Janet arnold

Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion Award For this project I had to choose a pattern from Janet Arnold’s ‘Patterns of Fashion’ and produce a reconstruction of this garment. My pattern was taken from ‘Patterns of Fashion 1560-1620’, a ‘pair of bodies’/corset, 1598. The corset was worn by Sabina Doretha Neuburg Pfalzgrafin. She died in 1958, aged twenty-two and was buried in the corset. Her family were Royal her father being Phillips Louis and Mother Anne of Cleves (previous wife of Henry the…

THE JANET ARNOLD ARCHIVE Janet Arnold (1932-1998) was an influential figure in the drive for detailed and honest research into historical dress: both the styles and the methods of cut and construction. From her earliest days teaching at Hammersmith Day School and Royal Holloway College, she knew that the students …

6-giu-2012 - Venetian courtesan c. 1600, showing the wearing of drawers/breeches

THE JANET ARNOLD ARCHIVE Janet Arnold (1932-1998) was an influential figure in the drive for detailed and honest research into historical dress: both the styles and the methods of cut and construction. From her earliest days teaching at Hammersmith Day School and Royal Holloway College, she knew that the students …

Polonaise Gown with front closure. Based on a pattern drawn from original garments by Janet Arnold, this gown dates from 1770-1780. The gown and skirt are fully lined, the top petticoat is unlined. The gown has sleeves to just below the elbow and optional sleeve frills, (engageants). The skirt is gathered with cartridge pleats and has two cords attached on the inside which are used to loop up the skirt.

Patterns of Fashion: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c.1560-1620 by Janet Arnold - ISBN 10: 0333382846 - ISBN 13: 9780333382844 - Macmillan/Drama Book - 1985 - Softcover

THE JANET ARNOLD ARCHIVE Janet Arnold (1932-1998) was an influential figure in the drive for detailed and honest research into historical dress: both the styles and the methods of cut and construction. From her earliest days teaching at Hammersmith Day School and Royal Holloway College, she knew that the students …

Gentle Readers, Marjorie Gilbert, author of The Return, made an empire gown from a Janet Arnold pattern and featured it on her website. She graciously answered some of my questions about the proces…

Ivory pleated blouse with a V-shaped smocked bib at the bustline front, back, and shoulder caps. High necked self-ruffled released pleat collar with interior braid, peplum waistband, set in Elizabethan shaped sleeves with graduated puffs stitched down by narrow rows of smocking stitches; with silk gauze cuff ruffle and self covered flat buttons with figure eight loop closures down the center front. Labeled: "Liberty & Co./Artistic and Historic Costume Studio/222 Regent St. W." Labeled…

1880s bustle dress, based on Janet Arnold pattern. Northern College of Costume, 2011.