and Tara Maginnis.
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