Wilson Chapman editorHBO’s latest series, “The Gilded Age” is nothing short of a visual feast, filled with sprawling marble mansions and luscious recreations of 1880s New York City.
But possibly the most eye-catching element of Julian Fellowes’ new period drama is the gorgeous gowns that outfit the largely female cast of high society strivers and schemers.
From the sun-bright yellow dress Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) dons at the end of the show’s first episode to the long, immaculately embroidered blood-red cloak Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) wears to the opera during the show’s fourth episode, “The Gilded Age” pulls one jaw-dropping look after another out of its wardrobe.As candy-colored as the gowns can be, however, the depth of the series’ costumes goes beyond their peerless stitchwork.
As lead costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone describes it, “The Gilded Age” captures one of the most fascinating periods of New York fashion, as styles and trends began changing and progressing alongside New York City’s upper-crust. “It was one of the more interesting fashion periods,” Walicka-Maimone said. “It was a very new and exciting period in fashion, in technology and art.
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