Wow what a find and what a change. I honestly think I do prefer the first version but I can see the appeal of the overlay. The bow is just a bit too much for me.
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Pride and Prejudice
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Wow what a find and what a change. I honestly think I do prefer the first version but I can see the appeal of the overlay. The bow is just a bit too much for me.
It’s another one of those costumes where the change is drastic.
Ahh. Cool find, hadn’t yet tracked the faint pattern on the front panel which is actually still visible in the dress’ latest outings. Maybe it wasn’t embroidered but painted/printed and the colour washed out or faded? Although, tbh, not to the dress’ detriment… It would be somewhat – if mean-ly – in character for Kitty to have a ‘good enough’ craft project go awry and still wear it for a society outing to gather some looks and comments. Who knows? Maybe you guys just discovered a heretofore undocumented bit of Dinah Collins’ character-building-via-costuming genius ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PS: Better view of the matching and – after all – still in place back-panel in Sanditon.

PPS: And yes, that is Mrs. Bennet’s/Alison Steadman’s evening-gown dancing with/through ITV’s Emma there.

Oh! It sure is! Thank you!
Oh wow, you could be right about it having been washed! I’d hate to have been the one to have discovered the fading after the washing….
Front view Sanditon https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ccc4b016a21ead9c95f4c8587d7aece4d77c07aa3cef84ae35753c7a766dead8.png
Thank you!