Information Request.
2007-06-20 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liadethorneggeSo, I found a mention of a pamphlet/book called "The Annotated Arnold" by a Robert Trump which apparently details the problems you will encounter trying to scale up the patterns in Patterns of Fashion directly. According to rumours it details the problems and suggests ways to get around it to reproduce a garment fit to wear that will look right.
As for the issue of Arnold getting it right or wrong, it depends how you look at it. I dare you to take out a normal t-shirt from your wardrobe, lay it out, measure all the parts and draw each piece of it as measured. Then use those measurements and drawings to make a new t-shirt. One has to ask what is the purpose of the book in question. Arnold was a historian, not a seamstress. She recorded what was, she did not seek to re-create the piece. This Robert Trump is the opposite of that, and according to rumours, bridges the gap for the historical reenactor.
So, I want this book/pamphlet, but I can find nothing that tells me where I can get it. Can anyone help me?
As for the issue of Arnold getting it right or wrong, it depends how you look at it. I dare you to take out a normal t-shirt from your wardrobe, lay it out, measure all the parts and draw each piece of it as measured. Then use those measurements and drawings to make a new t-shirt. One has to ask what is the purpose of the book in question. Arnold was a historian, not a seamstress. She recorded what was, she did not seek to re-create the piece. This Robert Trump is the opposite of that, and according to rumours, bridges the gap for the historical reenactor.
So, I want this book/pamphlet, but I can find nothing that tells me where I can get it. Can anyone help me?
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Date: 2007-06-20 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-20 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-20 01:34 pm (UTC)I seem to recall that Arnold herself was not too thrilled with the book, which may or may not have anything to do with its scarcity.
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Date: 2007-06-20 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-20 08:18 pm (UTC)