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Dear readers, we're spilling the high (fashion) tea.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Netflix's caller Bridgerton prequel series, explores the epic emotion communicative betwixt the young queen (India Amarteifio) and King George of England (Corey Mylchreest), and their power on high society.
And what amended mode to spotlight the show's glamorous and sometimes gloomy situations than done ostentation covering that offers its ain secrets? Costume decorator Lyn Paolo and co-costume decorator Laura Frecon revealed the hidden Easter eggs planted successful galore of the looks.
"There were tons of small layers wrong the amusement that we talked astir with the actors," Paolo exclusively told E! News. "The Stars and Moon Ball was each astir George and his astronomy. And erstwhile you spot that, you'll spot that each azygous quality is covered successful stars and crescent moons, and they're woven into the embroidery, the jewels, the headdresses."
If you wage adjacent attraction to the background, you'll find real-life astrology references, with Paolo noting, "We adjacent surviving statues of the prima signs similar Sagittarius and Libra."
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But the stars didn't conscionable align for that circumstantial solemnisation successful the caller series. According to the costume designer, they included motifs from 15th Century England as an homage to the real-life King George III's connection to the House of Tudor.
"With George and Charlotte, we did effort to weave the Englishness in," Paolo said of the hidden gems successful the monarchs' costumes. "We talked astir the information that George had the Tudor roseate and the Yorkshire rose, and ivy embroidered into his wedding suit. And it was besides embroidered into Charlotte's wedding gown due to the fact that she was forced to deterioration a British gown."
However, arsenic Queen Charlotte evolves into the royal we've seen successful the original Bridgerton beingness (played by Golda Rosheuvel), her wardrobe reflects however she takes her powerfulness back. "Her gown that she brings with her from Germany," Paolo explained, "it's a overmuch stronger feeling gown. It shows however empowered she is."
As the costume decorator enactment it, "She's had to instrumentality connected the dual relation of being king and queen, and she's had to embody the crown."
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Another Easter ovum placed successful the costumes? Frecon revealed that during the coronation scene, George and Charlotte's regalia each person their initials embroidered into the fabric. Additionally, Paolo noted that portion galore of the added details are subtle, there's a lot to look retired for passim the season.
"People should ticker the embroidery, determination are hints each the mode through," Paolo shared. "But determination are nary hints astir Bridgerton and nary hints astir different play due to the fact that we don't know."
She summed it up best, saying, "That's each successful Shonda [Rhimes]' brain. We're each truthful thrilled that radical are really going to spot the archetypal one."
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