'It was like coming home,' costume designer Anna Robbins says:
"It was the tiara show," says costume designer Anna Robbins, who received two Emmy nominations for her work on the TV series.Along with anticipating the drama, hijinks and witty, if not salty, repartee of the grand Crawley family and the beloved downstairs staff, ardent fans of "Downton Abbey" are surely excited for the return of glorious period costumes from the much-missed TV series.
"It was like coming home," Robbins says, over the phone from London. She and the actors jumped right back into fittings and roles, as if three years hadn't passed at all. "I know the characters inside and out. It's in my bones now, so that process is quite easy. You get to then just collaborate with them and really explore and finesse what it is you want to do."
To remake a new dress to fit Lady Mary's style, Robbins — who's been sharing excellent costume behind-the-scenes on her Instagram — deconstructed the vintage piece, rebuilt the bodice and replicated the delicate print on more fabric. "That's really a key look that is everything I love about Mary's style," she says. "It's striking and feminine without being too pretty or fussy and, at the same time, it embodies the estate that she works so hard for.
"I tended to find original pieces that would usually fit Laura Carmichael like a dream," she says. Now married to Bertie Pelham — or Lord Hexham, excuse me — Edith outranks her family in title as Marchioness. "The thing about Edith is that she's always complicated and she blossomed in series six. Her fashion blossoms as much as her personal life. I wanted to take that on into the film, because she's found herself," adds Robbins.
Of course, the younger Crawleys inherited their impeccable sense of style from their mother Cora . In the movie, the Countess of Grantham charms in exquisitely detailed and gorgeously draped gowns, like one of Robbins's favorites worn to the royal ball.
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