Thursday, November 7, 2013

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.

2 comments:

  1. According to the book accompanying the 1995 series, the inspiration for these costumes were some drawing by Diana Sperling which were published in the book 'Mrs Hurst Dancing & Other Scenes From Regency Life 1812-1823'. Copies of the images can be found at the bottom of this post at another blog site.

    http://blogspot.regencyromancenovels.com/?p=2356

    ps If you were already aware of the existence of these images feel free not to approve this comment.

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