Costume Design
Welcome once again, friends, to Carrie Coon’s Costume Corner, where we look closely at the costume design of The Gilded Age and think out loud about design inspiration, as well as how they reflect and highlight various character relationships. It's been one of this site's
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The marketing for the final Downton Abbey film is in full swing, with less than a month to The Grand Finale’s debut in the theaters. Peacock will stream all episodes of the series and the first two movies ahead of the film’s release, as well as a TV
Costume Design
Welcome back to Carrie Coon’s Costume Corner, where we take a costume design enthusiast’s look at the most exuberant, over-the-top, and memorable looks designed by Kasia Walicka Maimone and her team for the cast of The Gilded Age. If you’re new here, prior coverage of Season 3
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Rejoice, lovers of petty 5th Avenue social squabbling! HBO has confirmed that its lavish period drama The Gilded Age will officially return for a fourth season. The series, which chronicles the clash between old-money Manhattan elites and up-and-coming nouveau riche strivers in late 19th-century New York, is the very definition
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The Gilded Age crossed its mid-point of Season 3 with a triumphant staging of Gladys' wedding to the Duke of Buckingham. Much like The Buccaneers did before it, Gladys' wedding is inspired by (and pulls from) one of the most famous Gilded Age weddings of all time: Consuelo
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Greetings, fellow Gilded Age viewers! (Is there an Internet-approved name for us? Are we Gild Members? Members of the Mamie Fish Appreciation Society? Geegaw Gapers? I’m open to nominations!) HBO’s historical soap is notable for many things – Broadway stars letting it rip every scene they’re in, its
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Watching a shift in societal mores is usually something that happens at a glacial pace. One looks back after 25 years and discovers that the world has changed from one's childhood, slowly, inexorably, mostly when one was doing other things. But the 2010s were not like that. The
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As everyone has probably heard by now, the slow pivot by Warner Bros. Discovery back to where everything was before CEO David Zaslav started going full DOGE on it culminated in May 2025 with the announcement that the streaming service that was once called HBO Max before dropping "the
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Everyone's favorite exceedingly well-dressed guilty pleasure, The Gilded Age, returns to our screens this June, bringing more social scandal and fashionably gorgeous headwear. The period drama, which is set in late nineteenth-century New York, chronicles the clash between old-money Manhattan elites and the up-and-coming nouveau riche strivers whose
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It’s no secret that The Gilded Age on HBO has not come close to replicating the success of Downton Abbey (the series that inspired it) once was on PBS. It’s not the fault of series creator Julian Fellowes (the creative force behind both shows); the landscape of TV
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If HBO is airing and streaming the finale of a high-profile show, that almost certainly means the network plans to drop a "coming soon" trailer just before the "Last time on" sequence rolls. As it was foretold, so it shall be, as said trailer full of
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It’s no secret that The Gilded Age’s cast is....well, let’s just call it large. Sprawling. Expansive, even. Boasting a roster that included two dozen series regulars in its second season and even more recurring roles, the HBO period drama had the most extensive ensemble cast on