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Description: | Students appear to be an evening students due to their apparent age, and their lack of uniform. Trade School For Girls at Barrett Street ran both 'day release' and evening classes for women working in the West End trade who wanted to improve their trade skills. One reason why the Barrett Street school was able to run so many evening classes was its central location which made it easier for women already working in the West End needle trades to attend the courses. Alongside trade classes, women were encouraged to take art or an academic subject. These included French, dramatic literature, and elocution. As it was recognised that women who worked continuously over a number of years in the needle trades were prone to health problems, women attending the trade classes were allowed 'subject to the approval of the principal' (Miss Ethel Cox) to attend the physical exercise class as no extra cost. Many women working as junior seamstresses or hands in the West End trade had little opportunity to further their dressmaking skills in a commercial workroom. They were often given simple tasks and no opportunities to learn new skills. Evening classes gave these women the chance to learn new skills and thereby increase their promotion prospects. Former full-time junior trade students were also encouraged to attend classes to learn skills such as pattern cutting, which was not taught on the junior trade course. The model in this photo appears in a related photo in the 1924 - 1928 prospectus for Trade School for Girls, Barrett Street. | Subjects: | slate frames skirt photograph pattern cutting tables female students eveningwear womenswear Dressmaking class: dressmaking class hat mirror sewing machines blouse dresses daywear fashion illustration night dress stands scarf coat | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Photographer unknown Creator Corporate Name: Barrett Street school | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7665... | Go to resource |
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