Bridgerton: tips on how to dress and hold yourself in London society straight from the Regency period

By Lisa Smith, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Essex

As viewers of Bridgerton know, finding the right suitor is an art, requiring charm and beauty. It helped to be a diamond (the most eligible woman of the season, as chosen by the Queen), but all young ladies benefited from careful attention to their dress and manners. In the most recent series we see Penelope Featherington, once a wall flower, undergo a glow up in order to been seen and considered as serious mate during her third London season.

A recent article in The Spectator claimed that the…

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