Winterthur Museum gallery
Perhaps you have heard that the Winterthur Museum in Delaware has installed a new exhibit called The Costumes of Downton Abbey.
The Winterthur has scheduled a series of lectures and today March 20th, Alden O'Brien, curator of costumes and textiles at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, will be giving a talk:
March 20, 2014
“How to Costume the Costume Drama: Design, Adaptation, and Recycling at Downton:” Alden O'Brien
"How does the costume designer put together the look of a costume drama? Considerations of not only historic accuracy, but making a cohesive “look” for the production, reflecting the different characters and their status, age, mood, and development over time as well as looking right in the scenes’ setting, also play a part in decisions. Using vintage garments, reusing vintage fragments in newly made designs, designing new outfits, and reusing costumes designed for earlier productions set in Downton’s era are all strategies used by Downton’s costume designers over the years, to stunning effect. How all these competing considerations are juggled to create the cohesive and beautiful look of Downton Abbey will be the focus of this talk."
Read more about today's lecture here:
http://www.winterthur.org/?p=950
The exhibit will be up through January 4, 2015.
http://www.winterthur.org/downtonabbey