Wedding Trend: Downton Abbey Inspiration

Over the Christmas holiday, a few of us got pretty obsessed with Downton Abbey. Naturally, we had to find out what all the buzz was about. And, did we ever! Good British drama paired with 1920′s fashion, and we were hooked! So, when the new season started, we were glued to the screen awaiting the much anticipated Mary and Matthew Crawley wedding. You can guess what took our breath away, yes? Lady Mary’s gorgeous 1920’s bridal ensemble. It did not disappoint! Allow us to relive it a tad…

Mary’s drop-waist wedding dress is so deco delicious and the laurel leaf tiara, stunning! Costume designer, Caroline McCall, created a lacy long-sleeved gown festooned with dainty Swarovski crystals and crowned her with a vintage floor-length veil and diamond tiara from U.K. jeweler, Bentley & Skinner, which rang in just shy of $200,000.

Since we know most of you were watching with us and possibly starting to consider wearing a vintage frock for your big day, we decided to scour the Web so you too could have a romantic look ala Mary’s ultra-feminine look, but with a modern twist. Check out some of our finds; click here for our Downton Abbey Inspired Ensembles.

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Video Fun - She's Making Jewelry Now

Have you ever watched Portlandia, the funny, tongue-in-cheek television series on the IFC cable net? It always features strange, yet ordinary topics and carries them to extremes, very much in the same vein as Seinfeld, but without the New York snarkiness. Thanks to Keith on the Sheffield staff for bringing this video to our attention - an episode of Portlandia that features a (spoiler alert!) "She's Making Jewelry Now" song that you won't be able to get out of your head. And since one of our popular Sheffield School courses is in Jewelry Design, we thought we'd share this video with you.
 

 
 
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Click here to learn more about Debbie Bruce, a Successful Sheffield Student and Jewelry Designer.
 
 

We encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

Request a free Sheffield School catalog describing our distance education courses.

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