Mulberry: Front Row - LFW Autumn/Winter 2012

It's so weird to see Ladies Edith and Mary all smiling and in modern-day dress. Edith is wearing boots! LIKE A COMMON TRULL! Mary is crossing her legs at the knee. LIKE A HUSSY WHOSE DALLIANCE WITH A DUDE WHO DIED IN HER -- oh, wait. And then there's Michelle Williams, who as an alumni of Dawson's Creek knows all about romantical angst.

Mulberry: Front Row - LFW Autumn/Winter 2012

OF COURSE they gave Lady Mary the nicer coat. Poor Lady Edith. LADY MARY GETS EVERYTHING. That being said, I actually think Laura Carmichael is totally cute. Her modern day haircut is way better on her than her Lady Edith hair. Can we all just hope that poor Lady Edith -- who was much less personally wretched in season two, although even more romantically challenged -- finds herself some deliciously angsty love like everyone else on Downton? And also that she gets to cut her hair? Michelle Dockery, on the other hand, looks great always.

Mulberry: Front Row - LFW Autumn/Winter 2012

Oh, right, this one again. Now that I'm looking at her more closely, is this dress made of light-wash chambray? Because when I say that I adore period pieces, I'm not referring to ones set in 1989. I am pretty sure I wore this exact outfit in middle school. But with jelly shoes, which made it much, much worse -- she is almost pulling this off, I think.

Mulberry: Front Row - LFW Autumn/Winter 2012

Michelle Williams: I was SO EXCITED when you and Matthew FINALLY GOT TOGETHER MY GOD IT'S ABOUT TIME I LOVE YOU GUYS SQUEEEEEEEE.

Michelle Dockery: I know, right?

Laura Carmichael: Even I squeeed, and I'm stuck in a plot line where I'm being Kept From True Love By Nobility and Circumstance but MY dude is like 60 years old and he only has one arm.

Michelle Williams: Remind me to tell you about the time I had to deflower the Beek.

Michelle Dockery: But he's cute now.

Michelle Williams: Time has been kind.

Laura Carmichael: The only person I got to make out with this season was a weird married farmer for like two seconds.

Michelle Dockery: Keep hope alive, Lady Edith. As Maggie Smith said, your time will come.

Mostly Well Played, Michelle Williams and 2/3rds of the Crawley Sisters

I had to wait until I saw the Downton Abbey Christmas special to write this. If YOU haven't caught up with Downton Abbey yet, PLEASE DON'T READ IT BECAUSE I WILL SPOIL YOU. You WILL be spoiled. THERE ARE SPOILERS INSIDE. YOU WILL REGRET BEING SPOILED. I AM AIMING TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW FOR GOD'S SAKE GO NOW. SAVE YOURSELF. Enough of a warning? Let's get to this.