Take final evening’s Botticelli-inspired Rodarte look, which nods to the Italian painter’s depiction of Venus – “one of the lovely our bodies ever painted”, notes Croysdill, who felt the nude sequined robe with oyster shell décolletage detailing was apt for half two’s drop, by which Featherington lastly has her personal bodice-ripping intercourse scene together with her longtime crush, Colin Bridgerton.
The theme of “love bleeding out”, in accordance with Penelope’s feelings through the rollercoaster will-they-won’t-they plotline, additionally manifested itself within the pops of burgundy (try these dramatic gloves paired with Coughlan’s Rodarte), pinks, lilacs and reds punctuating her wardrobe. The cherry-red outsized Stella McCartney blazer gown Nicola kicked off proceedings with again on Valentine’s Day set the tone for a heart-on-the-sleeve sort of tour that peaked when the Irish actor wore a hanging customized gold Misho bodice engraved with a literal anatomical coronary heart.
The obvious wink to Featherington’s destiny got here in New York when Croysdill enlisted marriage ceremony designer Danielle Frankel to create a white robe, that includes a dramatic cinched waist and a romantic practice, that will (spoiler alert!) be good for strolling down the aisle in. The refined veil framing Coughlan’s face final evening in London was additionally a literal nod to the fortuitous sequence ending for an endlessly romantic character whose Bridgerton journey has been removed from plain crusing.
