That time could’ve been better spent on Liu’s art career.

Yeah this was a weird reach. Why not assume his comments were sexist, or ageist, or any other -ist? It sounds like a pretty straightforward case of him belittling her acting abilities and her defending herself. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Not to ring the alarm unnecessarily, but were these “inexcusable and unacceptable” comments....racist?

Yup. And note that Lucy Liu was the one who actually used homophobic language.

Who decides the best use of time in their interview with Lucy Liu is to ask her to address rumors of a minor beef from 21 years ago?

Kind of reckless to imply it might have been racist (in the original article).

here’s a pa’s account of what happened

I love this response, and it reminded me of a recent episode of 99% invisible where they discuss romance novel covers (I believe it is called The Clinch). If this is something that all interests you, I highly recommend the episode, and even if it doesn’t the show is great and is worth listening to anyways. (who knew I…

That show has as much costume accuracy as it has historical accuracy ... Not much.

That’s kind of what I assumed, personally. Some of the “zips” looked a lot more like a series of hooks and eyes, given the way the fabric was pulling in some of the dresses. I don’t make period clothing typically, but I made a (cosplay) coat a couple years back that had one section pull like that because of a closure.

I’m not talking about the whiter bit there. That could be from some sort of lining or inferfacing or even just that part of the fabric pattern hitting the light a bit differently. I’m talking about the actual fabric pattern. You can see clear transitions where there are seams and darts such as where the gold pattern…

One of the biggest U.K. costume houses, of lovely repute, burned down a few years ago. It was so sad.

I think it’s both purposeful and sloppy, for the reasons you’ve mentioned. Bridgerton the show is an adaptation of Bridgerton the novel, and neither of these are pretending to historical accuracy. People in the industry who are aware of the multiple reasons for this—this is escapist fantasy, and it’s almost impossible…

I don’t know why, but watching her calmly hand stitch a piece of replica period clothing is incredibly soothing. I don’t know if I’d ever want to know her on an interpersonal level (intensely passionate people make me itch) but her commitment to her passion and her actual talent make something that I’m only obtusely…

I believe the nomination in this case is for the excellent framing of Regé-Jean Page’s ass.

Forgive me for being the opposing view here, but I saw this as kind of purposefully done. Like, this entire production was supposed to mimic the whole cheap romance novel cover that this show is based on.

The vertical lines on the back of that dress are darts, though. You can tell by the pattern on the fabric, and the horizontal lines on the back are from seams from a band of material, which is also clear from the fabric pattern?

The worst was the scene where they are tight-lacing one of the daughters into a set of long stays that wouldn’t have been tight-laced because that wasn’t the fashionable silhouette at the time. The purpose of stays at the time was to push the boobs up and create a tube shape below. 

I know this is always a fraught conversation (I swear I’m not intending to kick off a discussion about corset perceptions outright) but I think my favorite moment was watching them tightlace her into a corset...

...then put her in a regency style gown where the effect of a tight-laced corset is absolutely meaningless!

She did, but it was before the show was released so she could only go off of the trailer. She gave it a “it was a design choice” regarding the inaccurate fabric colors.