Selena Kuznikov SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 3 of “Bridgerton,” now streaming on Netflix.
Nothing’s wrong with being “Confident,” at least according to one Miss Cressida Cowper. Her stunning red revenge dress in episode 6 of “Bridgerton” season 3 comes with a side of lies: Cressida pretending to be Lady Whistledown.
While costume designer John Glaser says the red dress was dictated in the script, he felt the need to make the gown into an entrance dress, complete with a huge bow in the back. “It’s translucent, so it’s not giant, heavy,” Glaser says. “It still has mystery to it.
You’re not really sure where it stops, where it starts and you’re not really sure if it’s a red dress.” Glaser attributes the color ambiguity to the layering in the dress: the under fabrics of the gown were hot pink, with the over fabric a deep burgundy, creating a dynamic red.
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