The Gazette du Bon Ton was a small but influential fashion magazine published in France from 1912 to 1925.  Students chose an image from a given selection of fashion illustrations published in the Gazette du Bon Ton and were tasked with analyzing the design and using their draping skills to create a display muslin in half scale that portrays the silhouette, structure, and proportions of the form in the image.

Draping and experimentation in half scale utilizes approximately one quarter of the fabric necessary to work in full scale.  All materials for this project were limited to what could be up-cycled from leftovers or found in storage.  While closures and fastenings were not required for display, each piece is modeled to be fully functional and constructible in full scale.

Works created by students in Fashion Draping (FSAD 2640), Spring 2022
Presented by Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp, Instructor
Displayed in Gallery MVR 1250, 13-23 April