Janet Arnold was a British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author.
14 Facts About Janet Arnold
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Janet Arnold is best known for her series of works called Patterns of Fashion, which included accurate scale sewing patterns, used by museums and theatres alike.
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Janet Arnold went on to write A Handbook of Costume, a book on the primary sources on costume study, and Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, as well as many other books.
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Janet Arnold was born at Duncan House, Clifton Down Road in Bristol on 6 October 1932.
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Janet Arnold's father, Frederick Charles Arnold was an ironmonger, whilst her mother, Adeline Arnold, was a nurse.
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Janet Arnold was educated at The Red Maids' School and took a keen interest in clothes based on the school's uniform for orphans.
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Janet Arnold went to study at West of England College of Art, where she achieved a National Diploma, before obtaining her art teacher's diploma from Bristol University in 1954.
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Janet Arnold took on the role of lecturer at Hammersmith Day College in 1955 and remained there until 1962 when she moved to a senior lecturer role at Avery Hill College of Education, where she remained until 1970.
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Janet Arnold went on to start working with the department of drama and theatre studies at Royal Holloway College in 1978.
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Janet Arnold's best known work was writing the series of books, including Patterns of Fashion, vol.
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Janet Arnold went on to write A Handbook of Costume in 1973, a comprehensive guide to research sources in the topic of costume study.
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Janet Arnold helped ensure the accuracy of costumes for film and television, as well as ensure that museums had accurate replicas of outfits.
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Janet Arnold was presented the inaugural Sam Wanamaker Award in July 1998 with Mark Rylance.
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Janet Arnold died of lymphoma at her home in London on 2 November 1998; she had been working on costumes for Theatre Royal, Bristol and Mermaid Theatre just two days earlier.