# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janet-arnold
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:43:10.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janet-arnold"
name: "Janet Arnold"
slug: "janet-arnold"
description: "Janet Arnold was a British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author. She is best known for her series of works called Patterns of Fashion, which included accurate scale sewing patterns, used by museums and theatres alike. She 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."
tagline: "British costume historian (1932–1998)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-10-06"
deathDate: "1998-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Canet Arnold"
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    title: "جانيت أرنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانيت ارنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Arnold"
    title: "Janet Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Arnold"
    title: "Janet Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Arnold"
    title: "Janet Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump