ok let’s talk about the Bridgerton costumes... 

Hahahha I know!!!! That dress was so boring and I was so confused. There were other patroness there with better and more beautiful dresses.

asjfhskjfh yes!

Oh my god yes!

*dramatic gasp*

I KNOW!! 😂😂😂 I was like, what are we gasping at. The wardrobe left a lot to be desired.

That's for sure my favourite aspect of it! Inclusivity that didn't feel extremely forced just beautiful and natural.

I loved the inclusivity! Although I did notice a large lack of Asian representation in the main cast :/

Same

Agreed!

Yesss they were so beautiful! Defying the notion that natural black hair can’t be beautiful or elegant

I was sooo happy they did this. They only mentioned it once about how the king married a black women which helped make that change. I’m genuinely tired of watching race issues in shows and movies for the time being considering I’m already dealing with it in real life. Everyday.

IMO that’s exactly why the plot point of the marriage between king and queen ending segregation shouldn’t have been mentioned. I was all for the absent racial tensions plot, but acting like everyone had been segregated until the point of marriage added it back in for me- but also never addressed how society magically wasn’t biased anymore. And honestly, it didn’t really help the overall plot of Simon and Daphne’s relationship progression. If they had just left that out I think the story would have been better. I am not a BIPOC tho so my perspective may totally be off!

Kate Lux I agree. I think they might get more into that in the next season but we’ll see

@@MiracleMadkins I guess we will just have to wait to find out, but it’s possible

@@MiracleMadkins I really hope they don’t turn into a racial drama. We have enough slave/racial films in Hollywood.

True and also her helping the people was interesting too

True but making the problems she faces in her marriage the central conflict of season 2 could have been interesting too

@@vanimation1 Yes but season 2 won't be about her, but her siblings so they won't focus on her or simon

@@vanimation1 each season is about a different Bridgerton

Same, it made it way more intersting in my opinion !

... I do that bc I have no self respect lmao edit: y'all are still liking this and I'm still doing this. shout out to all the flat chested girls ❤️

There was only that one “tight lacing” scene so I hadn’t put 2 & 2 together but now I’m more annoyed at the show’s clothes 😂😂😤

me who legit wears corsets under my oversized sweatshirts reading the comments -_-

I do that lmao I like the feeling

@@electriksheep1508 mood

You tell them!!

I have ranted about this at length to several unsuspecting people

@@flyingwind66 keep on ranting!

They can’t handle the truth

When I saw that scene it immediately annoyed me, I guess that's what happens after watching fashion youtubers

i rlly think they should have just left that out and had diversity without an explanation. the unnecessary explanation took away from the fantasy aspect a bit imo

@@professorhistoire5349 yeah but then you have people who say the opposite. Personally I wish it was left out too, but people can't just let us have nice things without making it hard.

@@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty In my mind, the worst part was that it was so halfway done and advertised as something that was going to be discussed. If the casting was just entirely colorblind and race wasn't discussed, that would be fine. Or, if the race was a factor in casting and something that was explored throughout the show, that would be cool too! It just has to be done right. But the way they just tired to have both the good parts of discussing race (poc being interested in the show and they get to say "look as us and our diversity woooooo") and the good parts of not discussing race (they don't actually have to put in the work and effort to craft a good story with meaningful representation) just made it feel not good and completely underdone.

@@Megan-sb2ju yeah, just what I meant was more of you can't do it right don't do it at all. It honestly wouldn't have mattered too much if they just did it without saying anything compared to what we got.

@@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty I agree :]

Yes but wendy was better

@@izzakhalid2495 yup lol, who was Wendy’s daughter again?? hated her honestly i shipped Wendy and Peter too much 😭😭

@@hwlsgrl sameeee - they could have made a movie where he let’s go of his inner conflict and tries to grow up and later meets Wendy again or something

@@izzakhalid2495 fr the end of the last movie got me sad as fuck for 3 days straight because someone commented that in the book peter said something like "in the place between your dreams and waking up, i’ll be there waiting" idk not that exactly but likee GEEEZZZ I WAS ALREADY SAD

Yes! They even dressed her like Wendy. I do get the occasional Kate Winslet vibes as well.

Same, I was really thrown off by that conversation.

Yes, how did the few black nobles gain so much wealth and power in such a short period?

It also didn't make sense because simon swore his family bloodline would be ending with him, but his ancestors can't have been nobility for long then...

Me too, I simply accepted the cast being random races until they explained that.

Absolutely! I was happy to see the diversity and didn't like that they tried to give an in-universe explanation for it, it was unnecessary

I can totally picture this with a chicken somewhere in the background

And her parrot on her shoulder

Hahaha ! Forrral though

@@acrylicgodoy and the spirit of LaTrexa looking on from the Heavens, nodding approvingly.

@@lkntgkltrndfl God bless LaTrexa's soul 🙏🏽

As an Asexual, this is free estate!!

@crush broke ok racist

@crush broke girl pls stfu. the poc actors were amazing and actually had talent (exhibit a: lady danbury, simon, etc) to the point where i cared most about those characters. u saying that they were just used to fill a skin color quota is literally disgusting and reveals how u truly feel about poc being cast in shows. also i love daphne but she was by far the most uninteresting character and unfortunately, the actress didn't do her character justice.

@crush broke LMFAO ok racist??

@crush broke how??

wdym? she had the prettiest dresses in my opinion

@@safaaxdeen omg no offense her looks was so boring it literally looked the same but ofc thats ur opinion

@Koko Kaka you honestly like her little fringe antennas?

@@juliahedmanwallin YOO the little bayangs bothered me so much😭.

I know!! I thought the feathertons dresses were better and prettier.

Yes! I'm almost positive that several of the necklaces on the show were actually just contemporary wedding jewelry from Etsy! Did they have a sponsorship or something??

Literallly told my friends as we were watching the picnic scene, “Who gave Daphne that 2015 Forever 21 lookin choker?”

@@rkgk1517 lol i know youre just joking but she Mina mentioned that they had specific jewelers creating it or something like that but yeah at one point I couldn't tell if the jewelry was pretty or not

I mean, didn't like 60% of the jewelry come from Claire's also?

I thought it was nice, and the necklace seemed period accurate. Idk. The only weird thing was that she wasn't wearing a necklace at all whilst she was wearing one in all previous ball-scenes...

Now when’s yours? 🥳

Ok that’s LITERALLY WHAT I WAS GONNA COMMENT?????

was just about to say this! lol trying to decide if I want to watch these before I start the show or not.

@@gremlita - I live for this comment conversation.

same

E.XAC.TLY !!!!!!!!!

@@luanasiros9480 It was sort of revengeful, maybe, but also, i think, quite empowering, because she should have been told the exact story of why he chose not to have children. he was taking advantage of her ignorance regarding the sexual act, which is quite humiliating. she basically showed him in the most concise and meaningful way possible that now, she knew. about his “omission,” about sex, etc. she basically became a mature woman in that moment. plus, his decision of not having kids even after his father was dead is stupid. it’s not like his father was able to see him from his grave and he had already broken the vow by marrying, so, it wasn’t as unbendable as he was stubbornly struggling to believe.

honestly, what made me uncomfortable the most is the, clearly older men pining for young/underage girls, even daphne and simon, but i just blame the writers for including alot of problematic shit.

@@carrywon8767 daphne is supposed to be 21 and the duke 26...not that big of a difference lol

@@kayboLOVESyoutub1000 actually simon is 29, but really?? It's not? Idk, maybe her character is just so naive and childish, rubs me the wrong way. Idk

Yes! Emma 2020 did everything right! The Bridgerton costumes next to Emma looks quite cheap.

@@feeline1120 Emma did not do hair right lol. Their hair was very clearly done with a curler because rag curls do not look that weird

@@headphonic8 oh no there were still many inaccuracies in Emma BUT at least they did not wore their hair open with modern days curls (which also did not happen in Bridgerton I think). But I was talking more about the costumes. Bridgertons costumes are colorful as well but they did not keep up with the historically right shape of the garments. And plainly speaking the costumes in Emma are just a thousand times more stunning!

@@feeline1120 it’s MEANT to look cheap lol

I think that if you’re gonna do an alternate universe thing maybe just take from that culture and create a new country. My opinion tho

Yes!! The first time I saw the cover of the series I knew it that wasn't historically accurate, is not supposed to be! They should read the books too.

Indeed, fantastical. Once I accepted "Bridgerton" as fantasy, Regency Romance fanfiction, I was much more comfortable with it, LOL. No bonnets, few gloves, few chaperones, etc. etc. But ... fun!

It's historical fanfiction. Nothing wrong with that. We can't hold it to trying to be accurate.

agreed!

no chemises, no chemisettes, no chemistry with her co-stars...

Ah yes! Daphne's dresses were all the same even after she's married. I wonder if they did that on purpose?

Yes! When she KEPT GOING OUT WITHOUT A BONNET AND PELISSETTE! Gah!

@@genericusername702 do you think it's because she's probably blue blood and for them it is classier to have not a lot of things going on as opposed to the featheringtons who seem like they're new money thus why the embellishments.

@@MsDreamer1994 I was thinking less embellishment on garments and more of the jackets, chemise, shifts, etc. I definitely think less embellishments on her dresses and garments make sense but to not have many pieces to wear along with her dresses felt strange to me.

This was a whole thing from the books. Her mom always putting her in ill fitting clothes in ugly bright colors. They briefly alluded to it in the show.

@@niniluv89 whoops, I was blaming that on the costume designer.

The point is that she's dressed by her mother who basically tries to squeeze her into smaller sized regardless of how she looks on them. The whole family is supposed to look garish, badly dressed and slightly out of fashion so it's not costume designers failing at their jobs, it's costume designers creating an specific image

Your reaction shows that the costume designers did their job right. Lady Featherington is well known for her horrendous taste in clothes and her children have no say on the matter.

I’ve heard in later books she decided to wear what she wants (and loose some weight) and she looks way better

Thats because they used to think of green as a bad color or an evil color

This is so true. I can think of many 'bad guys' who have green and gold themes. I guess it's to reinforce the idea that they're excessively wealthy and evil...?

I agree 100% I’ve been obsessed with period dramas and I’ve always thought that the costumes would look sooo good on black actors and Bridgerton delivered! My favorite part was when black characters had their 19th century “bonnets” lol

Yeah this show was not perfect but the racial diversity was amazing!

Me too I've always love 1800s European fashion .The only problem I have is lack of dark skin black girls as main characters.

BlackVelvet Sings because it would make the story more accurate

@@blackvelvetsings5310 yep

Agreed! Especially on Dpahne looking way too young for Simon...and the way they styled her hair doesn't help. She looks like a live action Wendy Darling honestly

Yes yes yes yes! That marital rape scene made me so disgusted with Daphne's character, and the writers for writing it off like it was okay (be it because they were married, or that the victim was a male, which are excuses given for rape all too often). Then for the series to just end off with him deciding to stay with her and have children as if nothing happened, it was absolutely deplorable (and an awful message that continuous fighting, and even forced sexual contact in relationships will allow arguments to go in your favor with little to no consequence).

It is weird when all the sudden the black people that is older than the queen became a duke or other old black aristocracy without any backlash from the caucasian aristocracy. It's a fantasy, if you too lazy to dabble about racism maybe make a society where race isn't a barrier or make it normal back in the story that all race is equal.

@@Ethereal_Iris I agree! specially if you are already not that all historical accurate, why pinpoint specifically that issue and try to weirdly fix it

The whole thing felt very...fanfiction to me. Like super sexy/romantic ideas but generally bad storetelling and the plot just kind of flops around not making a ton of sense...

lmao so true though

Maybe for the lightning, a bonnet may cover the face and make it harder to light them well?

@@LynnHermione that’s not why, they had bonnets in Emma 2020 and several other movies. Hollywood doesn’t think they are sexy or attractive to the modern audience.

I have the same feeling about the overuse of tiaras instead of the awesome headdresses of specific time periods 😒.

I found that so ludicrous- that they would go out with uncovered heads and no jacket, cape or coat would have been unthinkable. Even today, we rarely go outside without and outdoor piece of clothing (jacket, sun hat, warm hat etc) It really detracted from the real-ness of it and made it feel like a play...

@@ChrisselBFR Me too!!

@Stacy Verre main characters never end up with the people that would make more sense. But in defense of the show, they didn't give the prince enough time to show what he is truly like beyond the surface of what Daphne sees. Still, no matter how handsome the Duke is, I would never picked him just because he is emotionally constipated all the time and I don't waste time thinking I can change him but that's just me. 😅

I mean she only picked him to avoid controversy, bc Cressida would’ve snitched. But I’m pretty sure she would’ve picked the duke regardless. #theprincedeservedbetter

@@phyllis9853 The fact that she kissed Simon in that garden proved the latter...

yesss everyone i know was shipping the duke and daphne and i was like : why do u guys like the duke he literally never communicates and can't take a fucking decision that isnt ruled by his daddy issues and ever growing need of therapy. she could have the sweet prince who would gladly start a whole family with u and cherish you. why are you so dumb daphne

Thank god Im not alone ! Friedrich looks at her like she the 8th wonder of the world/the Messiah and were supposed to think that marrying daddy issue grr angry grrr boi is the right course of action ? Wut

fr!!!!

I can't wait to watch it cus I haven't had the chance yet!

@@danielzhou2972 watch it now!! You will not be disappointed :)

i wasn't a huge fan of the film itself (i have a bias for the bbc miniseries adaptation) but i greatly admired how accurate they were with their costumes -- and not just accurate but also FULLY utilize the style and lean into the colours to appeal to the viewer without compromising on accuracy! Emma 2020 showed you could be super accurate to the time period's costumes and it WON'T be boring!! and i learned so much from youtubers like Mina and Karolina who commented on Emma 2020 that when i watched Bridgerton all i could think of was "Emma did it better!!"

@@danielzhou2972 I hope you enjoy it. It’s my fave version of Emma

A lot of people complain about in book reviews and discussions, too. It’s a huge controversy in the series but sadly still a lot of people don’t notice it. Don’t worry you aren’t alone!

Wait someone please explain to me

@@cognacszn7789 in the show I'm pretty sure its between the Duke and Daphne. I believe it was when she found out that the Duke could in fact have kids.

Remember: if the assailant is a woman and a victim a man, it doesn't count~! Because men aaaalways wanna have sex. Duh! And we women are just too fragile and pure to ever so such a thing! /s

@@IceQueen975 legit what I’ve read. People defending daphne being like “she was uneducated” “she didn’t know what she was doing”. Like consent isn’t that hard and she was educated before doing it, that’s why she did it!

It is also because it is based on a series of books, each book has one Bridgerton as the protagonist, that's why Daphne and the Duke were married so quickly since in season 2 they are going to focus more on Anthony.

In the Bridgerton book series, several of the novels have the weddings happen about halfway through the book, and I really enjoyed that. It was a refreshing departure from the "happily ever after" trope. I hope they keep that in the succeeding seasons!

yes!

Thank you!! Her wig looked the most wiggy out of all the characters, they could have done better.

Yes the lack of darkskin represntationwas such a let down

What do you mean by Queen charlotte was white washed?

The real life Queen Charlotte was a white woman. The ancestor people point to is a woman called, Madragana, who was born in 1230. It's disputed whether Madragana was Hispanic or Moorish. Queen Charlotte was born in 1744. There is only one portrait and one quote which people use to back up this claim about Queen Charlotte. All her other portraits portray a period typical German woman. She wasn't biracial or mixed race. I have a not insignificant amount of First Nations ancestry (through one of my great-parents, with the rest being of Northern, Central and Western European ancestry), and I think it would be completely insane to consider myself biracial. Madragana would have contributed almost nothing to Charlotte's genetic make up after 15 generations.

They did it for the haters and other simple minded people who managed to complain anyway and wanted the show to be canceled because of its diversity. The thing is that, not all audiences around the world have the same approach on the matter and that needed to be added for the forever perplexed ones.

SAME ! Oh my god he was sweet, understanding, nice, didn’t have commitment issue and wanted the same thing in life as her ! What more do you waaaannnt ? I wouldn’t even have had any thoughts to spare about the Duke, let alone any feelings 🤡

It's discontinued????? Nooo 😭😭😭

:( why?

@@flowerjournal7949 yeah Netflix is dumb and gave RIVERDALE a 5th season. I cannot

agreed I loved that show

YES PLEASEE

the way i hoped that she would forget about the duke and just marry the prince and be happy and become an actual princess chile 💀

Frr they were so cute until the Duke scandal and marriage situation 😃

Same! He was so nice and earnest, and didn't (unintentionally or not) toy with Daphne's feelings the way the duke did

Same

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Fr, like at first I thought it was in present times bc of the song choices. But when I realized it was a set in a certain time period, I was shocked. So honestly I’m not even worried about the other inconsistencies this show has 💀😂

I found it super amusing tho 😂

Right? I think it’s funny how upset some people are about the costumes... everything in the show being inaccurate. That was never the point of the show ffs

Yea she is so boring and mellow!!

Eloise was more interesting than her😂😂😂 but I sort of relate to both sisters at the same time

True! She just seems like a one sided personality! The writers also didn't spice the character much! I much prefer Eloise and Penelope as lead characters

i don't think she was boring. i mean, her entire life she was taught that she needed to be perfect in order to get married to a decent man & that nothing else mattered. and as the oldest daughter, she was the first one in line to be married and her sister's futures depended on if/who daphne married. so obviously when things didn't work out and no one was interested in her anymore, it was really devastating and scary for her, and she was willing to do anything to make sure that she was eligible.

@@koostattoos-8859 true that

exactly, they basically just wanted to say “boom this is a period drama! and this is something everyone associates with it”

Sorry I don't agree, she did NOT force him to have sex.

@@jeankaye3535 he told her to stop and she did not. That’s him revoking consent, and her continuing anyway. Literally rape.

@@jeankaye3535 Consent means voluntary, clear, continuous, mutually understandable permission given by words or actions. Giving consent to one form of sexual activity does not imply consent to other forms of sexual activity. You can withdraw consent at any point if you feel uncomfortable, which is what he did by saying "wait" multiple times but she kept going.

(Edit : because of a reply of someone, I now have to clarify that I am disagreeing with not liking Daphne painting herself as a victim, not that it is not rape.) I disagree which is because of this comment I saw on another comment on this video, which I agree with = "Not really trying to be insensitive to the issue that is being brought to light here or up for discussion. But she didn't lure him into the bedroom, he fetched her and asked her if she was ready for bed to which she folllowed him and they started making love. During the scene she postions herself on top and it seems to catch the Duke by Surprise. But further on he realizes that he is close to release to which he says "wait, wait" because it seems as though she wouldn't move or have been able to move in time for him to pull out. But he could have easily maneuvered over it, she wasn't overpowering him. He just thought she knew that she was to get off once he was close. Also keep in mind she knows very little about sex, and she was not educated about the matter propeprly by her mother, it was her lady's maid who explained it to her because she was probably confused as to why he was pulling out I guess. She didn't move in order to test a theory because she wanted to see if what she had been told was true. If you watch the scene again you'll realize that the issue or that scene only happened because there was miscommunication or lack of communication between the two. The Duke said "I thought you knew how a child came to be" and she indicated that she didn't and thought it was a case where he had fertility issues. Plus I mean, it was sonewhat folly of him to even assume she knew becsuse she didn't even know about masturbating and the sorts. But I digress, I think the biggest issue with the couple has always been miscommunication or a lack of it, we even saw that issue when he came to her room at the inn and he was expalining the reason he had been so distant is that he thought she hated him and she expressed the same. They have always seen to be on different pages with commuication which affected their relatolnship. And in all fairness Daphne is a victim, she is a victim of a society that does not bat an eyelash to marrying off young girls who are unaware of sexual relations. And while her and the Duke and feelings for each other, he is the one who kissed her at a public event knowing fully well he did not want to marry or have kids. But irrespective whenI watched that scene I didn't perceive either to be a victim, just two people who clearly had alot of shit to work out between them. I mean ...they hardly knew each other." What she did was wrong, and is marital rape, however it makes complete sense for Daphne to have no idea why it is even wrong and it was clear she had no idea that what she did is anything bad. The only complaint I'd have is that they didn't properly show us that Daphne realized that what she did is rape and bad, and how she learns off of that. However her painting herself as the victim after this makes complete sense, as she literally had just found out how people even get pregnant and as the comment I copied above says, was testing that out. It's easy for people to have issue with the way Daphne was portrayed after this scene, but its very realistic because of the ridiculous amount of ''sex-ed'' she's ever had which is 0, she didn't even know what masturbating was, so it definitely would not make sense for her to know about marital rape and that forcing him to do this counts as that.

@@yulana990 I am not reading all of that. But I looked at a little of it. She may have not lured him into the bedroom but she didn't listen to when he was alarmed at what she continued to do. You can't test things out theories on people because you feel you have the right to. Especially when it has to do with sexual interactions. Victim of society or not it can never justify behavior like that. If you are making these excuses for Daphne I'm scared to find out how you would deal with situations like that in real life. I was upset when the Duke kissed her in the garden too, putting her livelihood in jeopardy like that. But at the end of the day Daphne agreed to marry him knowing that he could not give her kids. Whether it was a choice or not she does not have the right to control that matter. Yes they sorely need better communication and understanding of eachother but that is not a excuse. Nothing is an excuse for raping someone. The fact that the writers do not make her acknowledge that what she did was wrong and reward her with a child at the end of season one is upsetting. If she had not victimized herself in that situation and owned up to her mistakes, I would have no problem with them having a child in the future. Because of Daphne and Simon's lack of development as a couple I can not see them working out at the moment.

YES

I honestly think it was the best Disney liveaction adaptation. I mean look at the main dress!! GORGEOUS

@@anvisriva1824 SAME the other live action adaptations don't compare honestly

the dresses in the ball scene were quinceanera dresses adapted to look like dresses from different cultures i love that

a year late but 100% no disney live action remake will ever top that one for me!!

As it should be 💅🏾

Yes!! Emma 2020 is such a underrated film as well.

The costumes were amazing! The actual story was boring.

my favorite eye-candy movie of 2020

Indubitably

Same!!

I think it was needed because a lot of people at first were wondering why blacks were being represented in a show that was primarily based in the 18th century. Without that background story, it would have left many people still confused. You have to remember, we are talking about the union between the king and queen, not the prince and princess like meghan markle and prince harry. During the 18th century the queen was the one to ensure that Britian colonized a lot of ethnic countries and was the main reason behind slavery and the division between whties and blacks. Obviously as time went on race relationshions changed, as did the laws and statutes to encamping the diversifying and advancement of european countries under british ruling, however this show depicts what life would have been like under differnt rulling and laws. It's actually very inresting. Many people don't understand this aspect unless you are a history lover like me.

I agree, until they decide to explain it I was like “oh this is a universe where the Moors stayed powerful and grew up in and beside the nobles of Europe”. Then they said that and I had to imagine how apparently in less then 50 years some families had become equally and sometimes MORE powerful to white nobles. That pulled me more out of universe then ANYTHING. they would be considered new money still at that point.

@@bentomai5071 That would've been a nice explanation

@@Joseph-zd7kg I think in a show you made up, you shouldn’t have to explain why black people exist. Most people just think it’s just a choice until you decide to explain it like that

Don't even talk about her eyebrows Lord have mercy

@@amuniksmart9284 I didn’t even notice anything with the eyebrows, I was much too distracted by the hairline that looked like it was drawn on with a compass

I could not hear anything she ever said stating at her hairline 😂

YES OH MY GOD

@@amuniksmart9284 I’m glad I’m not the only one who was bothered by the eyebrows 😭

I was about to say "someone get Karolina Zebrowska on the case" but then her Bridgerton video popped up. Oh well 😂

@@gleewhoseline198 I found the plot entirely too predictable and boring, and the costumes clearly were nothing worth while, so I only got a few episodes in before turning it off. I’m extremely cynical and not interested in romance plots though, so that probably didn’t help.

I couldn’t finish it the corset slander was so annoying I don’t understand why period dramas do that LIKE IT WASNT A POPULAR THING TO BE TIGHT LACED!!!!

I stopped watching after the first episode...is there a reason to stick with it or should I just stop watching cause it was a little too CW for me😅

OMG SAME

That's true, the costumes might not be totally historically accurate, but they're still eye catching! ♥️

I disagree but I’m genuinely happy you’re enjoying them! ✨🌸✨

@@trinaq and this show isn’t known for its historical accuracy so it works out

I I know right? They are beautiful 😭

@@tinymxnticore aww omg you're actually so sweet, most people with like not the same opinions as other people on this app go at each other 🥺✨

Marina never fell in love. And it's about the age differences. I know it makes no sense, but women had to marry younger than men, and Daphne is the eldest girl, and Colin is almost the youngest boy. So yeah...

Or maybe cause she wanted to remind him of their better days when he's around. Like he still living in the past, and she wants to support the illusion

The problem is she wears things that were fashionable when she was literally a child.

Me with my Von Dutch hat

@@meridaskywalker7816 also that she’s the Queen and no one follows her fashion. Queens were trend setters in court fashion, so why didn’t anyone aspire to look like her in Bridgerton?

@@valentinahendrick9540 True

Yes, I'm SO copying that look! It's perfect for cold weather, stylish and unique

yesyesyesss!!!!

Oh, Anita! Much love from Russia! 💕

anybody knows where to get stays like that??

@@veronika_s_c6964 (I'm gonna leave a comment here to see if anybody answers)

YES! Despite people of colour being seen as equals supposedly, they're still a huge minority in the show. Most of the main characters were still white, with a minority of Black people and almost no Asians. There was so much potential with a fantasy where poc are at the same level but nope. The story was still about white women.

@@texaspoontappa2088 plus only biracial people play black people.

it pissed me off that the darkest-skinned characters in the show were the deadbeat father, an elderly maid of one of the white families, and a woman in the queen’s court who doesn’t speak. only light-skinned half-white black people get to see themselves happy and thriving in the regency era, i guess

@@p0lyxena Costuming Drama has a great video discussing the colorism and other racial issues in Bridgerton. You should check it out

I mean, I'd give it some slack since it is England, which is full of mostly white people. Post racial doesn't necessarily mean the population of each race is going to be proportional in a specific country. And with the show's focus on families, unless entire families are multi-racial, most of the characters are going to be of the same race. I think a lot of people conflate anti or non racist societies with being completely and perfectly diverse and fully representative of every race...

there literally was NO waistline they really could have put them in a stay or just no corset at all😭

i though her dresses were really pretty and also at that time at youthful glow was very attractive and good for attracting suitors which was the whole point lmao

I mean she was meant to look younger not older

They all looked like nightgowns and made her look like a square.

@@janelle9652 ngl that just about sums up regency era fashion in general lol

@@janelle9652 Read about Regency fashion before yapping.

The prince was so nice and accepting he listened to her and didn’t fight when she refused him even when she’d made it seem as though they were courting and ugh we could’ve had it all

But she didn't love the prince...

@@claudiaharrison5765 I know but I got attached to him more than Simon and wanted to see him more 😔

@@claudiaharrison5765 doesn’t matter, he’s a Prince 😂 besides she may have grown to love him in the end

OH SAME. The prince was sweet, not super bound by tradition since he took her to see the boxing, and seemed to just want a family in England, separate from the court in Prussia!

I agree with you , I was quite surprised because I was expecting the wedding in the last episode.

I'd also argue that if one wanted to make a POC inclusive period drama, the regency is an IDEAL era because the tight ringlets and simple, puffed hairstyles inspired by ancient can be done so beautifully with black hair and the whole time Marina's hair was just... hanging. Insane misses opportunity

she was using it as a metaphor ahaha “mozart” being Daphne

No. The actual Queen I think met Mozart when she was younger

Not really Mozart did actually play for the Queen when he was a young boy and it was because of her blessings that his father allowed him to pursue music or at least that's how the story goes

@crush broke that was part of the plot, and it makes sense to me

Cate Blanchett in Cinderella is HELLA EYE CANDY. LUSCIOUS.

Girl ME TOOOOO! I was living for the Featheringtons' style hahahah thought I was the only crazy tacky one 😅

@@woowoowitchymom SHE IS MY DREAM 💓

@@sarahparalovo hahah let's be crazy and tacky together!!

@@curl_next_door7876 yes same here. I loved their costumes . Way more interesting than daphne's

this is my biggest problem with the show. it basically ruined everything that wasn’t ruined but the costume, the forced marriage, or the unnecessary race explanation.

I must have missed the assault scene! When was it? 😟

@@EH23831 TW: sexual assault/ rape towards the end of episode 5 (?). Daphne has started to work out that Simon was pulling the wool over her eyes when it came to him having the ability/how a child was actually conceived. After asking her maid how it actually happens, she lures him to the bedroom and they start to have sex. She spins around so that she is on top of him and keeps going (despite his protests) until he ejaculates into her. To force a man to empregnate you against his consent is rape. Daphne then proceeds to paint herself as the victim. Whilst Simon lying to her was wrong, she should not/the show should not have gone to the lengths of assault to confront him about it. Nor did the show address the issue and continued the narrative that Daphne was the victim. She could have confronted him verbally which might have suited the “Daphne is a victim” narrative much better and might have made her more compelling as a character. For me, her character was not particularly interesting and her motives confusing, and this action made her just the worst.

@@Kit-ul4fd oooh - missed that part of the episode... I tend to do a few things at once

@@Kit-ul4fd Not really trying to be insensitive to the issue that is being brought to light here or up for discussion. But she didn't lure him into the bedroom, he fetched her and asked her if she was ready for bed to which she folllowed him and they started making love. During the scene she postions herself on top and it seems to catch the Duke by Surprise. But further on he realizes that he is close to release to which he says "wait, wait" because it seems as though she wouldn't move or have been able to move in time for him to pull out. But he could have easily maneuvered over it, she wasn't overpowering him. He just thought she knew that she was to get off once he was close. Also keep in mind she knows very little about sex, and she was not educated about the matter propeprly by her mother, it was her lady's maid who explained it to her because she was probably confused as to why he was pulling out I guess. She didn't move in order to test a theory because she wanted to see if what she had been told was true. If you watch the scene again you'll realize that the issue or that scene only happened because there was miscommunication or lack of communication between the two. The Duke said "I thought you knew how a child came to be" and she indicated that she didn't and thought it was a case where he had fertility issues. Plus I mean, it was sonewhat folly of him to even assume she knew becsuse she didn't even know about masturbating and the sorts. But I digress, I think the biggest issue with the couple has always been miscommunication or a lack of it, we even saw that issue when he came to her room at the inn and he was expalining the reason he had been so distant is that he thought she hated him and she expressed the same. They have always seen to be on different pages with commuication which affected their relatolnship. And in all fairness Daphne is a victim, she is a victim of a society that does not bat an eyelash to marrying off young girls who are unaware of sexual relations. And while her and the Duke and feelings for each other, he is the one who kissed her at a public event knowing fully well he did not want to marry or have kids. But irrespective whenI watched that scene I didn't perceive either to be a victim, just two people who clearly had alot of shit to work out between them. I mean ...they hardly knew each other.

Katarina Dulude but it makes no sense. The stays don’t cling to the waist and the dresses make all their curves ago away. Not to mention there wasn’t enough boning for it to do anything.

@@jen.m.3781 I know it doesn't make sense in terms of the clothes themselves, I just mean from a storytelling perspective I think that's what the intention was for depicting it, informing the audience of the Featheringtons' characters

Super honestly? I kinda liked the Featheringtons' style way better than the Bridgertons'! Their dresses were just so colorful and interesting, in general... Am I just too tacky? 😅

I agree. Lady Featherington seems like one of those ‘I lived through it, so you have to’ parents. She had to squeeze into an orange and a half, so her daughter has to. It sets the tone for her character.

But....but....the undergarments worn prior to this period weren’t corsets, they were conical stays, which also weren’t tightlaced

We are 6 episodes in and he has become a sort of where’s Waldo character for us too!

Same, I’m hoping that we will get some dark skin representation for black women❣️

Considering Netflix's track record of pretending dark skin black women don't exist, I sadly wouldn't hold my breath :\

I assumed it was supposed to be an over the top, campy, Regency-esque soap opera. I mean if the violin covers of pop songs weren't a dead giveaway, I don't know what was lol.

@@celticmyst08 right?? It’s good but its not well done

@@emmetharrigan5234 I didn't know anything about it going in and I found it entertaining for what it was. If it WAS trying to be a serious/legit Regency piece then it sure failed horribly...

What's so bad with camp? I thought it was cool and over the top lol. I love when directors just have fun with it. Not everything has to be accurate to the time etc. We have plenty of that give us pop violin covers and fun costumes and over the top drama that is honestly rlly stupid but gets at u anyways lolol

@@GrellxSebby1012 Nothing wrong with camp! I love camp!

it's literally just bad writing like it's a huge cliche and it doesn't even make sense with what the viewer can clearly see on the screen, that the dresses have no waistline so it makes no sense 🤦‍♀️

I wondered if they put that scene in to balance the cringy scene where the old man is looking Marina over and insisting that she show him her teeth? Both scenes rubbed me the wrong way.

I also think its dangerous to use Queen Charlotte as a shuttlecock for this sort of thing. She was a real person, some people claim she was black but...she wasn't. Its a bit icky. They should have had a fictional queen as well...because you know as well as I do, that some people will think its accurate. (i.e. reign, the tudors, borgias, etc etc)

yeah I didn't need it mentioned, I thought it was just fine that they cast colourblind

Don't. Even. Get me started.

biracial baby: is born. the writers: well, that solves it.

OMG definitely! I see a lot of vids about Cinderella's ballgown which is great but I would love to see a whole movie analysis of the costumes!

@@danielzhou2972 I love the ball scene, but miffed that there was only one Indian, one generic Muslim (draped in Swarovski), one Chinese (in a mismatched 1930's qipao with train & mid-1880's liangbatou), & one Japanese I mean there's also the Korean peninsula, the East Indies, the Philippines, Siam/Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Mongolia...wtf!!!

ANd WHY did her wardrobe not change when she became Duchess?? I know they were trying to keep her look pared back and simple, but really! So unbelievable that she wouldn’t step it up when she’s Her Grace! (It would have been required of her even if she didn’t want to!) An excellent example of this is the miniseries “The Buccaneers” (from the 1990s I think) An innocent young lady becomes a Duchess and her wardrobe is in keeping.

Yesss! In my opinion it was the only valid(tm) live action disney movie.

That does say something about their design, that the costumes are appealing to us as modern outfits

Compared to the Emma 2020 costumes, they were really lackluster and the fabrics weren't that good. I'd do anything to have any of the costumes from Emma.

I loved the white outfit she wore to the prince’s ball !

The costume designer herself even said the dresses weren’t meant to be historically accurate and that they would have a modern appeal, so why people are whining about that I don’t understand.

i dont know why but daphne had so many dresses and all of them looked the same????

Yep, me too, I was looking for a "Bridgerton" costume analysis video, and I certainly wasn't disappointed! 💙😻

@@trinaq I knowww, Mina does the best research and the best costume analysis!

Even the classical music they did use was not of the time period. Sienna the opera singer sings "Barcarole" from "The Tales of Hoffman", which was first presented in Paris in 1881, and "The 2nd Waltz" by Shostakovich was composed for the soundtrack for The First Echelon (1955-1956) soviet film.

ikr the music choices were so questionable

wildest dreams TOOK ME OUT LMAO. i hated the soundtrack so so much

Can we talk about the bilie ellish cover ? Ahahahha, that was terrible

IKR. The costumes, I can overlook but the music maaaan.. it's horrible!

Wow you old...

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Uhm what? Why make everything an issue geez

@@kyupified2440 BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE!

@@kyupified2440 its a big issue but it probably doesnt concern you

Weren't they mixed people?

What's wrong with stilts?

i'm hoping they address the rape scene in the next season (maybe showing simon's lack of trust in daphne when they're having sex leading to an ACTUAL DISCUSSION ABOUT IT) but that's definitely optimistic

Well the next sibling is even more problematic imo in that he is consistently physically domineering over the love interest and grabbing her wrists or chin or what have you. I liked the book but...I really hope they tone down his behaviour it was hard to read. The other issue is they’ve either accidentally or intentionally gay coded Benedict who is like every other sibling, hetero. I don’t know what they’re going to do there and I hope they treat it all with respect!

@@selty I haven't read the second book, I only read the first one for reference, but I definitely hope they will tone it down, the domineering trope is old and gross and I really had hopes for Anthony's character development. It seems like a lot of book readers talk about Anthony's growth, so I hope they actually try to show that. As a couple I have heard Kate and Anthony are less problematic than Daphne and Simon (in the sense Daphne and Simon had a LOT of issues with the whole lying to each other, marital rape and 'fixing' Simon's life goals and trauma without resolving it, issues that are inherent in the relationship as opposed to the enemies-to-lovers dynamic) however I can't speak to that I guess since I haven't read the books. In sum, I totally respect your take on that and hope the show tries to do well by the pairing. I agree on Benedict. It seems they wanted to make his character more exploratory and were going to do their own thing with him but backed out of it last second. Gave the character less charm, but we don't know necessarily what they have in store for season 2. Hope they can find a balance, although I understand being cautious about sacrificing book canon. It's unrealistic all siblings are straight though so it would be nice if they could do something with it lol.

YES, it would make sense for her to dress maybe a LITTLE older, but the dresses she was wearing were literally from when Queen Charlotte was like 12 irl

Agreed. Daphne and what's his name weren't my reason for watching the show. I just loved seeing the diversity and plus it's meant to be a historical. One of my favorite genres.

Maybe, you should go ahead and read the books then 🙄

Next seasons girl is amazing 🤩 I hope they announce soon the season 2 thing

@@yaritzacontreras-arroyo2601 are the books better than the show? I'm debating whether or not I should read them

You wouldnt like her in the book then. Cause daph was NEVER the incomparable. She was actually out 3 seasons and everyone thought she was too nice and every guy's BFF and isnt really someone to marry.