Downton at Driehaus

By JULIA KERSHAW

The style of the English countryside is coming to Chicago, when the Driehaus Museum presents Dressing Downton™: Changing Fashion for Changing Times. This celebration of the wildly popular historical drama, Downton Abbey, will exhibit over 35 award-winning costumes from the show. Created by the London costume house, Cosprop Ltd, and inspired by old photographs and magazine pictures, the Downton Abbey costumes provide a window into a turbulent Britain in the early 20th century, from the beginning of World War I to the exciting times of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age.

The opulent interior of the Driehaus Museum, reminiscent of the lavish home of the fictional Crawley family, will help bring to life the history behind the costumes, revealing the cultural influences imbued in them.

Dressing Downton runs February 9 – May 8. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are available online at driehausmuseum.org/exhibitions.