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

copying the description here cause no one reads it: forgot to mention that I focus - as always - on women's clothing here, but Pinsent Tailoring should drop his review soon! also check out Costuming Drama's interesting video about some of the issues within the show: brdesk.info/like/video/bZC2qqfEiMuKuZY&

Corsets on bare skin are the BIGGEST historical drama sin.

This series is based on a series of Regency romance books by Julia Quinn. The initial book is "The Duke and I". It is a fantasy romance and is not meant to be realistic.

THANK YOU!! The corsets over the billowy dresses were mind boggling to me. Also, the overboob killed me. It was distracting too. A shame because the show itself is good.

What about the hairstyles though?

Bridgerton is what I NEVER imagined Regency to be like. But your guess about the Americans sounds quite true...

So only the guys had accurate costume?

THANK YOU for talking about Lady Featherington's silhouette, so bizarre!

It felt less like a period drama and more of a period romance novel, which seemed to be the point

I thought of you the moment it started and I saw the corset scene. The costumes in this TV show upset me so much, I stopped watching it.

I love how "Reign" is always the scale for "bad costumes" even years later 🤣

I came away thinking the show was about soft porn.......with a bit of story in between.

I felt the costumes were distracting and having read the books a couple times, I hate this show.so much. 5 min was too long.

It is a fantasy but if the clothes pulls you out of the story and makes you stare at the costume rather than paying attention to the story then they got it wrong. I can not stop staring at all the costume failures.

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Honestly tho, usually if karolina thinks it’s historically inaccurate, then it’s nothing to me 🤣 but the show is just so gooooood and as a Brit I’m not offended either

Bridgerton is a mixture between emma 2020 and marie antoinette tbh

Regency by Disney.

does this lass do costume design or is she just an enthusiast who is informed AF?

It's based on a very contemporary series of romance novels that are basically fan fiction so looking for historical accuracy in it or complaining about the lack thereof is a fallacy in itself. Also, if one were to take the logic of historical accuracy all the way, then by that logic the show would not have any people of colour at all, let alone in important roles. It's 2021, I think we all should rather have historically inaccurate representation that gives space to minorities instead of accuracy that erases them. History need not always be revered. Change is good sometimes, even in a trashy show.

As entertaining as I find this show - as a fan of historic movies and series the first episode gave me a shock just because of all the weird colors and clothes everywhere. I wasn't prepared for such a loose, nearly comedic interpretation of the 1800s then, but when I got used to the idea of it being a fictional fantasy teenage drama, it was very fun to watch. That said, I am NOT a fan of the costumes. I couldn't pin point it but your expression hits the nail on its head: it all looks plastic.

Can you please tell me where your earrings are from? I adore them 😍

When Simon totally unlaced her corset, I actually thought of you.

Off topic but I love the top and look she wore

Love your hair. I want that style

Didn't saw the show.. But heck the Corsett-bs makes me angry..

There's not much to expect feom a show that doesn't follow the book it is based on, and created a lot of characters and situations that didn't help telling the main story.

The first advert I saw for "Bridgerton" said "re-imagining history". So I suppose the costumes were "re-imagined"as well. I'm still waiting for something worse than REIGN.

What I miss is the outrageous hats of the period. No female would be seen outdoors without a hat of some kind and to see them bareheaded is really weird. They could have had great fun with them from a costuming standpoint.

Heads up, this article villagepipol.com/bridgerton-costumes-a-historical-mess-but-definitely-a-beautiful-one/ has literally copied entire sections of your script word for word.....

Hi, this is the first video I see on your channel and I found it really interesting! May I ask you what you studied to know so many things about fashion?

I'd like to suggest Anne with an e for a video like this! I'm so curious about it also it's set in late 19 century canada and the clothes take part in the plot. I think it would be interesting

After you obtain an award for costume design please then return with your critical opinions!! what are you wearing in this video?

i enjoyed the series but i lowkey hated the costume design, particularly the overboob bodice. it just looked odd. anyways, great vid (:

I would love to see a review of the fashion in The Knick or in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!

My best friend described the show to me as "old-timey Gossip Girl" 😂

Mrs Featherton's outfits/design not fitting made me really fit to me. To me, it felt like it was a purposeful way to make it clearer she doesn't fit in to that society

Within the first few minutes of Bridgerton episode 1, it's obvious that we're watching a fairy tale and not a "period" show at all (despite the invocation of 1813). The colors, the setting, the racially integrated society -- it's all fantasy. So I just accepted that, the way I accepted the look of Game of Thrones or Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. They aren't historical, so there's no need even to try for accuracy. (Nevertheless, in bona fide historical drama I still want accurate costumes, hair, interiors, and above all *dialogue*).

Also when in the last ball scene everyone wears blue and white and that feather woman just comes in some kind of pink floral thingy

Yeah this series is a mess.. What most annoyed me about the historic inaccuracy and lack of coherent storyline in this series is it tries to give some kind moral judgement about sexism and racism but without any real (historical) foundation or argumentation, so it just makes no sense. It even seems offensive to feminism and (why is there no word for anti racism?? How do you call that movement)

This 30 year old Lady right here is simply stunning.

I want the 'overboob bodice' fixed for season 2, PLEASE. Made me cringe the whole season. Thanks for talking about it, I was worried that women actually dressed like that at that time 🥺

I find this approach somewhat annoying. OMG woman, lighten up.

Yes, thank you! Why would you tighten the corset that much and wear a high waisted dress? That scene immediately threw me off, it doesn't make any sense

You are such a killjoy. I made my first waistcoat at 18 . You're such a bully .

You are such a dummy. This is meant to be a beautiful costume drama , haven't you ever heard of a bodice ripper? It's not meant to be realistic at all. Shut up , go write your thesis on period fashion and leave us alone with the beautiful fantasy.

I thought about you with that corset scene

I’ve heard it called Jane Austen meets Fifty Shades of Grey! 😂

Great job!

I feel like the modernizing was more early 2000s instead of 2020, buuuuuut hey that's just me. I guess at least the more dramatic ones.

What reference is that from at 3:27?

Guys- if the costumes are the first historically inaccurate thing you noticed you may need a history refresher 👀

Came here to see how people felt about the white wedding gown (which wasn't popular for another 25ish years)

Wow I really wish people would watch to the end of the video before they comment.

God you're stunning with this look😍😍😍

I'm usually a stickler for historical accuracy, but this show was entertaining enough to swallow.

But what a good show!

the sex scenes didn't make sense at all, I was so disappointed 🙏 had to rewatch pride and prejudice

I have heard and read in many costume review about this annoyance with the hollywood troupe of "Cannot-breathe-because-she-is-wearing-corset" but in an interview of Emma Stone she said she wasn't to sit properly .How?

I didn't watched the show, just read the books and they had me cringing a couple of times. From underwear to white gold wedding bands,... but I still enjoyed them even though they're predictable like Austen. I just don't treat the series like historical romance, but like stories from an alternate universe, new Cinderella, or steampunk, where all male heros are very dominant, but good, romantic lovers and women are reduced to trophies... and I'm kind of okay with it. It's fiction and entertaining.

I knew the dresses were not historically correct but this made it interesting. The only thing that irritated me was the Featherton mother’s dresses which screamed 1940s.

girl who cares this series is amazing so.....

Much like how all ShondaLand are fanfic of a genre... she basically put gore & shock value into Women in Medicine, & made a career of making Doctors go from a more ‘PaperChase’ to a gritty Harlequin Romance with colon resections. It is Muricun fun, but it wears on me.

You look beautiful. Dark academia vibes

The thing that REALLY bothered me was the wearing of white dresses at all.

I totally agree with your initial impression and description of the mood of the show. I couldn't get past the first episode because I found the dialogue so lame and cringe-y, but maybe that's just me. I can see how people find it fun!

13:39 her hair is kinda similar to Farah Pahlavi empress of iran

Nobody's talking about the "my nudes" link in the description? Lol

They played 'Thank U Next' by Ariana Grande and 'Girls Like You" by Adam Levine ft. Cardi B. Nothing in this Netflix series was never meant to be seriously accurate?

if Regency-era London fashion is authentic Mexican food, then Bridgeton's fashion is like taco bell 😭😭😭

Why must it fit with history or Regency style? The show us AWESOME.

I know it's all fantasy and has great diversity + inclusivity but I cannot forgive it for being so far removed from the actual book plot as I read the books first. If they wanted, they could make an entire new plot by themselves instead of saying they're adapting the Bridgerton books. :c

**watching Bridgeton with gran* **sees corsets hurting character cause they're evil torture devices* Gran: Oh shame look what the corsets are doing to them! Oh I hate corsets (all practicallyinaudible so hopefully shedidn't think I was being rude to her in the next bit) Me: **exasperated sigh* Of course it's hurting them! They're not wearing anything between the corsets and their bare skin! You're supposed to have something under your corset! If it's hurting you that much anyway then you've done something wrong or it's not made to fit you! Jumps stays and corsets aren't supposed to hurt! Gran throughout my rant: cause of the metal in the corsets... they're probably in so much pain... they're not wearing anything under the corsets so they're getting stabbed by the metal... Me: I'm tired **yawns and pretends to go to bed*

when i watched bridgerton, i know every history and sewing channels will go gaga over the costumes choice

We don’t give a shit. Those dresses were gorgeous.

Can we also mention how after a death, I won't say who, THEY DIDN'T WEAR BLACK!!!!

Holy CHrist you are right about the corsets. They don't wear a waistline that has anything to do with wearing a corset.

Because we live in 2020, the decorative fabrics of that time period would not give us the sense of wealth. It has to be over the top with jewels and embroidery. Otherwise it is Jane Austen, and Netflix viewers aren't looking for Jane.

Your hair looks awesome here.

I also thought that the chest areas of the dresses were unflattering on the women. Glad you brought that up. Also I subscribed because of the intricate detail in your video and because I think you are a pretty interesting lady.

Nothing in that hideous show was historically accurate! Such a boring preteen kind of story with a load of codswallop dialogue.

Bridgerton is 100% meant to be regency fantasy. It was never intended to be historically accurate. They dance to an orchestral version of Thank U Next for goodness sake.

Haha I knew you’d be gritting your teeth when I saw that opening corset scene!

I used to love Historical Accuracy review videos, they can be very entertaining and educational, and I really appreciate that you began with a disclaimer regarding artistic license in the film industry, however I am asking many costubers to be aware that these style videos are being used to shame and gatekeep hobbyists and beginner sewists. While I understand that these videos are very popular, pulling in more than your usual viewers (and when YT is your job, views are income). I'm asking that costubers be aware of this and make a point to ask your audience to not use your content to tear others down. Thank you.

Bridgerton is like a Wish version of what it should have been... Or could have been.... I did like the polyester princess theme though. Totally escapist, to a land and time that's never existed. It was cheese but i couldn't stop watching!

Lady featheringtons silhouette reminds me of how frustrating sailor moon’s princess dress is. ITS A PLEATED EMPIRE WAISTLINE WHY CAN I SEE HER NATURAL WAIST

They wouldn’t trying to be exactly like history because if they were they wouldn’t have a black queen and blacks and whites would not have been married each other really!!!!!

I just need a hair tutorial for this look please

I'm really sorry but I can't listen to this womans voice and I wish she would take a breath or slow down a bit. Apart from that if I want an accurate adaptation I'd watch or make a documentation instead of a show. So what's that whole talking about?

Omg, ur so fun! Subscribing! 😍👍🏻👏

GIRL, THANK YOU. Yes to all of this.

I feel like the series is really bad, I survive just one chapter, I need to believe something in order to like it, the acting was terrible, and all the series, the atmosphere, the stories and the costume feel fake.

11:20 god i was thinking totally the same... like it simply doesn't make sense

Now that you mentioned the word fanfic... I have to say the term absolutely fits not just in the costumes but in the story as well because a lot of details have been changed. Even the personalities of the characters don't fit how they were portrayed in the books or at least how I interpreted them to be while reading the series. Timelines and plotlines are similar but different. The world setting also changed especially in terms of how race/ethnicities played out in the Regency ton. It's Julia Quinn's Bridgerton but in an alternate world. So yeah...it is a fanfic.

Nothing about Bridgerton is historically accurate, and I don't care. I love it. Bridgerton is a Romance Novel, naughty bits and all, brought to life. Finally. Somebody did the thing women have been waiting for. Or at least, this woman. Pornhub is sex without a plot. Romcoms are plots without sex. Somebody at Netflix put them together and blew the roof off the ratings for this show. Now they just need to do that again (and they will) 8 more times.

That's it! "Piles of polyester!"

I'm an American and I don't think British people dressed that way. I hated the costumes so much I exited Bridgerton in the first 5 minutes. Who are they hiring to do this stuff? I think this happens because costuming is never given any importance. They just swing a dead cat and hire the first person it hits to do the costumes. Thanks for reviewing it. Love your channel.

The moment this show dropped, I was like waiting for THIS review hahaha. Also I thought "Nanny McPhee much?"

I don't know much about that era but as soon as I started watching Bridgerton, I knew it was historically inaccurate 😂 But you know what, I actually like the dress designs for modern day use. Pretty chaste and some were simple. Like, I would make one of those dresses and just wear it. 🤔

yeah Lady Featherington is lowkey dressed like Margaret from seasons 3 of The Crown