Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCostume 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.
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