Patterns of Fashion 1 Review: Old vs New Editions

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The School of Historical Dress has been hard at work in recent years to release more complete and updated editions of Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion series. this series is a staple of most costumer and reenactor bookshelves because of the detail and thorough construction notes for each garment the book covers.
Today we are going to discuss the pros and cons of the different editions in a book review of Patterns of Fashion 1. My goal is to make sure everyone looking to buy the updated copy knows what they are and are not getting.
Please know the original edition is out of print, but may be available from used book sellers. Here is an Amazon affiliate link to the book we are discussing:
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To my knowledge, the updated version is only available through the School of Historical Dress shop. The funds raised from book sales go to help fund the school and their research efforts. Non affiliate link below:
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@MaridithSmith Жыл бұрын

Do you plan to keep both copies?

@blktauna Жыл бұрын

Totally keeping both copies :) I'm waiting impatiently for the new POF 3 as thats my real area of interest.

@MaridithSmith Жыл бұрын

Same. I'm excited to see what they do with Patterns of Fashion 3&4 based on the information compiled for the new Patterns of Fashion 1 edition

@irenedelbarrio9677 7 ай бұрын

thank you for your review! i was thinking about getting this book for Christmas and it was really helpful to solve all my doubts

@MaridithSmith 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful.

@SusanYeske701 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you told us where to find them, because all the amazon listings are scalpers

@MaridithSmith Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to help share resources where I can. I think Janet Arnold would just want folks to have access to the best info out there.

@elisabethm9655 Жыл бұрын

My PoF 1 is well worn and beloved, and I’m looking forward to supplementing it with the new edition. Yes, there will be a place on my shelves for both versions.

@DulceN 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for pointing out were to order this great book. I have been trying to get a copy, but the exhorbitant second hand prices scared me off.

@MaridithSmith 2 ай бұрын

That is totally fair. Definitely reach out to the school of historical dress to get g to e updated copies at much more reasonable rates. Thank you for watching

@annedavis3340 2 ай бұрын

5:55 that's a pretty big problem. I went and looked at their catalog, the new editions of the non-stay/undergament-focused ones, the dates are as follows *1560-1620*: POF 3 *1695-1795*: POF 6 1720-1860: POF 1 1860-1940: POF 2 Therefore, there is no content in the Men's and women's *Dress* books between 1660-1690, which the original POF 1 included. Would anyone mind referring to your copy of the original and confirm if there were only undergarments and/or ruffles &c, and they may "only" have been shuffled into those dedicated publications? Thank you this was very helpful.

@MaridithSmith 2 ай бұрын

What I've noticed in my original set is there is a 40 year gap between 1620 and 1660. Now there is a wider gap going from 1620 to 1695 in the main Patterns of Fashion series. I've been doing some research and found Jenny Tiramani worked on some promising 17th century books that fill this gap and were published through the V&A. I'll post some details on them when I get to my desktop 😁

@MaridithSmith 2 ай бұрын

17th Century Books from the V&A to fill the Patterns of Fashion Gap from Jenny Tiramani and Susan North. These books include patterning and xrays of the garments that are studied so you can see boning inside garments, layers, etc. They are a bit older so if they run out through Amazon I would also check out Ebay or Etsy to find copies. Below are affiliate links to Amazon so purchases through them to help support my channel, but do not effect your pricing through the website: 17th Century Men's Dress Patterns published 2017 amzn.to/4dKB0qr 17th Century Women's Dress Patterns Book 1 Published 2011 amzn.to/3UIbNVb 17th Century Women's Dress Patterns Book 2 Published 2013 amzn.to/3KbtZkU

@annedavis3340 2 ай бұрын

@@MaridithSmith oh! I have those V&A ones, aren't they delicious? My old set of POF is at my parent's house right now, so I just grabbed the new editions, and one of the old edition of POF1 to try to fill in the potential gap. I appreciate the time you took for this, a very useful comment! 💗

@MaridithSmith 2 ай бұрын

Of course. I might do an update video to go over this time frame gap for PoF series.

@LariLesque 7 ай бұрын

I visited their exhibition Blue in the summer and enjoyed chatting to Jenny Tirimani and bought PoF 5 bodies, stays, hoops and rumps 1595-1795. I had met Janet Arnold years ago and have 3 of the original books.

@MaridithSmith 7 ай бұрын

That is amazing! Thank you for sharing your story.