Courtiers and Couturiers; Bingeing on Costume Dramas

Sunday marked the launch of the second season of Victoria on PBS; many of us have just finished binge watching series 2 of The Crown; and Downton Abbey; The Exhibition in New York City has just extended its run until April due to popular demand. It’s no coincidence that the exhibit devotes an entire floor to the costumes from the successful show’s 6 seasons, including unlucky-in-love Lady Edith’s wedding gown in which she barely got as far as the altar before her groom legged it, Lady Mary’s hunting plaids and riding boots, and suffragette Lady Sibyl’s daring Paul Poiret-inspired harem pants.