With glitter, sequins and sticky gems, being sparkly is commonplace now - but costume jewellery wasn’t accessible to most until around the Regency era. As early as 1675, a process to make glass ...

George Sayer, associate costume designer: We always kept true to the Empire waistline that was popular in the Regency period, but we softened the front on a lot of the characters. During that ...

Don’t forget to study the different hair styles and cosmetics of the period too. Men’s costumes are every bit as complicated as Regency women’s with subtle uses of expensive cloth ...

When the show first aired in 2021, smitten viewers began posting videos of themselves in homemade costumes inspired by the early 1800s on TikTok, and a regency era-fashion trend was sparked.