The long-awaited Bridgerton season 3 is nearly here, dearest gentle readers, and when it does arrive you’ll find the Ton are busier than ever. Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) Bridgerton are very much enjoying their newlywed bliss.
His sister Francesca (Hannah Dodd), meanwhile, makes her debut into society and quickly catches the eye of a potential love interest. It seems Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) may have also found a potential suitor herself.
Penelope’s New Look Decoded
Bridgerton Season 3 debuts the long-anticipated glow-up of Penelope Featherington. Netflix dropped a teaser about the costume and makeup changes in the upcoming IGN episodes. Nicola Coughlan’s heroine is here to claim a husband and look good doing it in Season 3.
As the delightful Adjoa Andoh says in the new clip, “Let’s look fabulous and not constantly be in eye-burning yellow.” Some would agree with the Lady Danbury actress’s assessment of Pen’s signature looks for the first two seasons of Bridgerton. You won’t have to worry about the citrus tones this time.
Costume designer John Glaser explained, “She starts out in her clothes from Season 1 and Season 2.” He added that pace was something they kept in mind. “We could’ve done it slowly, but we quickly changed her silhouette and color palette,” the designer added.
Erika Ökvist was the one who was responsible for making her look more grown-up in this season. The makeup artist quickly removed the established ones from the previous seasons. She started,
“Doing the makeup like we did in Season 2. Very strong colors. It doesn’t necessarily work with her skin tone but definitely works with her character. Instead of doing the makeup like we did in Season 2, we used all the lights to lift the cheekbones up to God.” Ökvist commented, “She needed her glow-up before the world, before showing she’s this cool, independent woman.”
Nicola Coughlan loved the look. She said, “This is great. It needs to go from this to the big change, ’cause that’s gonna be fun for the audience, for it to look like a different person.” The actress remarked on the differences between the first couple of years on the show and now.
“It was so different to how she was before ’cause it was all rosy cheeks and fresh,” Coughlan recollected, “It really helped the character. She has to grow in confidence. And it helped me grow in confidence, to feel good in costumes. It was great.”
How Does Bridgerton Season 3 Transform Colin?
While Penelope is rightfully the belle of the ball this season, her perspective beau has also changed heading into the upcoming episodes. Spend more than four seconds online and you will see fans cheering his “pirate coat” and other new wardrobe pieces.
TVInsider spoke to costume designer John Glaser and hair and makeup designer Erika Ökvist about changing Colin from a boy into a man. It turns out that, much like Pen, color does much of the work here. But measuring out the cut of his clothes to make him more “sturdy” and dashing also does wonders!
“Well, first of all, John switched him up, and he also comes with incredible bone structure,” Ökvist told the site. “I mean, those cheekbones, that really square jawline, and his eyebrows are almost like seagull wings.
If you look up any kind of cartoon hero picture, it’s pretty much him. In Seasons 1 and 2 we used soft and round shapes on him so he feels younger.”
The costume designer also mentioned Colin’s wardrobe upgrades reflecting his personal growth in Season 3. “They’re dark, there’s no ruffles, there are open shirts, it’s a hard collar,” Glaser elaborated.
“Everything is a hard, masculine shape. Also, we’ve said that he himself has matured. He actually has lost the roundness and became very angular, so we had to follow suit.”
About Bridgerton
Bridgerton is an American streaming television period drama series created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes. It is based on Julia Quinn’s novel series of the same name, set in the competitive world of Regency era in London.
The show’s ensemble cast includes Adjoa Andoh, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonathan Bailey, Ruby Barker, Sabrina Bartlett, Harriet Cains, Regé-Jean Page, Bessie Carter, Nicola Coughlan, Phoebe Dynevor, Ben Miller, Golda Rosheuvel, Luke Newton and Julie Andrews among many others.
The series follows the eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family on their journey to find love and happiness in London’s high society. Bridgerton Season 1 mainly focuses on the eldest daughter of the family, Daphne’s involvement with the Duke of Hastings as they enter a fake courtship for self-serving motives.
The upcoming Season 2 will focus on Daphne’s brother, Anthony Brigerton’s love life. Anthony is on his way attempting to marry Edwina Sharma, only to find himself getting attracted to her sister, Kate. Kate is an ambitious, fearless woman who has opposite views than Anthony, which makes him more curious.
The cast includes the newly added love interest, Sex Education’s Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, and Charithra Chandran as Kate’s sister, Edwina.
The sequel is expected to release sometime in 2022.
A spinoff series for Queen Charlotte was also announced by Netflix and is currently in development.
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