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  • Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 1995 film "Sense and Sensibility."
    • Columbia Pictures

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995

    Costume seen on Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood

  • Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice wearing a blue and white checked dress in the sketch "Plots and Proposals" of the 2000 television special "Victoria Wood With All the Trimmings."
    • BBC

    Victoria Wood With All the Trimmings: Plots and Proposals

    2000

    Costume seen on Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice Cottisloe

  • An extra as a midwife wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2002 mini-series "Napoleon."
    • A+E Networks

    Napoléon

    2002

    Costume seen on extra as a midwife

  • An extra wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2003 mini-series "Byron."
    • BBC

    Byron

    2003

    Costume seen on an extra

  • Victoria Hopkins as herself wearing a blue and white checkered dress in the 2004 mini-series "Regency House Party."
    • Wall to Wall
    • Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

    Regency House Party

    2004

    Costume seen on Victoria Hopkins as herself

  • Billie Piper as Fanny Price wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2007 film "Mansfield Park."
    • ITV

    Mansfield Park

    2007

    Costume seen on Billie Piper as Fanny Price

  • Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2007 film "Persuasion."
    • ITV

    Persuasion

    2007

    Costume seen on Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove

  • Nichola Burley a Isabella Linton wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2011 film "Wuthering Heights."
    • Film4
    • UK Film Council
    • Oscilloscope

    Wuthering Heights

    2011

    Costume seen on Nichola Burley as Isabella Linton

  • Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright wearing a blue and white checked dress in the 2013 film "Austenland."
    • Sony Pictures Classics

    Austenland

    2013

    Costume seen on Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright

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About the Costume

Jenny Beavan and John Bright designed the Oscar-nominated costumes for Sense and Sensibility. They worked with one another on several other films, including The Remains of the Day, A Room With a View and The Bostonians. Their creations for Emma Thompson’s screenplay of Jane Austen’s famous novel have gone on to be used and altered for many Regency-era films and television shows.

This white and blue checked gown has certainly made the rounds over the years, having been worn at least nine times. It first appeared in 1995 on Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. It was seen again in 2000 on Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice Cottisloe in the television special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings in a skit entitled Plots and Proposals. In 2002 it was seen on an extra as a midwife in the miniseries Napoléon. 

In 2003 it was worn again by an extra in Byron, and in 2004 was utilized in the reality series Regency House Party on Victoria Hopkins. The gown was worn twice in 2007, first in Mansfield Park on Billie Piper as Fanny Price and then in Persuasion on Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove.

In 2011 it was spotted on Nichola Burley as Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights. Most recently, the costume was seen in 2013 in Austenland on Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright, though some trim has been added to the sleeves and empire waist to give it a slightly different look.

What do you think of the history of this dress? Let us know in the comments!

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About the Costume

Jenny Beavan and John Bright designed the Oscar-nominated costumes for Sense and Sensibility. They worked with one another on several other films, including The Remains of the Day, A Room With a View and The Bostonians. Their creations for Emma Thompson’s screenplay of Jane Austen’s famous novel have gone on to be used and altered for many Regency-era films and television shows.

This white and blue checked gown has certainly made the rounds over the years, having been worn at least nine times. It first appeared in 1995 on Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. It was seen again in 2000 on Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice Cottisloe in the television special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings in a skit entitled Plots and Proposals. In 2002 it was seen on an extra as a midwife in the miniseries Napoléon. 

In 2003 it was worn again by an extra in Byron, and in 2004 was utilized in the reality series Regency House Party on Victoria Hopkins. The gown was worn twice in 2007, first in Mansfield Park on Billie Piper as Fanny Price and then in Persuasion on Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove.

In 2011 it was spotted on Nichola Burley as Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights. Most recently, the costume was seen in 2013 in Austenland on Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright, though some trim has been added to the sleeves and empire waist to give it a slightly different look.

What do you think of the history of this dress? Let us know in the comments!

Jenny Beavan and John Bright designed the Oscar-nominated costumes for Sense and Sensibility. They worked with one another on several other films, including The Remains of the Day, A Room With a View and The Bostonians. Their creations for Emma Thompson’s screenplay of Jane Austen’s famous novel have gone on to be used and altered for many Regency-era films and television shows.

This white and blue checked gown has certainly made the rounds over the years, having been worn at least nine times. It first appeared in 1995 on Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. It was seen again in 2000 on Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice Cottisloe in the television special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings in a skit entitled Plots and Proposals. In 2002 it was seen on an extra as a midwife in the miniseries Napoléon. 

In 2003 it was worn again by an extra in Byron, and in 2004 was utilized in the reality series Regency House Party on Victoria Hopkins. The gown was worn twice in 2007, first in Mansfield Park on Billie Piper as Fanny Price and then in Persuasion on Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove.

In 2011 it was spotted on Nichola Burley as Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights. Most recently, the costume was seen in 2013 in Austenland on Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright, though some trim has been added to the sleeves and empire waist to give it a slightly different look.

What do you think of the history of this dress? Let us know in the comments!

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    • Thanks. We already have images of it in Austenland. Scroll down and you’ll find a message from four years ago containing a photo. 🙂

  1. guess what will grace the silver screens with the release of “pride and prejudice and zombies” again? rightyright. though i cannot make out which of the younger three sisters is wearing it or which actress it is, playing her.

    • I’m not the least bit surprised! Thanks for sharing, anna. Nice to see you around. P.S. I spotted something in Galavant images the other day which I think you will like. Posted on the other site. 🙂

  2. PS: wasn’t the spencer shown above on rosamund stephen as henrietta musgrove worn by jodhi may as mrs. weston in BBC emma (2009) for her wedding?

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Costume Commentary

    • Thanks. We already have images of it in Austenland. Scroll down and you’ll find a message from four years ago containing a photo. 🙂

  1. guess what will grace the silver screens with the release of “pride and prejudice and zombies” again? rightyright. though i cannot make out which of the younger three sisters is wearing it or which actress it is, playing her.

    • I’m not the least bit surprised! Thanks for sharing, anna. Nice to see you around. P.S. I spotted something in Galavant images the other day which I think you will like. Posted on the other site. 🙂

  2. PS: wasn’t the spencer shown above on rosamund stephen as henrietta musgrove worn by jodhi may as mrs. weston in BBC emma (2009) for her wedding?

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    • Thanks. We already have images of it in Austenland. Scroll down and you’ll find a message from four years ago containing a photo. 🙂

  1. guess what will grace the silver screens with the release of “pride and prejudice and zombies” again? rightyright. though i cannot make out which of the younger three sisters is wearing it or which actress it is, playing her.

    • I’m not the least bit surprised! Thanks for sharing, anna. Nice to see you around. P.S. I spotted something in Galavant images the other day which I think you will like. Posted on the other site. 🙂

  2. PS: wasn’t the spencer shown above on rosamund stephen as henrietta musgrove worn by jodhi may as mrs. weston in BBC emma (2009) for her wedding?

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