Costume Designer Anna Robbins Returns Us to Sumptuous ‘Downton Abbey’ Interview: Costume Designer Anna Robbins Returns Us to Sumptuous ‘Downton Abbey’ By Danny Miller On September 22, 2019 Add Comment In Interviews, What’s Hot Like many diehard fans, I was beyond excited when I heard that Julian Fellowes’ popular British TV series Downton Abbeywas following its six season run with a full length feature collier ras de cou a la mode film. bijoux personnalise Taking place between 1912 and 1925, the television series had introduced us to the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants who lived together in an incredibly grand Yorkshire home called Downton Abbey. bijoux pas cher Throughout the series, the Crawleys and their servants snaked their way through many of the big historical events of the early 20thcentury. coque huawei As the film picks up the story in 1927, the collier fantaisie pierres Crawleys and their intrepid staff are preparing for one of the most important experiences of their lives: a royal visit from the King and Queen of England. This exciting experience will ultimately unleash scandal, romance, and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton collier fantaisie egyptien hanging in the balance. Among the joys in revisiting these beloved characters is seeing the amazing work of costume designer Anna Robbins (Emmy nominated for her work on the series) which is even more spectacular on the big screen. This is a time just amazon gros collier fantaisie beyond the Gilded Age, entering the modern one, which is reflected in great detail in the costumes from Dowager Countess of Grantham Violet Crawley’s (Maggie Smith) pastel, formal Edwardian garb to the more flapper friendly styles favored by Lady Mary and Lady Edith (Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael). Danny Miller: I so loved being with these characters again. bracelet bijoux And as far as I’m concerned, your work is one of the most important stars of the film. It was already so gorgeous on the TV series but am I correct in noticing that it all seems ramped up a bit for the movie Anna Robbins:Oh, yes, it is definitely collier fantaisie gros coeur ratcheted up a notch! We set a high bar for the show, with all the departments really pushing to elevate everything, but I think watching it on television we all thought it could be even bigger. And then along comes the opportunity to make it literally bigger which was so much fun to do. coque huawei I know, I just wanted to stare at the threads on the fabric seeing collier ras de cou imitation dinh van all those beautiful clothes on the big screen. Yes, which is exactly what made it so challenging since I collier ras de cou 30 cm people would be able to see the threads and the quality of the craftsmanship in such detail. coque huawei I amazone collier fantaisie like to use as many originals as possible and those had to be of a very high quality to withstand that scrutiny. Wow, how on earth do you find 90 year old dresses that are in good enough shape to look new For women’s wear I’d say it’s about half and half. I use more originals in evening wear because those dresses were often carefully preserved and they weren’t the kind of things to be worn every day so they haven’t worn out. Some pieces do require restoration, of course, and if it can be done to a very high standard, we do it but sometimes the fabric is simply too fragile so I might be able to re imagine it as something else or take the fabric and rework it somehow. It’s a combination of a lot of things, but yes, I really had to raise the bar for the film and make everything even more sumptuous. And, of course, this film includes the royal visit, so I’m sure that storyline also ramped things up. Yes, that collier fantaisie versace definitely upped cdiscount collier fantaisie the ante but it also meant you weren’t going to be exploring the most up to the minute risky trends in women wear because there a very specific elegance and classicism to how you would dress to meet a royal. coque huawei I would imagine that you get to know these characters better than almost anyone. coque iphone Do you have to think beyond the script to the whole of their personal histories For collier fantaisie enfant fille example, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) having been raised in America, do you think that influences her clothes Oh yes, where they came from is very important. The wardrobe’s got to say as much about the past as it does about the collier fantaisie fil alu present day. It’s a very intimate process as well, working with an actor to collier femme ras de cou find that characterization and it becomes a very important tool for them. coque iphone But I have gotten to know the characters really well which meant collier fantaisie grossiste I had a shorthand when I went onto the film that allowed me to work at pace right from the beginning without needing to do the huge amount of research that I did when I first came on board. coque iphone Shorthand like you could see something and think, collier ras de cou veritas “Oh, Lady Mary would never wear that.” Yes. At this point I can walk into a vintage shop and see a Lady Edith dress across the shop and know it’s going to work. coque iphone Lady Edith is someone who really interested me in this film because, as we know, she had a big change at the end of the series. It did seem like her new status was reflected in her clothes. I think Edith had one of the biggest journeys of anyone throughout the series. I remember in Series 5 her wardrobe was very restrictive and pared back, very autumnal colors during the period when she was estranged from her daughter and just very low emotionally. Then in Series 6 she literally blossoms as a human and finds her identity and she’s suddenly in this literary world so I created this London working woman’s wardrobe which was very different from her estate wardrobe. It still felt like the same person but she was far more adventurous and bold in her choice of prints and color. coque samsung You can literally see her self confidence change over the course of the series and it collier ras de cou van cleef was amazing to watch how her physical appearance reflected that. Yes, I loved dressing her. And now in collier ras de cou design the film it was collier fantaisie manor important that we didn’t lose that sense of style she had found even though now she’s no longer a magazine editor in London, she’s the Marchioness of Hexham and outranks all of them. coque iphone So we took everything that she’s learned about gros collier femme herself collier fantaisie jean delatour including her self assuredness and sense of style and moved it up into the position that she’s in now. But still always focusing on the level of craftsmanship in the textiles, it might be embroidery, it might be devor, it might be printed silk. coque iphone There’s always some sort of interesting surface to the fabrics that I use for Edith. Was there a touch of rubbing her new status in Mary’s face with her clothes collier fantaisie femme couleur or at all A bit of showing off I don think so because I don think Edith has an ego like that. And she and her husband are very modern in their approach to their high positions. Remember they arrive at Downton without a nanny. They call themselves “modern folk.” I guess just the fact that she’s happy now is enough for her to stick it to Mary. (Laughs.) Yes, exactly. I love dressing the two of them in their scenes together. Even when they weren’t at each other’s throats, there’s always a contrast, I always look collier fantaisie pierre bleu to create some kind of dichotomy between them. Their dresses should always work with each other but create a nice contrast. collier argent And, of course, as individuals they’re very different. I know the film takes place in 1927, which is a few years after the series ended, but do you have to think about certain characters like rob james-collier femme Violet (Maggie Smith) who may hold on to past styles in some way Well, Violet is a Victorian/Edwardian lady and that will never change. But the fabric choices may change. coque samsung Where she once wore a fabric with an Edwardian pattern, that may become more art deco. coque iphone You’re always looking for different micro trends that affected clothing manufacture, the way they were put together. And her jewelry might go from being collier fantaisie bonobo more square cuts to show more modernity. I like to find ways to show that sense of modernity without changing her very recognizable silhouette.