"Bridgerton" Costumes Are A Historical Mess, But They Kinda Work 

yes yes yes

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Thank you

We luv u meme mum xD

Can you do how to tell the difference in fashion by the decades for the 18th century?

And ariana grande, taylor swift and shawn mendes. Yeah this is all fantasy

@@fountainofheaven3547 Imagine them dancing to melanie martinez

@@k1iic_ drama club/highschool sweethearts can totally see it

Remind me of that Marie-Antoinette movie.

They played everyone's song lmao

@Ruoshui Liu pardon?

Yes, I loved it. The pop song instrumental covers actually kinda worked. Like they took inspiration from the period and just made their own little world with it and it was never meant to be accurate, it was just a very trope-y show to enjoy and I think they made it work.

"Gross" is by far not strong enough in this case. Anyway, has any of you read the books and can, thus tell me if this is how the books are written? Or were they written like real Regency and the tv series changed that?! Thanks in advance for the answer!

@@andis7187 I personally hated the music. Like they couldn't come up with something more creative, and just took modern pop songs and covered them in string quartet. There were even some shots of someone playing an instrument that was nowhere to be heard in the actual music. I don't know. It kind of infuriated me 😅. Glad others enjoyed it I guess.

@@yoyoheads same. The covers were awful.

And that’s way better imo! I loved it

Yep😂

Thats exactly it. Bridgerton is taking history as inspiration but has heavy fantasy. If it were accurate, most of the individuals who are not pale in complexion would never be in fancy dress or at any fancy event during that time.

Fr great

It is an alternate universe but that doesn't mean the costume design is beyond criticism. Karolina makes some very good points here. Specially because the whole vibe of the show is that it looks like a Jane Austen's fanfic, like regency era from a modern pov, so if you're whole aesthetic is going to be a fantasy, romanticized version of a particular historical period, it is to be at least expected that you're familiar with it enough at least

Same😂😂

I'd be in it gladly

Oh if only I had the money to fund it...

I would watch it

History be like

Was that what killed people who had green wallpaper?

@@amylynnhunt55 it was the color itself because that was the ingredient

@@amylynnhunt55 yes! can't remember off the top of my head why, but im pretty sure it was something about how the pigment was made/produced.

@@amylynnhunt55 - That was Paris Green. Very much in vogue back then but HIGHLY toxic, mainly for those who were working on its production. Like children... 😭

@@amylynnhunt55 I think the green itself contained arsenic, which the victorians inhaled due to it being in the wallpaper. I saw a youtube video about it not too long ago (looked bbc-esque), very interesting!!

Netflix caters to a teenage audiences in terms of storytelling and romance, costumes and drama (which is not necessarily bad but I do find the dumbing down disingenuous to the teenage audience). Enola Holmes and now Bridgeton it seems a direct reflection of the influencers and tik tokers of today. Elite rich children living their lives unperturbed by the cares and worries of the world outside their class bubble and in Enolas case talking directly to us as RU-vid influencers do in videos etc. Its actually smart marketing choice as a direct /familiar connection to today, back in the day these were the 'influencers' and kardashians of their times. Because I came to watch this show with this view in mind and I was not expecting masterful storytelling or accurate costumes, I was able to watch it all the way through like a soap opera with many a cringe moments 😬😅 I'm watching it for Nicola Coughlan who is in the amazing shoe Derry Girls! (Which is a period peice in itself-set in the 1990s). Look forward to see more interactions with Nicola and Claudia Jessie's character.

@@valeskacanas9187 Teenagers? Julia Quinn has a primarily older female audience. This show is not catered to teenagers, especially the fact there are so many very prolonged sex scenes. It's more like the Outlander demographic.

A fantasy wherein modern cigarettes were manufactured fifty years earlier.

@@LittleHouseofGeeky opps merged two topics/ideas in one, was speaking more of netflix shows in general that cater to that audience or have character that are teenagers. I have not read Quinns works but have found out many have, from what I've seen of the Bridgeton netflix show I may have to disagree it being like Outlander in terms of narrative at least first few books of outlander (but maybe that's me being a snob or impolite, I'll take that on the chin, if that's the case), probably similar more in regards to the intimate scenes and prolonged takes. Totally agree not for a younger audience I hope netflix has parental controls!

@@Laila-zx6bc Derry Girls is such a great little show! With great funny female characters and covers some serious topics too with sincerity and aplomb.

It is what you called a drama, really don’t know what people don’t get about that, seriously should stop getting their knickers in a twist lol 😂

@@kazc7019 just a bunch of snobby faux historians who think they get to gate-keep who wears regency dresses (and according to several people in these comments, black people in positions of wealth and power are just too much to handle *insert eye roll*). It’s a fun sexy “bodice ripper” novel made into a Netflix show. It isn’t that serious.

@@Emilovesyouuuu I love the fact that is a multicultural tv show, and seriously who hasn’t fallen for the duke he is a dream. In the end it is a fantasy drama love story

i fell off my chair so many times watching that part.

Apparently

thank goodness shes not real and doesn’t actually have to make the dresses lmao

@@channingkice5118 to be fair, no era is free from privileged and ignorant ladies, so seamstresses still had a hard time back then lol

Madame Delacroix is actually a time-traveller. I just did not figure out if she travels to future to get the wanted designy and measurements, or if she travels weeks in the past to have time to finish it. 😌

@@saranemcova5448 both

​@@saranemcova5448 if I ever watch this show, I'll keep that in mind 😂

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The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan is pretty much about that

HAHAHAAA

This is the best comment 😂😂

Y E S

7000 outfits leaves me dazed 🥴

We better get movie out from this

@@hamsterm5998 I want Karolina in the movie version of "To Say Nothing of the Dog" because upon seeing the bit I can think of nothing else...

Yeah. Masterbation in general was a huge nono at that time. But female masterbation?? Absolutely not. If they could talk about female masterbation in that explicit detail in the show... Then they could have had a conversation about consent. And not have had a non consentual sex scene. 🤷‍♀️ I almost didn't finish the show because of *that* scene.

@@AnxietyRat im sorry, when is the non consentual sex scene? I Think I lost it

@@federica4017 The end of episode 6.

but also in defence girls at that time knew hardly anything about sex so it was kinda realistic imo

@@bruh-ok5ks martial rape isn't "normal not knowing about sex" again if they could twist the rules of the time and talk about masterbation ( it was thought of as a disease in 1813. Not something openly talked about. Ever.) then they could twist the rules of the time and have a conversation about consent. They just decided not to. Boggles me as to WHY they didnt. It was totally unnecessary because they literally act like it never happened.

Well they really set a whole new standard in god awful costuming

It did tempt me to buy a few things from Chichi London and Asos and play dress up!

I enjoyed the show, but I watched it before costuming was something I paid any attention to (know it’s what I almost exclusively pay attention too)

I've to tell you, I know naught about european fashion history and I was still wondering all the time why the dresses seemed like something rose would wear in titanic and why the ladies had their hair open in modern styles. It was THAT horrible

@@raizel1155 even Titanic was a generous assessment of Reign fashion. Most of it was modern high street or runway looks that just had a vaguely historical nod to them.

Me too

I mean it’s just a show

Well, I think "historical fantasy" is a good way to describe it 🤔

Reminds me of Asian “historical” shows. It’s mainly fantasy and exaggerated. I liked it. I hope it gets better in the next season though. Netflix gives bigger budgets to popular shows.

@Emmanuel Goldstein Bridgerton is based on adult romance novels, it was never meant for children, and no one is re-writing history for it.

Wait, WAIT. IS THAT A MIXTURE OF COSTUMER AND RU-vidR? oh god, I’m such a bloody idiot

557 likes in 55 minutes rip your notifications

And we're here for it

Costume RU-vidr? Costure? (Is that a real word?)

@@ElDesvanDeDan yes

I was thinking that maybe they did the overboob on purpose to make the actresses look younger. I feel like Marina for instance did not have one, and she’s depicted as a « woman » (having known Love, and the other obvious thing that I won’t spoil just in case) whereas Eloise, Penelope and Daphne are just « girls »

Were big boobs in trend at the time though?

@@roxy8456 Body types being in trend is a very modern thing. Back then it was your clothes, not your body, that made you fashionable. So it wasn't big boobs that were in fashion, it was a particular type of neckline where the boobs would be half exposed that was in trend. You can see it in the timestamp MeyaRose left - Daphne's boobs are fully covered (not in fashion), but her mom's in the background are half exposed (in fashion)

Right!! That dress is so.. Bleh... Looks like my first communion dress but with glitter 😅

Confused chest - I love that term XD

so what you were saying about some of the dresses looking like they were made by high school seamstresses.. yeah they mightve been

@@lottie9451 yes

Like those rented costumes we'd get for school plays. And one of those always had a mysterious red stain

@@theturniptress805 Omg yesss

Careful with the candles, the dresses might caught fire lol

@@Poppy- lol

I feel like such a snob, but "piles of polyester" is exactly how I would describe the show overall. I tried to like it but I kind of hated it.

I think you are right! I like that idea

Yup.

In the books, Penelope's mother has zero understanding of Fashion and dresses her in yellow because it's a happy color, even though it is decidedly NOT a good color for her. She also pushed Penelope into society early in hopes that she'd make a good match quickly. So I think that's what the designer was going for with Mrs Featherington's weird too-slim gowns and Penelope's technicolor overboob dresses. Still doesn't explain Daphne's problem, though.

This is EXACTLY how I described it, word for word

Lol it was So historically inaccurate, but if you ignore the fact it was supposed to be a historical show and see it from a tv point of view it was nice to see a actors employed for their talents not colour.

Yes honest! Although it's not *really* fantasy there was totally a fantasy vibe throughout, I mean it's not trying to be historically accurate but more like a modern reimagining of the era, which is why I think the overall production design works even if it is inaccurate. That being said I love picking apart the historical inaccuracies for lols.

Well s**t, now you've sold me. I loved Gossip Girl just for the clothes. Story lines? Who cares?

This is exactly how I described it to my cousins 🤣🤣

This was the exact moment I turned it off. I knew I couldn't handle it.

@@paige3591 same!!!!

Whatks with this stereotype all the time?! 😂

@@paige3591 saw it on the lil preview Netflix thing and was like nope 😂

@@paige3591 I was surviving until the appearance of the "dancer" who was wearing stilettos-- that weren't invented until the early 1900's.

me watching little women 2019

There was something about her silhouette that screamed at me, but I couldn't tell what it was! Of course, Penelope regularly commented on colours and later on, Madame Delacroix pointed out that she accomplished her dresses order because no one else would choose the fabric. 🤣

It’s like the Great but even more silly

I saw two videos talking about the disaster in the costumes, but it is supposed to be historically inaccurate.

I love the 3 book (and was the only that I read). But is clearly fantasy and if they adapt the 3 book, social class and rules goes down the drain.

Yes the stylist was even told “make the featheringtons as Gaudy as possible” as the costumes I think are a dramatized version of the character they belong to, which I LOVE (cause I like underlying meaning)

it's kind of funny when you go to videos like the Bridgerton trailer and how many people are complaining about how little historical accuracy there is in the show when it's abundantly clear that they never aimed for historical accuracy. Some people seem to think the producers didn't notice it wasn't accurate lol (not Karolina of course, just many of the commenters online)

YES!!! I was like “did they just clear out the 1990’s left over bargain fabrics at Fabricland?”

THE TEA IS PIPING!!! 🍵☕

Gutted!

I onestly wish they didn't invent polyester clothing

Most of the jewelry looked synthetic too. It looked weird and off-putting!

Right?

Yup, for me too... Except for those very ill-fitting dresses with the waistline that is way too high and sitting on their breasts. That really does not look pretty at all. I even said that to my mother while watching the show.

@@kasimotinka123 agree. Some were offputting.. 😆

I agree- but the absurd amount of sex scenes in it were an aesthetic turn-off for me :/

Yes, I love it!

Saaaame

Yup!

yeah I was like "I can hear Karolina screaming in the distance"

Same here 😂

same here, my first thought was "Oh man Karolina is gonna hate this" and my second was "WAIT YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HER WAIST WHAT IS THE POINT" so I am glad she also brought that up

one of the periods where a corest/stay for shape was the least needed also

I just rolled my eyes... So used to this nonsense at this stage.

ME TOO

Me too!! Also when they showed the marks on Daphne’s back from the corset I was like “THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT WEAR ANYTHING UNDERNEATH!! ALSO WHY DOES THAT CORSET LOOK LIKE ITS NEVER BEEN WORN?!” Like Ik its a show so it definitely hasn’t been worn but at least make it LOOK like she doesn’t do the same thing with corsets that she apparently does with dresses

@@oliviarouse2361 Exactly my response!!!

Yeah like that is the whole point! There is NO historical accuracy and its kinda sad to see people not getting into it, the show obviously is having fun and vibing, there was even ariana grande playing at one of the balls, like c'on. We should treat this show like we treat medieval stories with a bunch of dragons! Just embrace the wacko concept and enjoy the ride, it's not a documentary.

I watched a costuber who is actually kinda positive about the costumes, she understands the fantasy/creative/storytelling element of the costumes plus her opinion bout the court costume is different from this vid, her vid says the royal court actually didn't like/follow the fashion trend at that time Edit: the costuber i meant is Eternal Goddess go check her out 👍

Yes this!! Everything about the show is So Much that the ridiculous costumes support the absolute wild ride you're thrown on from the beginning. Apart from the "1813 London" at the beginning, the show barely makes any claim for actual historical accuracy, and things like Lady Featherington's wack dresses support Lady Featherington's wack personality

As someone who has read Julia Quinn and other Regency romances I put this show in almost an Alternate Universe of the Regency London that exists in Romance novels where they never wear bonnets, corsets get ripped off of bodices and class is never as important as love. Its a suspended disbelief thing but there were a few issues I still had even given that mindset with the costumes, in particular Lady Featherington and Pen Featherington

Its very similar to the idea of Reign, where the outfits are era adjacent, to try to make things more approachable to younger audiences!

it sounds so uncomfortable lmao

As someone with a large chest, I noticed this right away. I hate dresses with that cut, specifically because of this.

omg yes, they were breathing and I was panicking about EVERYTHING coming out

It looks painful

I’m so glad she fixed it here in the video, but now I have to go watch the rest of the series where they’re not fixed 😭 It makes the dress look too small and makes me claustrophobic seeing it cut off their boobs haha

Its just a show and don’t think they tried to be accurate so ..

yeah! I don't think they were trying to be accurate at all

Honestly the modern music turned classical is probably what bothered me most but because they weren’t trying so hard to be extremely accurate I got over it (sorta lol)

Just tell that to people still hang up on Reign

Totally agree

Meant only for women under 30.

@@mayloo2137 I'm a dude on his 20s and I enjoyed it 🤷

👌

Genre.

Hair is 👌

Also came here to bring praise to that look,you beat us to it!

She's a secretary in a 40's movie who is NOT trying to marry her boss.

Really because I couldn't focus on her style with the forced snorting and laughter every five seconds

Totally agree! I clicked on the viedo and was like "NAJS, KAROLINA!"

This is me everytime I watch a period drama.

Me too!

I was waiting for Karolina and Bernadette to comment on them, tbh

@@teenelf me too

Right

That line was fantastic tbh

Me trying to buy any clothes *and failing*

pretty sure it’s the producers pressuring the designers because they think it sells better

Yes thank you 👍

@💯

@ I would so much rather watch something that’s historically accurate and yet still beautiful and high quality, rather than watching something for the *aesthetic*

THIS!!

THIS

Omg no doubt!!! This is exactly what fkng bothered me so much about the show lol

The second time I've heard this in a week. I think the universe is trying to tell me something 😔

@@kayenjee Learn the rules of life and then break life itself.

and not get caught..

It would be white, correct?

@@cremetangerine82 no, before the 19th century to signal mourning women wore black. It’s almost a rule.

@@theblackdaria_ Do you know when the tradition of wearing black for mourning started?

@@cremetangerine82 it was strictly a 19th century thing. It began during Queen Victoria’s reign after she mourned her husband Prince Albert

@@theblackdaria_ Black mourning clothes existed in Europe way before that, during the 16th century (around the 1500s), there was a French queen who also dressed all black to mourn her husband's death. She was Catherine de Medicis.

ikr they were like 'ya she made a wedding dress for daphne from scratch within like 3 days lol what about it' like bruh??? you got magical sowing machines in your basement or something?

I worked in a female atelier in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Believe me, they have a swag of seamstresses behind the front line. If something is urgent and they know you have the money to pay - it will be done. Work 24 hours straight to get the job done - not a problem.

@@sandramariegray7894 That's really impressive 😮

@@sandramariegray7894 did they make huge fully embroidered gowns?

@@weltraumkotze At times yes. I remember one of the royal family came in for 8 maternity gowns. She was about 6 months and so getting larger. They were required within the week as she was travelling overseas and they were to go with her. All completed along with two fittings.

10000% agree

YESS!!!

This is the best comment so far.❤️

Such a good movie, I wish his smile didn’t make me sad now. It’s just too beautiful

Yes, I used exact comparison to explain Bridgerton to my friend who was out of the loop. For me this was this kinda regency fantasy romance, so I didn't expect it to be acurate nor care that it wasn't.

If they are going to make all of those changes maybe they should have made female characters more interesting instead of just being foolish girls who need to marry someone or they will be forever ruined

@@libelinhaa2079 I totally agree. They updated & made so much innacurate, they could have made the female characters so much more than just romantic fools. That’s actually a really really good point: They made everything so modern, yet they failed to make even one character more than just simpering romantic fools.

@@libelinhaa2079 It's a satire. The main character Daphne even talks about how its all ridiculous the way women are raised but she knows she has to participate anyway

I actually hate it. They made everything else inaccurate but left the sexism and turned sexualization up multiple notches. All the male where unlikable and the female characters were cringe

@@libelinhaa2079 the only character that really represented “something more” then that was Daphnes younger sister. who despised that life

And the main character looks like Wendy darling.

Yes! That whole family is a Cinderella remake. Right down to the two sisters and mother who was mean to the distant cousin and keeping her hidden away

Yep and same with their goofiness and relationship with their mother

There is always a Tremaine group somewhere.

Mrs. Featherington was the worst. I could deal with it being a new interpretation most of the time, fun Regency "inspired" fluff, but her dresses were basically out of the 1980's. I expected her to be ordering a vodka and asking for a Valium.

100% 😂

When I started hating the show, I googled "Bridgerton Karolina Zebrowska" because I NEEDED some trash talk.

I was hesitant about watching it to begin with so when I saw that I just turned it straight off 😅

VERBATIM what I shouted

@@aranaemantsal8109 me too! Oh thank god. I can finally let it out

It never once claimed to be accurate and that helped me overcome the inaccuracies! Shows like Reign that are close to real life but only when they feel like it just pain me

Same

@crush broke its historical fantasy produced by a black woman who would god forbid like to enjoy the regency period despite slavery and all the other fuckuppery that was going on. I don't see a problem.

@crush broke I could not disagree with you more.

@@allypally1768 Well said

lol at us releasing practically the same video at the same time 😂❤️

Reign was iconic though even if the dresses were not at all historical

@ netflix should pay us for that promo stunt 👀🗣

Lol.

I was so happy to open RU-vid to see two videos by my favorite fashion queens

At this point; actors could stroll across the screen in modern shoulders with blatantly plastic materials, beach waves, a modern contour, and ugg boots, but if you include a scene in which the women undress to reveal properly worn, HA corsets, padding, and sHiFts the costume community would stand and applaud.

Check out season 2 of A discovery of Witches- they have an epic woman getting dressed scene and it is fab

Same

Never watched it, even when people told me I should. I want historical accuracy, not made up trash. Not for me either.

@@zinmomo7192 I read the books, then I heard Shonda Rimes was going to produce the series. That was enough for me. Besides, I'm older and I'll leave historical romance fantasies to young women who still indulge in those.

I made the same “Gossip Girl” connection, glad I’m not the only one.

This. Plus Gossip Girl is already kinda alternative history of circa 2010.

At least three of the Bridgerton novels were released two years before the gossip girl books so technically they had this conceit first.

@@sarahburnett6502 I wouldn't argue, but the show is clearly Gossip Girl inspired

@@sarahburnett6502 wow, so gossip girl is loosely based on Bridgerton... The more you know. Thanks for the info!

Surprisingly, in the court scenes they got the feathers right! That's how they would have been put when creating a court/gala outfit.

Costumers: YES

I think it was very intentionally done to reflect different people because the silhouettes remain consistent as far as who wears what shape throughout

@@waterissogood It was! I see so many people saying that they were bothered by the inaccurate stuff but honestly it was just a light very fun show to watch. And as someone who has no knowledge about the accurate costumes stuff, I loved every part of the show.

LavenderWisteria Regcocodian? Reedcoco? Rocoregened?

Mother gothel who? I only know meme mom

I LOVED her wigs lol. Sure, they’re not historically accurate but I think the SPIRIT is accurate. “Rich aristocracy utterly bored by social norms, does ridiculous shit to try and have some fun and no one is allowed to call her on it”. It all checks out.

My biggest issue of color was with the actors.

@@brofistingfister2747 are you actually fucking serious right now

Brofisting Fister bruh. They literally had an in universe explanation for that. The only reason you have a problem is because you’re racist.

@@brofistingfister2747 begone Troll, you have no power here.

See the Haute LeMode channel for his review. He explains why the queen dresses one way and everyone else wears more modern dresses and silhouettes

This was my interpretation as well. The obviously 18th styles bothered me until I saw that scene.

In real life the queen actually stayed in the same fashion all the way through and that's why she is in a earlier fashion in the show as well (from an interview with the designer on Insta).

Love this view!

@I for in private and in portraits she did wear the modern style. But the dress protocol for public/court appearances was based on the older styles and even mandated panniers.

as a wattpad and ao3 writer , it is actually very similar to the plot lines lmao

Srsly the best description. It was honestly so impressive to watch them fit in so many different popular tropes.

I mean, she was the first regency romance writer. Some even credit her with the creation of the genre.

It’s in the fucking trailer. 😭😭

i saw it and the first thing i thought was oh no karolina gonna be mad

Same, the cringe hit hard :c

Idk I saw it and am like "already this is bullshit XD"

Stopped watching after they introduce themselves

My husband had to calm me down from ranting at the television

I think they wanted a Scarlet O'Hara corset moment.

Most of the wealth came from the slave trade.

@@Italiana911 yes but they weren’t that wealthy at the time. To me it was a modern era theme taken to the past so the theme made more sense. The sister of the main character had a horrible posture not acceptable for the era. I get she’s tomboyish but the posture was a no no.

I'm pretty sure it was a historical fantasy or smthing

@@debra1663 even if it was u atleast gotta get two key concepts right. Mannerisms and clothings right. The clothing was way off from original. Remember they did it based on one time period.

@@carmencapa6945 yeah true , sorry

Haha me too!

yeah if I remember correctly in the book for Pen and Colin she has a glow up and doesn't follow her mom's fashion. she stopped wearing yellow because it clashed with her hair

Yeah it was entirely the point. They (especially mama f) are a very gauche family, who don't really get it. Pen comes into her own as she ages and leaves the tacky behind.

I also thought the corset scene was about the mum being cruel and meant to be unfashionable and atypical

Yes, if you are viewing the show as pure fantasy, the Feathertons' clothing does reinforce the plot point that they are are a garish family. However for me it was still very off-putting because in 1813 they literally didn't have the technology to create the colors and patterns that are worn by the Featheringtons. And while I understand that the show is set in an alternate timeline fantasy version of 1813 London that is socially more advanced than it actually was, they give no indication that their setting is technologically more advanced.

@@jenniferskinner2843 I agree with that, some of the more plastic-looking pieces pulled me out of it. But I don’t mind the idea of what the costumer was going for

I think the dresses r beautiful too but it’s not historically accurate. Some of characters has mannerism that weren’t acceptable of the time period. Wat personally bugged me was the POSTURE of some characters. If ur gonna do a old age move u better be accurate about the dress and mannerisms (Posture) of problem of the time period. Or atleast not deviate too much from the dresses of the time period which failed to do

I agree. I knew they weren't too accurate but I feel like they wanted to have fun with the costumes and I believe they did and it showed. I quite enjoyed the costumes.

@@carmencapa6945 You really gonna complain about historical accuracy in a series that literally features people of color as nobility? It's not meant to be historically accurate. If they were going for that, they wouldn't have been playing Ariana Grande's song at balls. I don't understand why people want historical accuracy in fictional works. If you wanted historical accuracy, go watch a documentary or something.

@@333pinkelephant333 the dresses and postures r a must even in historic fiction. Or else don’t claim it’s from a time period but just say it is a fantasy movie inspired by historic dresses. The black people, They r people. I couldn’t care less that that part about history is not accurate wat I do care is the costumes and posture (mannerisms). IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO PLAYS WHO. It’s about the accuracy or attempt of such in dresses and mannerism these characters portray. The way they portray “oh racism is this easy to rid” is for another complain I have but nonetheless I think they shouldn’t have mentioned their color and went with “it’s the way it is”.

except featherington. yeah, it was really obviously not attempting historical accuracy, it was playful. and i really loved some of the queens hairdos, because they played with the texture of african hair in a regency era, it was wild and fun! i just wish it hadn't gone full porn, cause i was watching it with my mom...

A librarian in a thirties noir pic 🍿💜

That’s how I look at fictional fantasy things like this. Has touchstones in our reality but it’s a parallel dimension haha.

yes but if it comes to Game of Thrones it is obvious it takes place in other world and timeline and in Bridgertons it is said that it takes place in London in 1814(?) so well... it is nothing to compare. It would be okay if Bridgertons was in another universe but it is in our world. That makes it disappointing.

@@leucantheum8682 It has black queen. Did we have black queen in our timeline? We did not. It's obviously not our timeline. It is closer to us than Game of Thrones but it's not us.

Yes exactly. It is not our timeline then why they insinuated the year at the beginning of the show? It is just pointless. I know it is a completely fantasy series then I dont like they want to pretend it happens in 1813. I just wanted to show my point, Game of Thrones does not have this issue because there no one tries to tell us that this is our world.

@@leucantheum8682 But they're very clearly telling that this is not our world. But it is close to our world. And the year is mentioned like once.

So I watched the entire series and it seems the costumes got much better and I ended up liking the series! The production and sets were really beautiful. I enjoyed the story and the duke has now replaced Jamie Frasier as sexiest fictional male character in a period drama!( I never thought that could happen but it did)

Yeah I’m pretty sure you can figure that out within five minutes given the costuming, casting, dialogue... it was fun anyway though

@Charisma Girl She knows that it's a real time period, she just doesn't care. All she wants to do is to create a fantasist show.

@Charisma Girl Yeah, exactly, she's open that it's a fantasist show. She doesn't lie, she's honest.

@Charisma Girl Bridgerton is set in an alternate reality. It's not trying to be real history, it is a fantasy story. And no, it is not cultural appropriation. Anyone can wear dresses from different time periods in history.

@Charisma Girl chill

He sounds like a keeper 👍

😂

That's adorable.

“YO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THAT’S TOO TIGHT, BRO! AND WHERE’S THE CHEMISE? HER RIBS NEED SOME CUSH. THIS IS WRONG, FAM”

Lol

Probably wondering why they made White characters black... despite it meaning unnecessary and ahistorical.

@@brofistingfister2747 It's a historical FANTASY, bro. EVERYTHING is ahistorical in it! And it is absolutely not unnecessary, because people of colour want to see themselves in Regency pieces too, and not just as servants and slaves.

I love the mental image this gave me.

@Warned Storm plus, it opens up more casting choices. Simon and Lady Danbury were well cast.

Finally someone mentions Gossip Girl haha, that was the first thing that came to my mind! :D

@@pandaivy837 me too!! That’s all I’ve seen anyone describe it as

for me it was Austen x Gossip Girl x Outlander ! Would say it was more taseteful (?) than 50 shades

Haha that's what I said. Gossip Girl meets Sense and Sensibility. But you're right, 50 Shades too. It got a little steamy for a hot minute 🔥

The wigs didn't bother me, as they wanted to have more variety of hairstyles to reflect the earlier acceptance of other races in society.

God, I'd love to see what meme mom, bernadette banner, Cathy hays, and Micarah Tewers could create for a historical drama. (Micarah is there to help keep it in budget)

@@ivyedgington-rice6274 DEFINITELY!