Downton Abbey

On a recent interview with Rachel McAdams for Glamour magazine, she talked about the importance of a character's wardrobe in a movie... The importance of costumes in a movie is as big as in real life. I wrote about this earlier, and every time I see a movie my point is confirmed. Downton Abbey, recommended to me by my friend Maya, is not a movie, but has the pretiest and most accurate costumes ever seen in a TV show, making me want to live there and then.

Image of the whole cast dressed for Christmas, from the series' official website.

Downton Abbey is a series set in the English countryside the beginning of the 20th century with the news of the sinking of the Titanic (I'm not giving anything away, promise!). The three sisters in the family (from left to right), Edith, Sybil and Mary, run around the house in beautiful custom-made dresses that they can't even put own by themselves. Even the servants who dress them wear pretty clothes when they're not working (almost never).

This image was taken from The Culture Concept, from a very interesting article (if
you ignore the Castle parts) on the series written by Carolyn McDowall.

I go back and forth between Sybil and Mary as my favorite sister.
Image from the Spanish blog El Norte de Castilla.

The costumes are so important and have such a role that the series site on the PBS website has a section on the style of the era and how they achieve the looks and whrere they get the outfits and ideas.

When watching a series like this one I can't not wonder how it would've been life in those circumstances and how would I look wearing those dresses. It is definitely one of my favorite fashion eras. And it doesn't hurt that the story is amazing. So amazing that I watched the 7 episodes of the first season in less than 24 hours.

And it's not only me saying it last year it won Emmys for Best Miniseries, Best Supporting Actress for Maggie Smith (one of my favorites from Harry Potter), Best Direction and Best Writing. I just couldn't find out why there wasn't a costume design award for them!

Watching this only increases my excitement for the upcoming The Great Gatsby movie, in which my favorite actress, Carey Mulligan, will play Daisy Buchanan in beautiful dresses.

Image from the DailyMail. This article has good pics of Carey Mulligan, Tobey
Maguire and DiCaprio on set.

And I know The Great Gatsby is set in the 20s after the War (unlike Downton Abbey), it's just that I watched Midnight in Paris last night, and just like Owen Wilson's character... I am a nostalgic for almost every era before my existence and can't resist daydreaming on wearing things from all these different eras.