Bridgerton’s wardrobe secrets from Kim Kardashian link to subtle ‘sexy’ alterations

Bridgerton is finally back with a second season and we can’t wait to binge watch the whole series already.

While we love watching all the drama and romance unfold, it’s the beautiful costumes that catch our attention and the intricate detailing that has clearly gone into each individual piece.

We’ve done some digging and found out some juicy details on the costumes from the colour palette to why there were no bonnets in sight…

The Designs

Bridgerton’s costume designer is the talented Ellen Mirojnick, who admitted to Town & Country, Bridgerton is the largest project she has undertaken in her career. She shared that 7,500 pieces were made in total for the series with 5,000 of them making it onto camera – Daphne Bridgerton had 104 costumes alone.

It took five months to get each piece from design to on the actors and actresses back which left them only two and half months to actually get the outfits made and ready for approvals and fittings.

After scouting costume houses for rentals, the costume team soon realised there was nothing appropriate and would have to make them from scratch.

The clothes were made all over Europe to facilitate this and each piece was handmade including the crazily detailed embellishment on every single dress – even the background actors and actresses had sewn embellishment.

Corsets were naturally a huge part of the costume due to the era and were all made bespoke by Mr Pearl, a designer who made Kim Kardashian’s famous Met Gala look.

Historically incorrect

While the series is technically a period drama, it also has a fantasy element with the costumes. The first series lead Phoebe Dynevor who plays Daphne said Bridgerton “is regency with a twist”.

If you are clued up on the 1800’s era, you will notice not all the costumes are historically accurate.

Glitter and synthetic textiles made an appearance during the show but they did not actually exist in that era.

The scooped necklines you will have spotted on all the characters were also added to bring a sexy element to the show and help the characters seem sexy, fun and playful.

Daphne also had a different frock for each scene, when in reality even the richest of families in that era would not have had as many dresses as sewing machines and unnatural dyes were not invented until later on.

If you’re an avid period drama watcher, you may have also noticed there wasn’t a single bonnet in sight even though every lady in the 19th century would have worn one.

Elllen Mirojnick states “Our intention was to make quite the opposite of Jane Austen, as the costumes needed to have an aspirational layer. The designers also omitted linen, a natural fibre textile that was the most popular during that era, and opted for brighter hues – many of which would not be available during the early 19th century because they require synthetic dyes.”

Jewellery

Jewellery was a huge part of that era and also a massive part of the show, jewellery designer Lorenzo Mancianti searched high and low for pieces that were from the time period. Most of the tiaras were made of real diamonds and gold with some pieces worth millions. A few tiaras were also loaned from the Swarovski archives and others were custom-made.

Colour Palette

There was a clear difference in colour palette between the Bridgerton and Featherington family.

The Featherington family’s costumes were designed to stand out. Bright oranges, yellows and pinks were the main colours worn by the family and represented newfound wealth and an attempt to fit in. Whereas the Bridgerton family had a much more muted colour palette with soft tones running throughout representing a generationally wealthy family.

There was also meaning behind Daphne’s costume colours, she starred in the first episode in lovely pastel colours such as her iconic baby blue which then eventually became dusky, blue-grey which represented her outlook on love and marriage.

Well that’s all we know for now, let us know what you think to the new series.

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