Move over, Jane Austen. Fresh and filled with lots of eye candy, Bridgerton is not your run-of-the-mill period drama. Shondaland's latest entry at Netflix is based on romance author Julia Quinn's best-selling novels.
Set in England's early 19th century Regency period, the inclusively cast eight-episode series tells the tale of two contrasting families in London's high society, the aristocratic Bridgertons and the nouveau riche Featheringtons, as their daughters navigate the blood sport known as the marriage market.
Showrunner Chris Van Dusen looked to costume designer Ellen Mirojnick to reinterpret the period's frocks with a number of twists. "Our intention was to make quite the opposite of Jane Austen, as the costumes needed to have an.
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