Jessie Mei Li plays Alina Starkov in “Shadow and Bone”
Alina Starkov of Shadow and Bone
Alina: Jessie Mei Li Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge
The second season of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone dropped March 16, 2023. Where the first season focused on the first book of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone trilogy, Season 2 covers books two and three, with characters from the Six of Crows duology woven in. There are a lot of differences between the books and the series, so it’s best to look at each as separate stories.
The Second season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” premiered on October 29th 2023. Much like the title suggests the series is set during 1880s in New York City. It features an ensemble cast with many of the actors being stars of the stage.
Season two opens on Easter of 1883 and is primarily set against the ‘Opera Wars’ which saw the opening of Metropolitan Opera against the exclusive Academy of Music.
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.
Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook “The Gilded Age” Season 2 Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits
Introducing The Gilded Age
Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone Marian Brook: Louisa Jacobson
Featuring an ensemble cast, season 2 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.
Season two opens on Easter, 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.
Carrie Coon portrays Bertha Russell in “The Gilded Age,” Julian Fellowes’ prequel to “Downton Abbey” set in 1880s New York City. Russell’s costumes reflect her new money and power play with New York Society.
Introducing The Gilded Age
Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone
HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Season 2 premiered on October 29th 2023 and features an ensemble cast. As its name suggests the series is set during 1880s a.k.a “The Gilded Age” in New York City.
Season two starts on Easter 1883 and set against the ‘Opera Wars’ which saw the opening of Metropolitan Opera against the ultra exclusive Academy of Music.
Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower Season 2 of HBO’s “House of the Dragon”
Alicent Hightower: A Member of The Greens
Based on “Fire & Blood” by George R. R. Martin, the second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon premiered on June 16th, 2024 with a total of eight episodes. Following immediately after the events of season one, the second season sets up more mounting tensions between the warring factions as while as the early conflicts of “The Dance.”
Costume Designers Season 1- Ellen Mirojnick & John Glaser
Costume Designer Season 2- Sophie Canale
Bridgerton is a massively popular Netflix show based/inspired by the romance series of the same name by Juila Quinn. Season one released Christmas Day 2020 and Season two came out March 2022. The series is known for its spicy romances, large diverse cast of complex characters and a modern take on Regency costumes.
Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Basset, The Duchess of Hastings, Season 2 Netflix’s “Bridgerton”
Daphne Basset, The Duchess of Hastings – Phoebe Dynevor
Costume Designer – Sophie Canale
The Duchess, Wife, and Mother
Season Two sees Daphne in her happily ever phase as she is married to Simon, the Duke of Hasting, though he does not appear in season two, and she is a mother to a baby boy named August (Auggie.) As she older and wiser, Daphne’s role in season two is offering romantic advice and being observant to her brother’s romantic entanglements.
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in her radiant and effortlessly cool daisy dress from Season 2 of “Bridgerton” (2022)
Penelope Featherington: A Lady of Wit and Business
Penelope: Nicola Coughlan
Costume Designer: Sophie Canale
The foil to the refined Bridgertons are their London neighbors the Featheringtons. The Featheringtons are showy and garnish. They have “new money” vibe. They revel in bright colors with extreme amounts of embellishments and details like feathers.
The youngest of the Featheringtons is Penelope. In season two she’s in her second year on the marriage mart, secretly in love with Colin Bridgerton and is best friends with Eloise Bridgerton. However now that Eloise is out in society, she poises a difficulties to Penelope’s Lady Whistledown operation especially since Eloise is obsessed with unmasking the gossip-writer.
Feathington Family Fashions
All the families of Bridgerton have their unique sense of styles. The Bridgertons opts for pale pastel tones especially blues, the Sharmas, a new addition in season two, wear jewel tones while the Featherintons wears bright shocks of citrus colors.
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Claudia Jessie as Eloise, Netflix’s Bridgerton, Season 2
Eloise’s 10 Best Looks of Season 2
Eloise– Claudia Jessie
Costume Designer – Sophie Canale
After the success of season one in late 2020, “Bridgerton” Season Two dropped on Netflix in March 2022. Season two maintains the ensemble cast focusing on the love story of the eldest son.
Eloise Bridgerton: The Season’s Emerald
Season two starts with Eloise’s presentation to Queen Charlotte. This which means she’s out in society and hates every second of the ordeal. Eloise prefers reading and conversing in topic she finds engaging; topics she finds worthwhile. This prompts her to resume her quest for Whistledown to get the writer to write more than just gossip. This leads her to form an attachment with a printer and radical ideas.
