"Bridgerton" Costumes Are Off The Rails This Season

I never expected Bridgerton to have fidelity to the regency era. But I wish Bridgerton had maintained fidelity to itself.

In the first seasons it was fantasy regency. Sure it wasn't that accurate, but it had clear nods to transport us to a romanticized version of a historical period to tell all the romance plots. This season is just giving ✨️Hunger Games Capitol✨️ gaudy fashion 😂😂

For me, it was Benedict's love interest that took me out of it completely. She looked like she boarded a time machine in the 1950's to join the Bridgertons in Marilyn Monroe cosplay!

I don’t mind it - Bridgerton is its own thing. The only thing that bothered me was the inconsistency of men and women suddenly being allowed to go off together alone unchaperoned. In season one it was like a life ruining faux pas that forced the dude to marry Daphne, and now Pen and what’s his name are casually fingerbanging in a carriage.

I think they lost that weird mix of regency and crazy modern they had that gave the show a unique visual

That went from Regency-inspired to full on Cinderella's outrageous stepsisters.

"Someone clearly thought that Kate Sharma's beauty is creating too much of a distraction..." so true

I personally cannot wait to see how big Cressida’s sleeves get in part 2. THEY’RE FULL OF SECRETS! 😂

I know I'm just an old GenXer, but I cannot handle Francesca's over-the-top influencer makeup. It's the extreme highlighting that takes me out of the time period (or even out of the Bridgerton universe) whenever she's on camera.

In the first two seasons, even if they weren’t completely accurate, they were pretty like a fairytale. This season the dresses were just a little too crazy. accuracy aside, I didn’t even really like them that much. But I’m still fantasizing about Daphne’s pretty pale blue dresses from s1

Ugh Kate looked so good in purples and blues idk why they had her in earth tones this season

In season 1 they were almost too close to the historical styles because it made the creative choices stand out in a bad way. In season 2 they stuck a perfect balance because there was a consistent language that allowed the accurate pieces and creative pieces to feel of the same world. Season 3 threw out that formula and lost the vision and as you said, it became incoherent.

Cressida's outfits were just absurd. It took me out of their fantasy world because her outfits are SO different. In a society that was mocking her for showing too much clevage, I find it hard to believe her sleeves werent mocked.

I liked your analysis of Penelope going from the gaudy featherington styles, to a very feminine dark transformation dress, before finally settling into a sort of mix between the two. I think it makes sense that Penelope's glow up dress didn't represent the real her, bc she was trying to be someone she wasn't.

I thought the costumes this season looked very cheap and ill fitting. I'm glad that the costumers had so much creative freedom but it no longer gave the impression of "regency with a twist", I did not feel like I was in another time. It looked like a theater production or a themepark. It was just too ungrounded. All of the random tulle flowers and sequins and digital print fabrics, and everything was completely machine-sewn, and it was all so gaudy in a modern way... I think you're right that creativity needs limits in order to truly shine.

Also interesting is, that Eloise is reading "Emma" one year before it came out. I didnt know, that she knew Jane Austen personally...

I definitely love some of the crazy Bridgerton costumes, but I could not handle Cressida's dresses this season. They were so outrageous, I couldn't help but laugh at some of the designs

I don't even watch Bridgeton, but I don't think I've ever been here so fast when Youtube doesn't even send notifications...

Cressida Cowper's whole character (especially her aesthetic, name, and attitude) all give me the vibe of a Hunger Games character from the Capital gentry who somehow got flung through a wormhole into the Bridgerton universe

That lady Benedict was hooking up with, I'm pretty sure her hair and outfits were entirely mid-century 😬