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‘Downton Abbey’ Costumes Are Recycled From Other Television Series and Movies (AOL Television)
It’s enough to make the redoubtable Dowager Countess of Grantham blanch.
Members of her aristocratic family wearing clothes previously worn by other
people who are not related to them? Who might be — _gasp_ — commoners?
Perish the thought.
Yet that’s exactly what’s been happening on hit period drama “Downton Abbey”
(Sundays, PBS; check local listings). Costume designer Susannah Buxton — who
won one of “Downton”s six Emmys in 2011 — and her team have recycled and
adapted several evening dresses, outfits and accessories from other television
series and movies.
The fact has not escaped the attention of sharp-eyed viewers, who have been
keeping tabs via the website RecycledMovieCostumes.com. This is not a new
practice of course — elaborate Edwardian costumes are expensive and time-
consuming to make and may have only been worn once or twice, so period pieces
often rent them.
Plus, leading actresses are usually a standard size so alterations are
relatively easy, and designer Katie Bugg, of RecycledMovieCostumes.com, says
“there are literally hundreds of great examples of costumes that have been
reused and recycled for use in other films.”
Tim Angel, whose costume firm provides many of “Downtown Abbey”s dresses,
told_ The Daily Mail_, “I …
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