THE TAILOR AND CUTTER ACADEMY.
Syl;abus of Lectures.
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Cutting by Model Patterns.
Lecture 1. Introduction.—What is a Model Pattern ? How to use them, &c., &c. Lecture 2. Disproportion.—Stooping, Erect, Long and Short Necks, Long and Short Bodies. Special features to be observed, &c. Lecture 3. Disproportion.—Corpulency, Small Waists, Humpbacks, Pigeon Breasts, Deformities generally. Lecture 4. Style.—Frock, Dress, and Morning Coats. Lecture 5. Style.—Lounges, Reefers and Patrol Jackets. Lecture 6. Style.—Overcoats, Capes, Hoods, Inverness Capes, Scarborough, the Raglan Cloak, &c Lecture 7. Liveries.—General features, the Coachman's Frock, Footman's Coatee, the Groom's Frock, Page's Jacket, &c. {{sc|Lecture 8. Liveries. — Overcoats for all classess. Full Dress Liveries, &c. Lecture 9. Military Garments.—The Tunic, the Patrol Jacket, the Doublet, the Shell Jacket, the Overcoat. Lecture 10. Naval Garments.—The Jack Tar, the Cadet, Midshipmans' Jacket, Captain's Full Dress Coat, &c., &c. Lecture 11. Clerical Garments.—Frock, Cassock, Cassock Vest, Full Dress Coat, &c., &c. Lecture 12. Hosiery.—Dressing Gowns, Shirts, Pyjamas, &c., &c. Lecture 13.Vests in all their varieties. This completes the series of Lectures on Cutting by Model Patterns.
Practical Cutting and Subjects connected with the Cutting Room.
Lecture 14.—The principles of Trouser Cutting. Lecture 15.—The Art of Trying-on. Lecture 16.—The principles of Coat Cutting. Lecture 17.—Straightness and Crookedness, what it is and what it is not. Lecture 18.—Art in Relation to Tailoring, Form, &c. Lecture 19.—ditto. Colour. Lecture 20.—ditto. Ornament. Lecture 21.—Graduated Tapes, their Use and Abuse. Lecture 22.—How to Design and Make a Costume Skirt. Lecture 23.—Collars and Lapels in all their varieties. Lecture 24.—Machines used by Tailors. Lecture 25,—Anatomy as a basis to formulate Systems. Lecture 26.—Fidgetty and Unreasonable Customers, a Record of Cutting Room Experience. Lecture 27.—Alterations, their causes, how to avoid and how to cure them. Lecture 28.—Do. do. do. Lecture 29.—Do. do. do. Lecture 30.—Do. do. do. All the above are fully illustrated liy specially prepared. Diagrams and Figures, and they each deal directly with practical cutting. By way of variety, one or two of the following are given weekly : Lecture 31.—The Management of Workmen, Lecture 32.—The ninth part of a Man. Lecture 33.—The Routine of the Cutting Room. Lecture 34.—The Duties of a Trimmer. Lecture 35.—The greatest evils in the Trade. Lecture 36.—The Ideal Cutter or Cutter of the Future. Lecture 37.—The Cutter's Duty. Lecture 38.—Life, Its Aims, Secrets of Success, Habits, Duties and Privileges. Lecture 39.—Success in Life, Health, Personal Happiness, Usefulness. Lecture 40.—Will it Pay ? Features of Profit and Loss. Lecture 41.—Fiction and Fact, or the False and the True. Lecture 42.—Blunders, their Causes, How to Avoid them, &c. Lecture 43.—Now and Then, or the Past, the Present and the Future.
Business Lectures.
Lecture 44. Principles of Business.—Capital, Expense, Rise and fall in proportion to the amount of turnover, Profits reckoned on the returns instead of the original outlay. Lecture 45. Opening a New Business.—Various methods pursued, Buying an old connection, Usual terms, Different classes of tailoring to be studied. Lecture 46. How to get Customers.—Advertisements — useful and useless, Travellers developing business, &c Lecture 47. Shop Window Dressing.—Light, Arrangement of colours and materials, How to design a display, Specialities, &c. Lecture 48. Money.—Fluctuation in its value, Why is gold the standard, Money in circulation simply as token. Lecture 49. Credit.—Its use and abuse, Definitions of credit, A means of increasing business, prices of goods affected more by credit than by money, Bills of exchange, promissory notes. Lecture 50. Bookkeeping for Tailors.—Garment ticket books, Day book, Ledger, Wages book. Lecture 51. Failures in Business.—Injudicious buying, Fluctuations in prices, Extravagance, Carelessness. Lecture 52. Economy in Business.—System, Buying, Saving, Discounts, &c. Lecture 53. Waste.—Competition, Overstocking the market. Lecture 54. Success in Business.—Its dependance on method and adaptation to meet the necessities of the times. Lecture 55. Buying and Selling.—Time to buy, dated forward, Despatching patterns to customers, Bad debts, &c. Lecture 56. "Carlyle " on " Tailors and Tailoring." Lecture 57. Health.—The effects of woollen, cotton, and linen, Effects of different colours, Effects of dyes on various materials.
Subjects for Debate.
The following is a List of Debatable Subjects, one of which is introduced about once a week. Is Trying-on a necessity ? Is a time log practicable for Town and village alike ? Is the eight hours working day applicable to the Tailoring Trade ? Block Pattern or System Cutting, which is the most Successful in Practice ? Should all workmen be paid alike ? Does out or indoor working advance the best interests of the Tailoring Trade ? Is it necessary for a cutter to be a practical tailor ? Is it right for an employee to carry en the same kind of business as his employer during his spare hours ? Others will be introduced during the season,
