Showing posts with label Costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Costumes. Show all posts

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Elizabeth Bennet's Dark Brown Bonnet

This bonnet is seen throughout Pride and Prejudice and is paired with different spencers and one pelisse.

Front View: The fabric on the brim is very tightly gathered. You can also see that there is a line where the fabric was gathered towards the end of the brim.

Side View: There are more lines where the fabric was gathered along the side (By looking at this picture, there are three on the outside of the brim. The crown seems to be gathered more tightly at the top than at the bottom.
Back View: Under the crown on the brim there is a bow where the bonnet ribbons are attached to the bonnet.
Back/Side View: You can see a little more details with the bow here.
This bonnet is worn with various outerwear. Above, there were pictures with the travelling pelisse and one with the brown spencer.
Here's the front view with the brown spencer.

 
In one scene, we see Elizabeth wearing this bonnet with the black spencer.

Georgiana Darcy's Blue Spencer

Here is the spencer that Georgiana wears when she and Elizabeth first meet.

Front View: The pattern of the fabric appears to be gold dots(?) on a light blue background. The collar doesn't fully bend down, as it is left up a little bit. The top of the sleeves appear to be very tightly gathered.

Back View: The classic Regency back is present in this spencer. The collar seems to be a separate piece that is sewn onto the front and back.

Full Front View: The front is secured with a gold button(?) or bow(?).

Georgiana Darcy's Pemberly Gown

This is the dress that Georgiana wears when Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner visit Pemberly for an evening.

Close Front View: The gown is fastened in the front, which suggests that the back is one piece with no buttons. There are six buttons that are visible in the picture (maybe 1-3 got cut off?)

Front/Side View: You can see more of the front of the dress here.

Partial Back View: This was the best picture I could get of the back. You do get to see more of the shawl here, though!

Side View: In this picture, you can see that there is a transparent overlay to Georgiana's gown.

Elizabeth Bennet's Pemberly Gown

This white gown was first seen on Elizabeth at the Assembly Room ball, then at Netherfield, and then at Pemberly.

Full Front View: There seems to be an overlay to this gown (which would be the white part). The underskirt looks like a light tan color.

Front View Close-up: You can see more how the bodice is constructed. There are two side fronts and a front. The side fronts are decorated with intricate embroidery, which also appears on the sleeves.

Closer View of Front: You can see a little more of the embroidery work here.

Friday, February 18, 2011

New Garments added to Pride and Prejudice Wardrobe

Just added a couple more garments to the "Pride and Prejudice Wardrobe".

Elizabeth's Brown Spencer
Elizabeth's Grey Spencer

Georgiana's Blue Pelisse

New to the "Pride and Prejudice Wardrobe"? Check out the main link here!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Georgiana Darcy's Blue Pelisse

We see this pelisse in a flash back of Mr. Darcy's as he is writing his letter. This was the pelisse that Georgiana wore at Ramsgate.

Front View: There are six buttons/fasteners at the bottom of the bodice of this pelisse. The collar also folds down to reveal some sort of white, lacy fabric.

Side View: You can get some hint of what the back looks like from the side view. The back appears to be pleated. There are two parts of the sleeve: the top sleeve and the under, full sleeve. I would assume that the back of the pelisse is the standard Regency back of pelisses.

Elizabeth Bennet's Grey Spencer

This spencer only appears for one scene in the entire miniseries: when Mr. Darcy gives Elizabeth the letter he wrote.

 Front View: Similar to the brown spencer, this spencer has three buttons and a drawstring tie at the bottom. From the looks of it, it seems that the collar and bodice pieces are connected. In other words: both sides and the collar are one piece that joins in the front with buttons.

Partial Front/Side View: Here you can see a little more clearly than the first picture that the sleeve is made up of two parts: an over sleeve and an under, full sleeve.

Side View: Here you get more of a sense of what the top sleeve is like. I'm not quite sure how the top sleeve was made.

Back View: It's a little hard to see, but there does appear to be seam lines that show that the back is a standard Regency spencer back. You also can see evidence that the collar is one piece with the front, since there is no seam in the middle of it.

Elizabeth Bennet's Brown Spencer

Possibly most remembered as the spencer that she wears to Pemberly, this spencer of Elizabeth is paired with either a dark brown bonnet or a light brown bonnet.

Front View: Here you can see that not only are there three buttons in the front, but also a drawstring tied in a bow.

Front View: I also included this picture since it is clearer than the first picture, but you can't see all the details due to the bonnet ribbons.

Side View: You can see that there is a dart in the middle of one side of the front piece. You can also see that there is a seam where the collar meets the spencer.

Back View: The back of the spencer comes up enough to see the back of the empire waist. The collar is a completely separate piece. The standard Regency spencer back is featured here.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Lydia Bennet's Traveling Spencer

This spencer only appears once in Pride and Prejudice; it appears in the scene when Lydia is leaving Longbourn to travel with the Forsters to Brighton.

Full Front View: This spencer is a little bit different from most spencers. It extends much farther than most spencers.

Front View: The color seems to be a mix of red and milk chocolate brown with tan/goldish dots. The collar is folded. The front is secured by two frogs.

Back View: You might be able to see a slight shadow where the back seam is. From that shadow, it is shown that the back of this spencer is like most Regency spencers. It seems like this spencer was made like most spencers, then the triangle parts were sewn on.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Charlotte Lucas's Evening Gown

Charlotte wears this dress during evening dinners or parties. I didn't get a full picture of the dress, but the pictures I did get would be enough to get a good idea what the dress is like.

Close-up Front View: There is a little split in the sleeves, like it had been pleated so that there is that split. You can also see there is a ribbon in the middle of the neckline. The print of the fabric is striped with dark blue (or navy) and light blue with gold dots that appear to run across the dress like there was ribbon there. The neck line also appears to have a little bit of lace and a darker under dress (there are two parts of this dress which is discussed below).

 
Partial Full View: A bit cut off, but still provides a lot of detail. The dress is made up of two parts: an overlay and an underdress. The overlay has the navy, light blue, and gold fabric, while the dress has a dark blue (though I'm not sure I would call it navy) with darker blue dots. You can also see the direction the fabric pattern is going for the overlay in this picture.

Side View: Around the slit in the sleeve, there is a gold pattern running down the sleeve. I would say it was a fabric ribbon decoration, since you can still see the pattern through the ribbon. There is also a gold tassel hanging down from the middle of the sleeve. It's hard to see in this picture, but it looks like there is a similar opening on the back of the skirt as there is on the front.

There doesn't appear to be a front or back opening to the overlay, but I would assume that the openings would be on the underdress and that this dress just fits on top of the underdress.

Elizabeth Bennet's Traveling Pelisse

Elizabeth seems to wear this pelisse when she is traveling somewhere (Hunsford, Lambton, from Netherfield Park, etc.)

Front View: The color appears to be a dark teal-ish color. Elizabeth wears either this bonnet or the bonnet that she wore to Pemberly. The scarf that appears in this picture is often worn with this pelisse.

Close up of Front: The collar looks like a lot of modern collars. You also get a closer look at the pattern on the scarf.

Front View: You can clearly see the four buttons that were hidden by the bonnet ribbon.

Side View: The sleeve isn't too puffy at the top: if you are making this pelisse, be careful with gathering the sleeve.

Note: The white part by the neckline is separate from the pelisse. Notice the red dress that is shown by the skirt and the white scarf around the neckline.

Elizabeth Bennet's Brown Patterned Spencer

We first see this spencer a little bit in one of the first scenes, but then it reappears in a later scene after Elizabeth reads Jane's letter and is walking around in the spring time.

Full View: Here's the full front view of the spencer. It appears to reach a little lower than the Regency waistline, but not too far below. There are also six buttons in the middle.

Close Front View: Here's a close-up of the front. You will notice that this spencer allows a little of the dress to be shown at the neckline. Five of the buttons are shown. The pattern itself is a milk chocolate brown with tan pattern lines.

Back View: Sorry this picture isn't as clear as it should be. They are hard to see, but there do seem to be traces of seam lines.

Kitty and Lydia Bennet's Red Cape

Kitty and Lydia have the same exact red cape. In fact, there isn't a scene where one wears it and the other doesn't; they always wear them together. They also wear their usual spencers underneath (notice a little bit of Kitty's purple spencer and Lydia's patterned spencer).

Front View: Both capes are red and are secured with a two ribbons that are tied together in a bow. There is a hood on both...

Back View: And here's the hood! The hood is gathered at the edge. It appears that the hood is a rather large one, probably so the wearer could have their bonnet on and be fully covered by the hood.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Mary Bennet's Blue Ball Gown

Mary Bennet only seems to have one evening dress: this same blue dress. It's a really plain dress, so I really don't have too much to say about this dress.

Front Views: It's a plain dress. There's a little white middle section to the bodice that is tightly gathered., but other than that, there's nothing really extraordinary about this dress.

Side View

Jane Bennet's Netherfield Ball Gown

Here is Jane's pink Netherfield Ball Dress. The Netherfield Ball is the only time that you see this dress.

Front View: It might be a little hard to see, but there is a triangle shape in the middle of the bodice. There seem to be darts or pleats that follow the shape of the neckline down the bodice.


Side/Back View: The bottom of the sleeve doesn't seem to cling to the arm: it is a little open. You can't see the back opening well in this picture, so I included a better picture of the back.

Back View: Here's the better picture of the back. There doesn't appear to be visible buttons; I would assume that it is closed with hooks and eyes.

Elizabeth Bennet's Netherfield Ball Gown

This is one of my favorite dresses. It's clean, simple, elegant, and very pretty!

Front View (Close-up): The gathering along the bodice seems to be fanned out. The fabric also appears to have a glossy spotted pattern to it.

Front View/Side View: Here is a fuller view of the front. Along the skirt, it seems that the pattern has lines running up and down. Perhaps the lines are made out of the glossy spots?


Back View: Instead of gathered, the back part of the skirt appears to be pleated.

Front Full View: It's hard to tell in this picture, but in the video it looks like the dress is made up of a cream colored overlay and a lighter colored (almost white?) underskirt. There appears to be a little bit of a pattern at the bottom of the overlay.