Netflix’s latest show Bridgerton centring on the competitive world of Regency era London during the debutante season, has been impossible to ignore – proving an instant hit with audiences when it was released at Christmas and became the perfect medium for lockdown escapism.
Based on Julia Quinn’s novels and directed by Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal) it is set in 1800s London but designed for today’s millennial and Gen Z audiences. The script is bold and sets are an updated take on Regency with refined palettes of blue, white and champagne with extravagant plasterwork details, dramatic chequered ballroom floors and an abundance of contemporary floral styling.
