Costume designers for “Bridgerton,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Bridgerton explain the process behind their showstopping creations.
“Bridgerton”
Ellen Mirojnick was not interested in creating a bonnet period show for “Bridgerton.” Thankfully, showrunner Chris Van Dusen was
in agreement.
“Chris was not interested in recreating a historical piece, but rather [using] history to exemplify the different levels of society and what you could and couldn’t do. It was not a history lesson,” she says.
Mirojnick took further liberty with her designs for the Shondaland-produced Netflix drama by mixing silks, which were common during the
Regency era, with modern fabrics to build her dresses. The key to the “Bridgerton” wardrobe was being true to the foundation of the period but abstracting it.
“We took the circular part of the bonnet and made it into a piece that you could wear in your hair and decorated it,” she says. “We used
modern...
“Bridgerton”
Ellen Mirojnick was not interested in creating a bonnet period show for “Bridgerton.” Thankfully, showrunner Chris Van Dusen was
in agreement.
“Chris was not interested in recreating a historical piece, but rather [using] history to exemplify the different levels of society and what you could and couldn’t do. It was not a history lesson,” she says.
Mirojnick took further liberty with her designs for the Shondaland-produced Netflix drama by mixing silks, which were common during the
Regency era, with modern fabrics to build her dresses. The key to the “Bridgerton” wardrobe was being true to the foundation of the period but abstracting it.
“We took the circular part of the bonnet and made it into a piece that you could wear in your hair and decorated it,” she says. “We used
modern...
- 6/2/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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