Lady Mary Crawley dances with soon-to-be fiance Matthew. This elegant shot silk dress is on view in "Costumes of Downton Abbey," an exhibition at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Delaware. The engagement scene from the show is projected alongside the display of the dress and Matthew's evening wear.
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Lady Mary Crawley dances with soon-to-be fiance Matthew. This elegant shot silk dress is on view in "Costumes of Downton Abbey," an exhibition at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Delaware. The engagement scene from the show is projected alongside the display of the dress and Matthew's evening wear.
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The Crawley sisters attend a garden party on the estate. Lady Cybil, left, is wearing a vintage dress, one of a few nearly 100 percent vintage pieces in the Winterthur exhibit.
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The Crawley sisters attend a garden party on the estate. Lady Cybil, left, is wearing a vintage dress, one of a few nearly 100 percent vintage pieces in the Winterthur exhibit.
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The delicate cotton print of Lady Cybil's dress "looks so '60s," said Linda Eaton, Winterthur's senior curator of textiles. "These things keep coming around. They get reinterpreted but the core designs just keep coming around and coming around and coming around."
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The delicate cotton print of Lady Cybil's dress "looks so '60s," said Linda Eaton, Winterthur's senior curator of textiles. "These things keep coming around. They get reinterpreted but the core designs just keep coming around and coming around and coming around."
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Lady Edith's wedding dress, center, was built around a vintage embroidered panel, with present-day embroidery added to the dress created around it, Eaton said.
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Lady Edith's wedding dress, center, was built around a vintage embroidered panel, with present-day embroidery added to the dress created around it, Eaton said.
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"Hats were an obligatory accessory" in this period, said Eaton. But by the show's fourth season there is less headgear.
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"Hats were an obligatory accessory" in this period, said Eaton. But by the show's fourth season there is less headgear.
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A sheer vintage top was transformed into an overlay for this dress worn by Lady Cybil.
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A sheer vintage top was transformed into an overlay for this dress worn by Lady Cybil.
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Cora's dress in this scene, center, was created around a vintage panel of beading and embroidery, Eaton said.
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Cora's dress in this scene, center, was created around a vintage panel of beading and embroidery, Eaton said.
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White tie and tails was essential evening wear for men, although by season four, black tie is starting to be accepted for some less formal occasions.
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White tie and tails was essential evening wear for men, although by season four, black tie is starting to be accepted for some less formal occasions.
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Lord Grantham and Matthew wear cable knit vests for a cricket match.
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Lord Grantham and Matthew wear cable knit vests for a cricket match.
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Lord Grantham in his walking tweeds, an ensemble appropriate for roaming the estate.
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Lord Grantham in his walking tweeds, an ensemble appropriate for roaming the estate.
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While women's fashions upstairs change quickly, servant's clothes like those worn by Mrs. Patmore remain much the same.
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While women's fashions upstairs change quickly, servant's clothes like those worn by Mrs. Patmore remain much the same.
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Servants' clothes do vary by occasion and time of day. Here Anna is dressed for an afternoon garden party in a more elaborate apron and cap than she would usually wear.
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Servants' clothes do vary by occasion and time of day. Here Anna is dressed for an afternoon garden party in a more elaborate apron and cap than she would usually wear.
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Carson wears a white waist coat and a white tie similar to those worn by Lord Grantham. Differentiating the butler from the gentlemen was all about the quality of the cloth and tailoring, said Jeff Groff, one of the exhibition curators. Mrs. Hughes' silhouettes are similar to those worn by the Dowager Countess but much plainer and simpler.
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Carson wears a white waist coat and a white tie similar to those worn by Lord Grantham. Differentiating the butler from the gentlemen was all about the quality of the cloth and tailoring, said Jeff Groff, one of the exhibition curators. Mrs. Hughes' silhouettes are similar to those worn by the Dowager Countess but much plainer and simpler.
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