Poor Lady Sybil:
This just screams, “Season Three: Thomas and Lady Edith realize that only by working together can they achieve their most closely-held selfish and jealous dreams. They begin by sabotaging Lady Sybil (recently returned from wherever the hell she went with that boring but vaguely attractive chauffeur) in a tender spot: her wardrobe. Can Lady Sybil remain alluring when all she has to wear is mumsy, shapeless, and dishwater-colored? Will Lady Edith end up with that horrible old dude, or will the universe finally throw her a bone (pun intended)? Will Thomas finally get shoved down a well like he deserves? All that and more…ON MASTERPIECE CLASSIC.”
Comments (33):
Oh, babydoll, get a stylist. You’re too pretty for this.
Sybs there has a tendency toward the unfortunate, style-wise, when she isn’t being wrangled by a magazine. I seem to recall a dowdy black thing with a white collar.
Are those pockets in this slip-curtain? I… oh dear.
Thank goodness she’s so beautiful!
I thought this was more of a reference to the baby in the plotline:
Lady Sybil awakes to tend to the little angel, whereupon it hurls all over the gauzy nightdress. General dishevelment and sweatiness ensue…
Lady Sybil is the daughter of an Earl. She may get puked on but she would NEVER sweat. She would glow.
Seriously, who is styling her!?
And why didn’t they bring along someone to do her hair?
WHAT DO THEY MEAN I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR FOR SEASON 3? This is in retaliation for that Revolutionary War thing, isn’t it? Or are they just making us pay for inflicting the Kardashians on them? Can’t say I blame them if it’s the latter.
A friend of mine wore this same dress to a party last week and it didn’t work on her either. It’s a combo of the high neckline and the bland color. It’s just a bad dress all around.
When Hydrangeas Attack!
I’m thinking one of her maids made this dress from the bedroom curtains, ala’ Scarlett & Mammy.
Let’s look on the bright side here – at least the dress doesn’t draw attention to any particular parts of her anatomy. Probably not the best thing she’s ever worn, but she’s young. Give her time.
So, at a quick glance, before I scrolled down, and when I could only see her face, there was a split second where I thought this was Angelina Jolie. Am I the only one who sees that resemblance?
I got Megan Fox (or the Australian Model Megan Gale) wrapped in curtains. but none of these ladies would DARE wear something as bland and flouncy as this.
The pattern looks like she leaned against wet paint. “Unfortunate” is the kindest thing I can muster for this schmatta.
No, I’m wrong. She sort of looks like a cross between Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie. What a pretty woman.
OK, THANK YOU for that note. I could never put my finger on who she reminded me of, but this is it.
I just finished watching season (series?) two, and I just wanted to say that I want to step on Thomas’ head.
I spent all of season two wanting to push him down a well SO HARD.
I feel like I would like this more if it wasn’t the exact same color as her skin. Maybe a bright navy or plum color? Add a proper hair/makeup job, and this could be so much better. Also, if the above comment is correct and we have to wait until 2013 for new Downton, I am very upset. Hopefully with all that time they will figure out a storyline that ends with Thomas permanently gone, or with a major personality makeover.
NO- she looks lovely and fresh…. nothing trollopesque about her…
And I think Sir Anthony is a dear…
Everyone in DA learned some humility last season maybe even Thomas???
I’m sorry, but elastic waists just SCREAM “CHEAP! CHEAP! CHEAP!” to me. They are almost always ill fitting, lumpy, and, well, just cheap looking.
This dress is hideous!!! The hair & lack of make up are not helping!
My thoughts re: elastic, but zoom in- it’s not an elastic waist, she’s tucked a blouse in a square-dancing Gunne Sax skirt. I think that’s worse.
Oh, dear lord, you’re right. And it is worse.
Very…beige.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
And what’s with the pockets???
Jessica BF is SO PRETTY. She could do better than this even if she just picked up something at Miss Selfridge or wherever. Where did she even FIND this thing?
I feel like the idea behind this dress was ripped from the plot of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut: she’s SO pretty that by dressing her hideously, it brings her down into the realm of mere mortals.
1981 bathroom wallpaper.
She is gorgeous on the show but whereas in real life Michelle Dockery is infallibly elegant and Laura Carmichael very cute, poor Jessica Brown-Findley just looks a mess. She needs a stylist, and fast!
Looking at the sparkle in her eyes and her mischievous smile I want to see her in something sexy. That pink doll dress does not go with her personality.
I can’t tell where the dress ends and her pasty skin begins.
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