We here at Frock Flicks (okay, Kendra and Trystan) are so excited for the final season of Downton Abbey that we’re doing weekly costume recaps AND podcasts! Tune in each week for an episode-by-episode recap of our thoughts on both the plot and (especially) the costumes (designed by Anna Robbins) — because really, while we all are invested in the lives of the fictional Crawley family, don’t we actually keep coming back to see what they’re wearing? You can find the podcast at the bottom of this post, or on iTunes!
Weddings! Fashion magazines! New love interests! Returning characters! Let’s do this:
Upstairs, the Dowager Countess is sparkly, Edith is getting shit done on her magazine, and Mary is being Mary.
Edith has to go back to London (oh noes!) to deal with The Magazine!
Mary is shockingly un-frumpy in a wine and cream ensemble. SO much that’s good about this outfit:
Cora discusses menus with Mrs. Patmore:
Meanwhile, downstairs, poor Mrs. Hughes is regretting her decision not to buy a new wedding dress:
We HATE Denker with the fire of many suns, but we appreciate the drawn-threadwork lace on the neckline of her blouse/dress inset:
That evening, there’s your standard family dinner, so of course we need to get dressed up to THERE! Mary knocks it out of the park, AGAIN, in this amazing black and gold beaded number. Wowza!
Nobody else is skimping either:
Poor Mrs. Hughes gets called on the carpet about the wedding reception in front of everyone:
The next day, a MAN talks to Edith! QUICK EDITH! LOCK HIM DOWN! Oh, and Edith fires her horrible editor and gets shit done herself, feminist-style.
There are lots of great shots of Edith’s magazine as it’s being laid out:
Back at the ranch abbey, Mrs. Patmore attempts to save the wedding-dress-day, unsuccessfully, with a last minute catalog order.
Mary looks stunning for breakfast in bed:
And Cora’s off to fight with Granny:
At yet another hospital meeting/fight:
Edith’s back from London with the finished magazine, bringing some career-girl action:
Mary’s also in blue, but much darker and more conservative.
Upstairs, Mrs. Hughes is trying on Cora’s coats per Mary’s instructions, but Cora isn’t forewarned and is PISSED.
Luckily Mary gives her mother what-for, and that evening Cora comes downstairs to A) apologize and B) give Mrs. Hughes a present of a coat for the wedding.
Which Baxter hems so it’s ready for the wedding tomorrow:
It’s Hughes-Carson merger day! Here’s a full shot of the catalog dress:
Luckily, with the addition of Cora’s coat and a nice hat, Mrs. Hughes looks very nice:
Everyone’s in attendance:
At the reception, we get some clearer shots of Mrs. Hughes’s coat.
Underneath all those coats, here’s what we’re wearing:
And here you can see the lower half of the Grantham ladies’s dresses:
Downton Abbey Season Six, Episode Three, Podcast Recap
Listen to our podcast recap of the episode here or on iTunes!
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