Here it is on Billie Piper in BBC’s The Sally Lockhart Misteries from 2006. 
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Costume Commentary
Here it is on Billie Piper in BBC’s The Sally Lockhart Misteries from 2006.
Look which bale of fabric will get a new cut and airing for “The Nevers”: http://www.farfarawaysite.com/temple/l-l/laurad/filmtv2/hires/22.jpg
It sure does get around, huh?
On Tamsin Greig for this or next year’s “Belgravia”. Will they ever make (pay for the making of) new costumes? Well, at least Ms Greig seems to be having a day. Also: If you look at the front. there seems to be an added waistcoat or matching top (like a Victorian stomacher) or somesuch thing. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/07/08/16/15779786-7225175-Having_a_laugh_Tamsin_Greig_52_appeared_in_jovial_spirits_as_she-m-92_1562599474704.jpg
Nice!
The 1840ies dress with the slightly outlandish/very distinct stripe arrangement worn by Jennifer Connelly as Emma Darwin in 2009’s Creation will be on show again in the BBC’s Brontë drama “To walk invisible”:
And look what else will get an airing in “To walk invisible”: Gracie Kelly (no, really) as Ellen Nussey. Could this be the same actress/character as shown https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images above? Will her whole wardrobe consist of those stripes? Questions, questions.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/330d17f5391b2577620b098b245a05d058d4e62a029325367f35c7e19a20bd80.jpg
Oh, I definitely think it is the same. The buck;e appears to be the same one from “Bleak House.”
the first thing i thought seeing that costume in the show was ‘recycled costume.’ I imagine the entire thing was, but this one is very distinctive.
It sure is distinctive. Unique characteristics are why costumes stand out, and why some of us remember and recognize them in other projects.
Here is the stripey dress from “The Count of Monte Christo” worn by Harriet Smith as Mrs. Gown sr. in “Little Dorrit” (2008) and by Charlotte West-Oram as Mrs. Dent in the 2006 version of “Jane Eyre”.
Wow, thank you! I don’t think I would have caught it from “Jane Eyre.” at all! Nice catch!
Nice find in Jane Eyre. 🙂
That costume has appeared in several other productions. It’s posted on p. 7 of the misc thread.
Thanks!
Medium Res image from Dorrit
Thanks!
FYI: I had previously posted pics of this costume from Micawber and Middlemarch; searching for Micawber should bring it up.
Kindly butting in to say Harriet Walter is the actor pictured. Harriet Smith is the character from Jane Austen’s Emma.
Right you are, of course. Think it’s also Gowan but that must have been a Freudian typo.
Do you see, what I see? It’s a still from the Edgar Ramirez starring pic “The Liberator” (2014). Curious to know, which one it is! The one from Onegin, Monte Cristo or Bright Star. Or yet another one?
I sincerely hope it’s not another one! I hope it’s from Bright Star…
The justaucorps worn by Ronan Vibert as Robispierre in “The scarlet Pimpernell” is also worn by Julian Rhind-Tutt as Antoine Lavoisier in “E=mc² – Einstein’s big idea” (2005).
Oh, thank you!
The inventive Georgian dress of the fabric with the zone front and the falling collar lapels as worn by Lyndsey Marshal as Lady Sarah Hill in Garrow’s Law is worn again by Maria Gale Mrs. Younge in a flas back to the story of “Pride and Prejudice” in the third episode of “Death comes to Pemberley”.
It looks a lot like the the one worn on the cover of The Agency: Spy in the House by Y.L. Lee:
About this costume, IMdB says that it was actually the same worn by Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart in “The Shadow in the North”.
And talking about the fabric, don’t you think it is very similar to the one in the dress worn by Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes in “Downton Abbey”? (she wears in both series 1 and 2)
beautiful fabrics. BTW do you have any suggestion – where i can find information about Margaret’s carpetbag shown in the final scene? I really liked it very much and your help will be appreciated
This could also be the dress that River Song is wearing in Doctor Who “A Good Man Goes To War” when Rory comes to find her in prison, and she has been iceskating with the Doctor. Bit of a time blooper, though, because she says it was 1814 and this dress is definitely from a later date (but you know, wibblywobbly timeywhimey).
Here’s an image:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCfXFSiREt0/TonYP5dHhiI/AAAAAAAAC4s/qUPZ3RMb3IA/s1600/river+rory.jpg
I was just thinking that – the more I look at it, the more I think that it could very possibly be Billy’s costume. Thanks for posting pics of the extra in Sweeny – I’d never noticed that piece in the film before.
Or maybe it’s the costume worn by Billie Piper later that year in “The Shadow in the North”, as that collar seems to have the right amount of fabric, not sure, Margerets collar can be drawn out that far? Though then the sleeves might have been a bit to narrow for the extra on Sweeney Todd?!
Here’s the fabric once more. It might even be Margaret’s original dress that is seen on an extra in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd (2007). Though it’s shown from serveral angles, unfortunately it is not to be seen from the collar downwards.
Oh, thanks! This is awesome!
here’S a still with a better view of the fabric of hermines coat. seems to be another one after all.
You mean this one from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (2010) on Emma Watson as Hermione Granger.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f2c211637e51ee74f17929714db76918fc0a69bcd4e4a95fe7cd4d53fadf30a8.jpg
Her is other one on a Woman from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (2010). Is same as Hermione wears in Woods.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/63f66ff59e1423e9a5e8805db4fec3e118b988e8b77d65383daaae7407262fbe.jpg
That looks like Sophie Thompson, so it must be Mafalda Hopkirk.
It’s just really weird that they both wear this? I just wonder why…?
look what i’ve just found: the fabric is back. (slightly changed) and it’s going big this time. very cinematical: hermion (emma watson) is wrapped in it in “harry potter – the deathly hollows”.
Very interesting, Anna! How fun to see the fabric running horizontal on the gown from Creation! It most certainly is the same fabric!
emma darwin/jennifer connolly is wearing a dress out of the same fabric in the BBCfilms feature “creation” plus here are some more views of claudie blakelys dress from “bright star”. i think this is not the same dress as on harriet walter in little dorrit and some other lady in monte christo (but i am sure it’s the same dress on the last two mentioned ladies). plus: it was shown so often in bright that i would venture to say it was especially made by janet patterson for the movie.
Thank you! This is a marvelous find!
From what I can see, it looks like a fabric from the Hopkins, which is why there are several different costumes made from it.
Great isn’t it? I was so relieved. I honestly really was convinced it had been used in Shadow In The North, but wasn’t sure about anything else. I am glad to see it had not and that Margaret’s gown is still in tact!
Happy new years to you too, Anna!
i was just going to post that, as i have seen the christmas special just yet. in any case, that proves, that margaret hales beloved and iconic dress is still intact. i believe, that many a fan will be relieved to hear that ;o)
happy new year to this site, all it’s users and makers!
This dress was also used in the newest installment of Cranford! Michelle Dockery wore it in her roles as Erminia in part one of two (not sure if she wears it in the second part as that hasn’t been aired yet.)
Stephanie
i have found the following dress on miranda richardson/susan gilchrist in st ives (miramax 1998). i do not think it is an unaltered version of the dress from garrow’s law. but the fabric might be the same as well. the stripe pattern looks the same although it seems to be rather glossy and perhaps more blueish.
http://www.iphpbb.com/board/ftopic-42984132nx96638-200-150.html#6672
+ here’s what i found about the dress from garrow’s law:
i don’t know if billy piper’s/sally lockhart’s jacket was done out of margaret hale’s recut one (even if, the possibility remains, that one model of the costume remains untouched as it was probably done more than one time. granted, this is usually a feature film practice due to budget). but i believe this costume from garrow’s law was done apart from that. 1st: the stripes on the bodice point down in strictly parallel lines. so it looks like this part is probably sewn out of one piece of fabric opposed to the serveral pieces drawn together for margaret’s bodicefront. plus the folded collar is much bigger than it could have been, were it made out of the remaining pieces of margaret’s/sally lockhart’s jacket. at least, that’s my theory.
greets,
anna
i’ve seen dresses similar to the one in “the count of monte christo” on harriet walter in “little dorrit” and on claudie blakely in “bright star” (trailer) perhaps they’re really the same (less likely the case with bright star), but i saw to little of them to decide. anyway, i found the fabric of those dresses to be glossier. a bit like satin. plus the stripes seem different.
Thanks so much! I love that this gown has been adapted so much! From early Mid Victorian to late Victorian, early Edwardian – now to Georgian!! How exciting!
This is incredible! Thank you so much!
oops forgot to say, worn by lyndsey Marshal playing Lady Sarah Hill
I think this might be the same fabric too, from The Counte of Monte Cristo, 2002 worn by an uncredited extra. (If you add brightness to the photo, you can see the fabric detail better.)