Look, I know everyone claims that they all watch ‘Bridgerton’ for the plot, but we all know that’s a big lie. True confessions here – I personally have trouble remembering the Benedicts from the Berbrookes! There, I said it. Gasp! Nonetheless, from the titillating opening scene of Episode One, Season One, the fact is that we haven’t been able to stop watching it – it’s an erotic voyeurism, if you will: corsets being tied and untied, heaving bosoms, bare manly butts.
However, I believe that the real reason we can’t tear ourselves away from the screen is not because of the plots revolving around the characters’ messy mishaps as they look for love (sex) – it’s for the absolutely exquisite costumes. Eye candy with an ulterior motive: all towards feeding the fantasy that we, too, could have the same uninhibited illicit dalliances if we wore those be-ribboned, ruffled, and embellished costumes. Hence the frenzied internet search for the ultimate corset brand to get the ‘Bridgerton’ look.
Jane Woolrich Couture, the ultimate corset brand you need to get the Bridgerton look!
Jane Woolrich is the OG designer of bespoke corsets – fanciful, opulent, with tulle ruffles, French laces and embroideries, bows and ribbons in ice cream pastels. Her corsets embody the feminine aesthetic that resonates so well with the female viewers of “Bridgerton“.
Fans of ‘Bridgerton‘ who rave over the costumes, say “It’s all in the tiniest of details” – and Jane’s genius is in designing collections of intricate and uber-feminine corsets that are not a bit campy – they’re transportive.
After the ubiquitous trend of what I call ‘pillow-case chic” (loose and comfy cotton clothing), a splurge on a bespoke Jane Woolrich corset feels like an act of resistance!
Does it even matter that historically the corset wasn’t used as a torture device as depicted in the opening scenes of Bridgerton? Or that the Empire style dresses (by amazing costume designer Ellen Mirojnick), were fitted around the bust with a gathered skirt which hangs loosely around the waist? That style is rather comfortable, and perfect for the post-pandemic silhouette, if you ask me.
In fact, corsets weren’t necessarily being pulled in tight enough to squeeze the female waist into an unreasonably small measurement, as boasted by Daphne’s mother – instead, they used pads and hoops to create the bigger hips which gave the optical illusion that the waist was narrower.
Eye candy with an ulterior motive: all towards feeding the fantasy that we, too, could have the same uninhibited illicit dalliances if we wore those be-ribboned, ruffled, and embellished costumes.
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Jane Woolrich Couture is guaranteed to transport you straight to the erotic world of ‘Bridgerton‘.
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