The standard of work of the entries remains very high. We invited four entrants to the 2009 finals which was judged by Jenny Tiramani.


Sarah Woodington from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama was the winner with her 1818-1823 pelisse.

‘Although this project has involved my blood, sweat and tears I have learnt so much from the process and have found the knowledge and understanding I have gained from completing the project invaluable.I have greater confidence in my own hand sewing and an understanding the potential for this skill.
It has been fascinating to study the work of Janet Arnold alongside the original garment at Gloucester Museum and similar garments at Berrington Hall. The original garment challenged my concepts of historical clothing and our modern day perception of quality compared to the perception of quality in dress historically.
The project has informed my knowledge of construction and I find myself comparing historical and modern construction techniques.
The braid for the pelisse is singularly the most time consuming piece of the garment. After completing the first piped length I set up packs with the fabric and cord and carried them around with me. I found myself piping in all manner of places, bus stops and building sites to friend’s flats and coffee shops!

I have a great sense of achievement in knowing that the reconstruction is complete and much joy in the final garment.’

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The other 3 finalist were:
 

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Winner was Josephine (Josie) Thomas Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff with her 1618 Doublet.
Highly commended was Jordan Bentley Glamorgan Centre for Art and Design Technology with her 1909-1910 eveningdress.
Due to the very high standard of workmanship of the finalists, it was decided that an additional award should be given to Jordan Bentley of £150 and £25 each to the other two finalists.
Other finalists:
Ursula Crocker: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff - Theatre Design
Frances Kellett: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

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We were indebted to Jenny Tiramani for agreeing to judge the 2007 Patterns of Fashion Award.
There were submissions from 5 different colleges and there were 4 finalists, it proved to be a very difficult task since the standard of the entries were all so high. After much deliberation it was agreed that for this year two awards could be given.

These were to Katie Wright, from Wimbledon School of Art for her 1902-3 day dress and to Caroline Lloyd from The Arts Institute at Bournemouth for her Promenade dress 1873-5.

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We were very pleased to have received nine applications from seven different colleges for The Patterns of Fashion Award. This now requires a reconstruction of a garment from a pattern in one of the Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion books. Three finalists, whose work was of a very high standard, were selected by the education sub-committee.
The delegates at the symposium were asked to vote for the winner. Sophie Howard obtained the most votes for her beautiful 1901 reception dress. Sophie has just completed her third and final year of the BA Hons programme in Costume Interpretation at Wimbledon School of Art. The other two finalists were second year students on the Theatre Design-Costume BA Hons programme at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama