Michelle Dockery is Lady Mary and is effortlessly elegant in haute couture.
So anyone who recognised the Downton Abbey star on a shopping spree could have been forgiven for doing a double-take – as she dashed out of TK Maxx last week looking decidedly dressed down.
Her casual look was deceptively dear, however, including a striking pair of £870 track bottoms and a £975 leather cross-body bag, both by Gucci.
Keeping it casual: Lady Mary actress Michelle Dockery dashed out of TK Maxx last week looking decidedly dressed down in a striking pair of £870 track bottoms
The ensemble was completed by an overcoat, knitted sweater, woollen hat, a mask and £120 black Veja Campo trainers – which are also a favourite of the Duchess of Cambridge.
While it may be trendy right now, Downton’s butler Carson played by Jim Carter is unlikely to approve.
One observer said that Michelle had walked straight to TK Maxx at 9 a.m., “looking like a woman on a mission.”
With a crammed TK Maxx bag in one hand, Ms Dockery, 40, tucked a £30 Baby Bjorn doll’s car seat under her arm at the West London store – a far cry from Downton Abbey, the fictional seat of the Crawley family and their servants.
Hit show: Downton Abbey was turned into a successful film in 2019, and the cast returns to the big screen in March with Downton Abbey: A New Era
In 2019, the successful series became a movie. The cast will be back on the big screen for Downton Abbey: A New Era. Its creator Julian Fellowes describes the show as an ‘unashamedly happy’ film.
People magazine interviewed him recently and he said that Mary is not the main head of household. But she runs the show. That is why we take it further.