At 16:05 27/03/2006, you wrote:
Hello!
I am not really familiar with the Regency era;
however I really liked the dress that Jayne
(Rosamund Pike) wore in the opening scene of the
latest version of Pride & Prejudice (with Keira
Knightly) she wears the same style dress a
different points throughout the movie, one in
pink and the other in blue. I have looked at the
patterns sites that carry Regency patterns
(Sense & Sensibility, etc.) but have been unable
to locate anything like this. There is a dress
with an overcoat (?) that has an under-the-bust
piece to connect either side of the overcoat.
While I have not seen the movie Sense &
Sensibility with Kate Winslet as Marianne
Dashwood, I have seen screen shots and she is
wearing a similar style outfit, a peach & white gown on a picnic.
http://www.geocities.com/mm_regency1/ss_mpwd.html
Does anyone know what the overcoat is called and
what type of dress the base dress is?
Patterns for the "overcoat" can be found in both
"Cut of Women's Clothes" by Norah Waugh, and
"Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860" by Janet Arnold.
It is probable that you will find patterns for
the dress in one of those books too, or "Period
Costume for Stage and Screen 1800-1090" by Jean
Hunnisett, as these were the principal books of
patterns that the British costume houses used at
the time this version was being made. The sheer
dress is possibly being worn over a bodiced petticoat.
I have not seen the new P and P so cannot comment on that particular style.
Suzi
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