The Duchess costumes on display at Holkham Hall

The costumes from the film were an instant sensation in industry circles earning costume designer Michael O’Connor an Oscar and a BAFTA for his work and the public’s appetite for them has been just as keen. Last year wardrobe items from the film were displayed at some of its shooting locations including Chatsworth House (the former home of Georgina) and Kedleston Hall. And now Norfolk’s Holkham Hall, which also earned some screentime is housing its own exhibition that, along with the costumes includes set photographs and storyboards as produced by the hall’s staff to better illuminate the hall’s role in the film.

The exhibition runs until the end of August and can be found in the Saloon and at the top of the Marble Hall, both locations used in the film, a synchronicity that Laurane Herrieven, the marketing manager at Holkham Hall believes really adds to the experience. “We have worked really hard to get the costumes which were specific to the scenes in the Saloon here at Holkham,” she reveals. “We wanted to give people the opportunity to get up close to these wonderful costumes, and to see the value to us of using the hall as a location for such a prestigious film.”

To find out more about the exhibition, hit the Holkham website here or to learn about the 18th Century costumes from the movie click here.

[via EDP 24]