Saturday, December 27, 2014

Aloha to the Winterthur Museum and Downton Abbey Costume Exhibit


For Christmas, I gave my mother tickets to the Downton Abbey Costume Exhibit at the Winterthur Museum.   From its website (link),

Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur (pronounced “winter-tour”) is the premier museum of American decorative arts, reflecting both early America and the du Pont family’s life here. Its 60-acre naturalistic garden is among the country’s best, and its research library serves scholars from around the world. We invite you to visit and explore this place of beauty, history, and learning.

Costumes of Downton Abbey is an original exhibition of exquisite designs from the award-winning television series. Approximately 40 historically inspired costumes from the television show will be displayed and supplemented by photographs and vignettes inspired by the fictional program and by real life at Winterthur.

Above is Highclere Castle, the film location for Downton Abbey.


Anna's housemaid costume



Summer dresses for Lady Sybil and Lady Mary


 Matthew's suit


Bates' apron


O'Brien's uniform


Hunting tweeds


 Ladies' dresses for church


Ladies' coats


Dresses for Lady Edith's wedding


including Lady Sybil's bridesmaid dress


Lady Mary's bridesmaid dress


Edith's wedding dress


How about afternoon tea?


Mrs. Patmore's kitchen


The girls admiring new fashion 


including harem pants


The Dowager Countess' dress (right) 


Carson's uniform


The night Matthew proposed to Mary


 The exhibit includes quotes from the series.

Cora:  Nobody warns you about bringing up daughters.
You think it's going to be like 
Liltte Women but instead 
they're at each other's throats from dawn 'til dusk.

Perhaps the girls fought over jewelry.


Lady Rose's dress

  
The three matrons - Mrs. Crawley, the Dowager Countess,
and Mrs. Levinson.  Their dresses were "normal" sizes 
while the younger actresses were exceptionally thin.


I am giving away a book choice from my convention stash to one randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs.  To enter the giveaway,

1.  Leave a comment about Downton Abbey - do you have a favorite character?  If not a fan of Downton Abbey, do you have a favorite costume from the exhibit?

2.  Comments are open through Saturday, January 3, 10 pm in Baltimore.

3.  I'll post the winner on Sunday, January 4, at SOS Aloha.

Mahalo,

Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City

Souvenirs available in the museum shop

11 comments:

  1. Lady Rose's dress is just gorgeous, I am really enjoying the photos. I do watch whenever I can.

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  2. I love Downton Abbey, and have watched it from the beginning. I can't wait for it to start up again in January. I must say that the dresses look much better on, than they do off. Thank you for sharing such lovely pictures with us.

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  3. I like Anna and Bates and I remember when Sybil wore those harem pants.

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  4. I do not watch the show but I do like the dresses.

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  5. One of my goals for the new year is to finally watch Downtown Abbey. But I do like the flapper dresses :)

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  6. Love watching Downton! Especially the Dowager Countess and Carson!

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  7. Likedkk sybil , Mary is great
    Kimh

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  8. Huge fan of DA and I wish Lady Edith would get her HEA...

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  9. It's not something I've watched but I like the exhibit dress of the night Matthew proposed to Mary.

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