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en Sean Flanigan joined The Gilded Age as the hairstyling department head in its first season, he drew inspiration directly from the real-life, late 19th century New York figures that influenced the HBO period drama, like Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) and Alva Vanderbilt, after whom Carrie Coon’s character, Bertha Russell, is fashioned.
“We follow the lead of the writers as a guideline of where to go and then as we research, we can play around with it,” says Flanigan. “It’s such a pretty, romantic period. There’s lots of history and very elaborate sorts of hairstyles that were designed.”
Flanigan chatted with THR about what it takes to re-create those historic looks (hint: lots of wigs) and giving each female castmember her own signature style.
Going into season two, was there anything you wanted to switch up?
It’s hard because, historically, the styles are established, so...
en Sean Flanigan joined The Gilded Age as the hairstyling department head in its first season, he drew inspiration directly from the real-life, late 19th century New York figures that influenced the HBO period drama, like Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) and Alva Vanderbilt, after whom Carrie Coon’s character, Bertha Russell, is fashioned.
“We follow the lead of the writers as a guideline of where to go and then as we research, we can play around with it,” says Flanigan. “It’s such a pretty, romantic period. There’s lots of history and very elaborate sorts of hairstyles that were designed.”
Flanigan chatted with THR about what it takes to re-create those historic looks (hint: lots of wigs) and giving each female castmember her own signature style.
Going into season two, was there anything you wanted to switch up?
It’s hard because, historically, the styles are established, so...
- 6/14/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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This article contains spoilers for The Buccaneers through episode 6.
While The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, the show also depicts some of the real history from the 1870s as well. Wharton modeled the main characters after people she knew during her debutante days and other prominent figures of the era.
Episode 1 “American Poison” introduces Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) as one of the heiresses representing the new class of business barons in the 1870s. Wharton in fact modeled her character after Consuelo Vanderbilt, the real-life wife of a tycoon.
Den of Geek spoke to series creator Katherine Jakeways, executive producer Beth Willis, and director and executive producer Susanna White to find out how they were inspired by Wharton’s novel and the real story of Consuelo Vanderbilt to bring Conchita to life on screen.
“Conchita was always one of...
While The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, the show also depicts some of the real history from the 1870s as well. Wharton modeled the main characters after people she knew during her debutante days and other prominent figures of the era.
Episode 1 “American Poison” introduces Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) as one of the heiresses representing the new class of business barons in the 1870s. Wharton in fact modeled her character after Consuelo Vanderbilt, the real-life wife of a tycoon.
Den of Geek spoke to series creator Katherine Jakeways, executive producer Beth Willis, and director and executive producer Susanna White to find out how they were inspired by Wharton’s novel and the real story of Consuelo Vanderbilt to bring Conchita to life on screen.
“Conchita was always one of...
- 11/29/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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HBO's "The Gilded Age" is back for season two, and we couldn't be more excited. Created by "Downton Abbey"'s Julian Fellowes, the historical drama depicts the lives of high society in late-1800s New York City. Season one was jam-packed with drama but if you're not a history buff, you might wonder if the show is based on a true story, or if it's totally fiction. While the main characters are made up, the setting and era that the story explores definitely are not.
Here's a breakdown of the true story behind "The Gilded Age."
What Was The Gilded Age?
The last few decades of the 1800s were coined "The Gilded Age." In general, the era was marked by the rapid growth of industry, an influx of European working-class immigrants, and growing wealth inequality. As a result, railroads and related industries exploded, labor accidents rose sharply, and trusts began forming,...
Here's a breakdown of the true story behind "The Gilded Age."
What Was The Gilded Age?
The last few decades of the 1800s were coined "The Gilded Age." In general, the era was marked by the rapid growth of industry, an influx of European working-class immigrants, and growing wealth inequality. As a result, railroads and related industries exploded, labor accidents rose sharply, and trusts began forming,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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The first season of “The Gilded Age” has drawn to a close, but not without leaving some loose threads to pick up in Season 2.
Starting in 1882, “The Gilded Age” focuses mainly on two young women coming of age in a generation different from that of their parents’ — Marian Brooke (Louisa Jacobson) and Peggy Scott (Denée Benton).Marian, who is white and recently lost her father, has to move in with her old money aunts in their New York apartment, which is right across the street from a new money family headed by railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious socialite wife Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon).
In the finale episode, Bertha throws a lavish party attended by everyone who’s anyone in New York high society. It stands in stark contrast to the pilot episode, in which Bertha throws a party that no one attends. Speaking with TheWrap about...
Starting in 1882, “The Gilded Age” focuses mainly on two young women coming of age in a generation different from that of their parents’ — Marian Brooke (Louisa Jacobson) and Peggy Scott (Denée Benton).Marian, who is white and recently lost her father, has to move in with her old money aunts in their New York apartment, which is right across the street from a new money family headed by railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious socialite wife Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon).
In the finale episode, Bertha throws a lavish party attended by everyone who’s anyone in New York high society. It stands in stark contrast to the pilot episode, in which Bertha throws a party that no one attends. Speaking with TheWrap about...
- 3/22/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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Note: The following contains spoilers for “The Gilded Age” Season 1 finale.
The first season of the HBO drama series “The Gilded Age” came to a close in grand fashion on Sunday night, with Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell finally embraced by high society in the party to end all parties. The event was the inverse of the first episode of the series, in which “new money” Bertha throws a party at her expensive new New York City mansion and the “old money”-ruled society world refuses to attend.
But while Bertha got what she wanted, it necessitated an embracing of the game of the NYC society world and some maneuvering to get there. “It’s the only game in town,” Coon told TheWrap during a recent interview about the finale and her work on this season. “She has to play the game, because she can’t be a senator or...
The first season of the HBO drama series “The Gilded Age” came to a close in grand fashion on Sunday night, with Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell finally embraced by high society in the party to end all parties. The event was the inverse of the first episode of the series, in which “new money” Bertha throws a party at her expensive new New York City mansion and the “old money”-ruled society world refuses to attend.
But while Bertha got what she wanted, it necessitated an embracing of the game of the NYC society world and some maneuvering to get there. “It’s the only game in town,” Coon told TheWrap during a recent interview about the finale and her work on this season. “She has to play the game, because she can’t be a senator or...
- 3/22/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
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Jennifer Lawrence, 29, will reportedly be tying the knot with art gallery director Cooke Maroney, 34, in Newport, Rhode Island, this weekend. Her rumored wedding venue, Belcourt of Newport, is a historic mansion with a shocking history.
The seaside town on Aquidneck Island is home to some of the most impressive homes in the country. Formerly owned by American industrialists and financiers like the Vanderbilts and Astors — who dubbed the enormous private houses “summer cottages” — most of the properties are now looked after by the Preservation Society of Newport County and are open to the public for tours.
The most famous of...
The seaside town on Aquidneck Island is home to some of the most impressive homes in the country. Formerly owned by American industrialists and financiers like the Vanderbilts and Astors — who dubbed the enormous private houses “summer cottages” — most of the properties are now looked after by the Preservation Society of Newport County and are open to the public for tours.
The most famous of...
- 10/17/2019
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
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