Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott "The Gilded Age" Season 3 Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits, Pink Ballgown
Peggy’s Season Three costumes are Pretty & Romantic to Reflect for Storyline


Peggy Poised for a Force for Change

Peggy Scott: Denée Benton
Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone

HBO’s third season of the “The Gilded Age” premiered in June 2025.  It picks up six months after the end of season two, roughly early spring of 1884. 

After quitting her job at the Globe due her romantic vibe with Mr. Fortune, Peggy is more of free agent who focused on her stories and  her  getting chapters published in newspapers. Along with her writing, she is still a secretary at Van Rhijn/Forte household as well getting involved in the Women’s Suffrage movement which is very passionate about. However Peggy’s main storyline is her romance with Dr. William Kirkland, who is from prominent Newport Family.   

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Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott "The Gilded Age" Season 2 Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits, The Gray and Red Dress
Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott in HBO’s “The Gilded Age”

Introducing The Gilded Age

Peggy Scott: Denée Benton
Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone

The second season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” premiered on October 29th 2023 and is set during 1880s a.k.a “The Gilded Age” in New York City. The cast is an ensemble with many of the actors being stars of the stage

The season opens on Easter Sunday 1883 and set against the ‘Opera Wars’ which saw the opening of Metropolitan Opera against the ultra exclusive Academy of Music. However not all the characters are as absorbed in the rivalry. Peggy being one such character whose story goes deeper than the cities’ opera venues.

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Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott "The Gilded Age" Season 1 Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits
Denée Benton plays Peggy Scott in HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” Peggy is a member of the Black Elite and her costumes reflect her ambition and refined sense of style.


Introducing The Gilded Age

Peggy Scott: Denée Benton
Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone

Pitched as a prequel series to his massively successful Downton Abbey, Julian Fellows soon took his idea and made it it’s own stand-alone period drama. Set in New York City during the 1880s “The Gilded Age” premiered on HBO, January 24, 2022.

It has an ensemble cast featuring stars from Broadway. While many of the storylines focus on the New York’s super elite in-crowd— “The 400”— made up of old money and the new people trying to push in, not every character’s narrative center on the frivolity of high society.

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