The BBC/Canal+ TV series Marie Antoinette (2022-) has finally returned for season 2! We wrote several reviews of season one, focusing on the costumes as well as the hair and wigs. The first three episodes of season 2 are available via PBS Masterpiece, and they feature the return of the same cast from season one, including Emilia Schüle as the famed French queen. Season two focuses on the Diamond Necklace Affair, beginning in the early 1780s, and just as for season one, I’ve been entertained by the story so far. As an added bonus, while they’re still not perfect, the costumes feel more historically accurate, and many of the WTFrock elements have disappeared.
According to news reports, Marie Frémont continues to design season two’s costumes, although I can’t tell if Madeline Fontaine is also still involved as she was in season one. According to an interview with Frémont, “every piece for the 30 first main characters are made bespoke in our workshop” and supplemented by rentals from costume houses (All In The Details: Making ‘Marie Antoinette’ Season 2 Costumes Dazzle).
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Why in all TV shows and mostly movies do they show Louis 16th unrealistically? The closest I’ve seen to a realistic Louis 16th was the Norma Shearer movie Marie Antoinette from the 30s. Read any good historical book about Louis 16th and you’ll get an idea of the type of physical person he was, and even how he acted. He sounded kind of like a child in a lot of ways.
Was anyone else disconcerted by the striking resemblance between Lady Mary and Thomas More?!
I’m confused to their reasoning for downplaying embellishments. Of course they’d look over the top; that’s the POINT!