I love anyone or anything that has even a remote connection to Downton Abbey . But sometimes I really want to dress “Mary Crawley” in someone else's clothes.
In January of 2012, Michelle Dockery sat front row at the Armani Prive couture show in Paris, affirming her status as a fashion person.
I know her outfit must be Armani Prive couture, but it looks like any old mediocre pantsuit.
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And she got a ticket to the Met Gala! Which reeks of fashion industry acceptance.
But she showed up wearing this oddly dowdy half-metal dress. Why? With Vogue editors to dress her and everything?
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She enjoyed the backing of Burberry in June.
As a front row guest at their menswear show, she got to wear one of their owl tees and be generally fawned over for for it.
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But this dress, worn in July, is about as memorable as anything Lady Edith wears.
Which is to say not memorable at all.
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