It’s an uncanny experience to see a familiar costume from a beloved story on a mannequin, rather than its original wearer. It feels as though the character – or the actor who played them – is somehow ...

Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey, has described costume designer Susannah Buxton as a “sculptress-in-cloth.” During the show’s first season, set from 1912 until 1914, Buxton ...