Downton Abbey is high-class underwritten clichéd claptrap (I thought the smug writer-producer mahvelling over his work in the BBC parody really was Julian Fellowes), but season 1 episode 5 achieves sartorial nirvana. Lady Mary’s charcoal cutaway riding outfit, the men’s cream day suits, then at 0:41 housemaid Anna’s chevron-frilled linen coat and gray shirt blows the roof off.
C’mon baby, put some more clothes on!
