Jane Bennet's Blue Spencers

There are two spencers featured here. I decided to put them into one post because they were so similar and there were only slight differences between them. Like Elizabeth's spencers, Jane's spencers are always paired with a white dress.

Spencer #1 Full View: There are two buttons at the bottom of the spencer that close the spencer.

Spencer #1 Front/Side View: There seem to be decorative buttons on the sleeve with triangular shapes going from the button to the sleeve.



Spencer #2 Front View: Slight differences: instead of only two buttons at the bottom for closure, there appear to be three buttons at the bottom and two more buttons above them.

Spencer #2 Side View: Here appears to be the same spencer as #1 sans buttons at the sides.

I didn't have any pictures of the back view, but I would assume that the back would be the standard Regency back.

Kitty Bennet's Purple Spencer

Kitty must only really have one spencer. This is the only spencer that I have seen her in. If you watched the 2007 version of Persuasion, this spencer may look familiar.

Front View: Really, there are only two fabric colors: a purpleish, greyish color (would it be called a light puce?) and a darker purple. The collar and cuffs done in this dark purple appear to be velvet or velour.

Close-up of Front View: There appear to be two darts on Kitty's spencer.

Partial Side View: Just a side view. You get a closer view of the black buttons.

Back View: To me, it looks like the back is one piece, not the typical Regency back with a couple of pieces.

Georgiana Darcy's Blue Spencer

Here is the spencer that Georgiana wears when she and Elizabeth first meet.

Front View: The pattern of the fabric appears to be gold dots(?) on a light blue background. The collar doesn't fully bend down, as it is left up a little bit. The top of the sleeves appear to be very tightly gathered.

Back View: The classic Regency back is present in this spencer. The collar seems to be a separate piece that is sewn onto the front and back.

Full Front View: The front is secured with a gold button(?) or bow(?).

Elizabeth Bennet's Grey Spencer

This spencer only appears for one scene in the entire miniseries: when Mr. Darcy gives Elizabeth the letter he wrote.

 Front View: Similar to the brown spencer, this spencer has three buttons and a drawstring tie at the bottom. From the looks of it, it seems that the collar and bodice pieces are connected. In other words: both sides and the collar are one piece that joins in the front with buttons.

Partial Front/Side View: Here you can see a little more clearly than the first picture that the sleeve is made up of two parts: an over sleeve and an under, full sleeve.

Side View: Here you get more of a sense of what the top sleeve is like. I'm not quite sure how the top sleeve was made.

Back View: It's a little hard to see, but there does appear to be seam lines that show that the back is a standard Regency spencer back. You also can see evidence that the collar is one piece with the front, since there is no seam in the middle of it.

Elizabeth Bennet's Brown Spencer

Possibly most remembered as the spencer that she wears to Pemberly, this spencer of Elizabeth is paired with either a dark brown bonnet or a light brown bonnet.

Front View: Here you can see that not only are there three buttons in the front, but also a drawstring tied in a bow.

Front View: I also included this picture since it is clearer than the first picture, but you can't see all the details due to the bonnet ribbons.

Side View: You can see that there is a dart in the middle of one side of the front piece. You can also see that there is a seam where the collar meets the spencer.

Back View: The back of the spencer comes up enough to see the back of the empire waist. The collar is a completely separate piece. The standard Regency spencer back is featured here.

Lydia Bennet's Traveling Spencer

This spencer only appears once in Pride and Prejudice; it appears in the scene when Lydia is leaving Longbourn to travel with the Forsters to Brighton.

Full Front View: This spencer is a little bit different from most spencers. It extends much farther than most spencers.

Front View: The color seems to be a mix of red and milk chocolate brown with tan/goldish dots. The collar is folded. The front is secured by two frogs.

Back View: You might be able to see a slight shadow where the back seam is. From that shadow, it is shown that the back of this spencer is like most Regency spencers. It seems like this spencer was made like most spencers, then the triangle parts were sewn on.

Elizabeth Bennet's Brown Patterned Spencer

We first see this spencer a little bit in one of the first scenes, but then it reappears in a later scene after Elizabeth reads Jane's letter and is walking around in the spring time.

Full View: Here's the full front view of the spencer. It appears to reach a little lower than the Regency waistline, but not too far below. There are also six buttons in the middle.

Close Front View: Here's a close-up of the front. You will notice that this spencer allows a little of the dress to be shown at the neckline. Five of the buttons are shown. The pattern itself is a milk chocolate brown with tan pattern lines.

Back View: Sorry this picture isn't as clear as it should be. They are hard to see, but there do seem to be traces of seam lines.

Lydia Bennet's Patterned Spencer

Lydia, like Kitty, seems to wear this spencer a lot. Sometimes she is shown with this spencer and a red cape (but more on the red cape later)

Front View: There's a fold down collar and three silver buttons on this spencer. It looks to me like the lace coming out of the collar is a part of the spencer.

Closer Front View: You get a better view of the lace coming out of the collar.

Side View: There might be a little bit of a "puff" to the sleeve, but it's not too big. Maybe it was slightly gathered.

Back View: This was the best picture I had of the back. It doesn't look like a typical Regency back (looking like there is only one piece to it), but it could just be the picture quality...

Elizabeth Bennet's Black Spencer

I love this spencer! If I'm ever brave enough, I might make this :-). This spencer is seen on Elizabeth during various outdoor scenes. She wears at least two different bonnets with this spencer (the dark mahogany bonnet and the light tan one).

Front View: Pretty much looks like a typical spencer. Featuring a pop-up collar and a closed front.

Close up of Collar: Two things I noticed: there doesn't seem to be a visible seam for the collar, suggesting that the front piece is one piece; second, there is some decorative stitching along the tip of the collar.

Frog Detail: For the longest time, I had a hard time trying to get a good picture of the frogs that secure the front together. Here is a tolerable picture, but it's still pretty hard to see.

For more pictures of Frogs, this link to The Jane Austen Center's website might be of some help. Perhaps a mixture of the first picture of the millitary coat and something in the last picture?

Elizabeth Bennet's Blue Spencer

The first outfit of Elizabeth's that we see in the first scene, this blue spencer is seen throughout the miniseries. It is always paired with a white dress, but there are two different bonnets that are worn with this spencer. I would say that this spencer seems to be worn during cooler summer days/warmer autumn days.

Front/Partial Side View: There seem to be three parts to the sleeve: the main. long sleeve, a shorter sleeve that goes on top, and lastly the zig-zag decoration that goes on top of the short sleeve.

Back Views: Looks similar to how Regency era dresses look in the back with the back piece.

Close up of the front: I included this picture so you could see the buttons that were hidden behind the bonnet ribbon.