Downton abbey clothes

From beaded gowns to (gasp!) trousers.

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Castmates Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Joanne Froggatt, and Sophie McShera flip the script on their traditional roles to welcome September’s much anticipated Downton Abbey movie.

~Downton Abbey, Cora, Mary and Edith~ attending christening in half-mourning, which is 6 months after mourning started

The magic of Hollywood comes to Crawley family estate in 1928. (Warning: spoilers!)

Lately I've been working on the second collection for Royal Vintage Shoes. Wait, what? You haven't even seen the first collection yet! I know, don't worry! I'm having to adjust to fashion-industry-norms and design and prototype new collections way in advance of when they'll actually arrive. It

The aristocratic daughters in Downton Abbey, Lady Edith, Lady Sybil and Lady Mary. Great show!

Happy Easter! Today I premiered my version of Lady Mary's garden party dress! I used Vogue 8648 as a starting point and then drafted away. I really wanted to capture all of the different directions of the stripes so I changed a lot! Here's what I did: Raised the neckline of the front Drafted the waist band on to the skirt Lengthened the skirt Changed the shape of the skirt from pencil to more aline Drafted the back bodice from 4 pieces to 2 Moved the zipper from the center back to the side…