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This was suggested by Melody at Regency Delight~Jane Austen etc.

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Elizabeth Bennet's Summer White Gown

Full Front View: The fabric is partially see through, so a petticoat is required for this dress. There is trim at the bottom of the dress that runs perpendicular to the design of the fabric (more on the fabric design below). The sleeves are 3/4 sleeves.

Front View: The lines of the fabric run vertically on the dress. There is not much of a puff to the sleeve.

Back View: There are four buttons to fasten the back together. The back of the skirt is gathered.

Partial Side View/Front View: The front of the bodice is gathered a little bit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Elizabeth Bennet's Black Spencer

I love this spencer! If I'm ever brave enough, I might make this :-). This spencer is seen on Elizabeth during various outdoor scenes. She wears at least two different bonnets with this spencer (the dark mahogany bonnet and the light tan one).

Front View: Pretty much looks like a typical spencer. Featuring a pop-up collar and a closed front.

Close up of Collar: Two things I noticed: there doesn't seem to be a visible seam for the collar, suggesting that the front piece is one piece; second, there is some decorative stitching along the tip of the collar.

Frog Detail: For the longest time, I had a hard time trying to get a good picture of the frogs that secure the front together. Here is a tolerable picture, but it's still pretty hard to see.

For more pictures of Frogs, this link to The Jane Austen Center's website might be of some help. Perhaps a mixture of the first picture of the millitary coat and something in the last picture?

Elizabeth Bennet's Red Evening Dress

Elizabeth seems to wear this dress at dinners or in the evening, but not for any balls. She is also seen wearing this dress at Rosings.

Front Views: The top picture is more of a fuller view, so that's why I included it. I don't have any pictures of the full dress. It's a red dress with a pattern, but there does seem to be a hint of white all around the dress.

Closer Picture of Lace: She has a little bit of lace along the neckline. You can't see the details in the fuller views, so I included this picture.

Partial Back View: This was the best picture I could find with the back view. It looks like it would be a typical Regency back with matching buttons. It doesn't appear to be tightly gathered as some Regency dresses are.

Elizabeth Bennet's Lucas Lodge Dress

We first see this dress on Elizabeth when the Bennets go to Lucas Lodge for a party. This dress is also worn by Elizabeth at the Philips's home and at Rosings.

Front Views: I included both these pictures because the sleeves looked slightly different in each: the first has the arm straight while the second has the arm bent (notice the folds). The dress appears to have two parts: a green, short sleeved underdress and a transparent overdress which has a V-neck to show the green underdress. Along the V-neck, it looks like there is a double layer of fabric (with lace?) as decoration; this double layer of fabric also appears to be slightly gathered while the rest of the bodice is ungathered. I also noticed some whitework or white embroidery on the skirt of the overdress.

Side View: Here you see more details of the sleeve. There are three seams (pleats?) towards the end of the sleeve along with some whitework or lace.

Assorted Chemisettes and Kerchiefs/Fichus

Throughout Pride and Prejudice, some characters wear either chemisettes or kerchiefs (fichus). Chemisettes and fichus were worn both for modesty and warmth. They would be tucked into the bodice.

Mrs. Bennet's chemisette: Lots of frills

Kitty and Lydia's chemisettes: Kitty has the chemisette with lots of frills while Lydia has a collar chemisette. I remembered seeing a Simplicity pattern that had a chemisette similar to Lydia's, but I think it's unavailable now. You might have to look at E-bay or other pattern websites.

Mrs. Gardiner's chemisette: Not as many frills as Mrs. Bennet's.

Elizabeth's and Jane's Kerchiefs/Fichus: I wasn't sure what to call them exactly. They are in the shape of fichus, but fichus are usually tucked into the bodice. Pretty much it's a triangular piece of fabric that you can tie as shown. They look like their decorated with some white embroidery on white tulle or some sort of veil fabric.

Elizabeth Bennet's Blue Spencer

The first outfit of Elizabeth's that we see in the first scene, this blue spencer is seen throughout the miniseries. It is always paired with a white dress, but there are two different bonnets that are worn with this spencer. I would say that this spencer seems to be worn during cooler summer days/warmer autumn days.

Front/Partial Side View: There seem to be three parts to the sleeve: the main. long sleeve, a shorter sleeve that goes on top, and lastly the zig-zag decoration that goes on top of the short sleeve.

Back Views: Looks similar to how Regency era dresses look in the back with the back piece.

Close up of the front: I included this picture so you could see the buttons that were hidden behind the bonnet ribbon.