By Jennifer Albers-Smith
If you haven’t gotten on the Downton train, now’s the time. Exciting things are happening on the show, and I can hardly wait until Sunday night when I get to see another episode. I refuse to spoil it (although I’m tempted) by buying the DVDs of Season 4 off Amazon and watching it in all in a single, glorious weekend. I love the story line, I love the characters–and man, oh, man–do I LOVE the costumes! Beautiful, beautiful clothes. Mary, Cora, Edith, Rose – all are dressed in these amazing silk dresses that I want to grab from the t.v. and wear in my everyday life.
It’s 1922. T.V. didn’t exist. How did women learn about the latest fashion?
Here’s an ad from the Daily Mail, taken from Gale NewsVault. This one screams Rose to me, although Edith in Season 4 could also carry this off. She’s much more daring.