Andrea Galer Costumes

BAFTA and Emmy award winning designer Andrea Galer is exhibiting the key costumes from the BBC drama Miss Austen Regrets, at the Jane Austen Centre.

These costumes will be of interest to all film fans and lovers of bespoke period costume and are placed around the ground floor exhibition of the Georgian building.

Andrea Galer is a high-profile film costume and fashion designer with numerous credits to her name. She created the costumes from Persuasion and designed the famous Withnail coat worn by Richard E Grant in Withnail And I, and her recent television work includes Blackpool, the acclaimed Bleak House and of course Jane Eyre. Take a look at Andrea Galer's fashion website • These costumes form part of the Jane Austen Centre exhibition which is open every day. These costumes represent the collaboration between the Jane Austen Centre and Andrea Galer. All of the hand-made lace used in the costumes comes from the 'Power of Hands' project which is supporting the traditional lace makers of the Galle region in Sri Lanka.
The lives of these women have been devastated by the Tsunami and the slowness of reconstruction.
If you would like to help and get yourself something beautifully in the process, you can find examples of this wonderful hand-made lace for sale on the Power of Hands website.