Anna Robbins Interview - Downton Abbey: A New Era
After royalty graced the halls of Downton Abbey in the first movie, Downton Abbey: A New Era sees the Crawleys thrown into new worlds and cultures. Lord Grantham's family and staff are thrust into the limelight when Hollywood comes to Downton for the production of a new movie, and he finds himself setting sail to the South of France to uncover the secrets of his own past. Both new dynamics require different outfits than have ever been seen in this world, with more glitz and glamor and the specific challenges of hotter weather changing the wardrobes.
On top of that, Downton Abbey: A New Era is perched on the edge of a new time, with the 1930s hurtling towards the Crawleys and changing their aesthetics as well as their outlooks. Lady Mary and Lady Edith are always at the forefront of modern looks, but balancing that with the «old school» of Maggie Smith's Lady Violet, the stuffy ceremony of Jim Carter's Mr Carson, and the proper etiquette of dinner service dressing is no small accomplishment. While the Downton Abbey: A New Era cast bring the characters to life, it's people behind the camera, like costume designer Anna Robbins who make sure they look right and feel truly real in their world.
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Ahead of Downton Abbey: A New Era's release on DVD and Blu-ray on July 5,Screen Rant spoke to Anna Robbins about dressing the Downton Abbey cast, the challenges of vintage outfits, and the one very important costume missing from A New Era...
Screen Rant: I love the film, obviously, as I'm sure everybody's been saying. Who do you think was the most challenging of all the characters to dress?
Anna Robbins: Oh, gosh. That's turning on its head. It's usually, «What's your
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