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If a wedding invitation omits nan dress code, 1 aureate norm remains: Don’t outshine nan bride. But attending this (hopefully) joyful juncture doesn’t mean eschewing style. From nan Regency England of “Bridgerton” and 1880s New York connected “The Gilded Age” to Georgia’s Sea Islands successful nan 1990s successful “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” and modern Las Vegas connected “Hacks,” each of these shows boast well-dressed congregations. The Envelope said to nan costuming teams down these Emmy-nominated bid astir toast-worthy impermanent attire.

“The Gilded Age” pulls inspiration from New York City’s 19th period elite, pinch Gladys Russell’s reluctant betrothal to an English duke nodding to socialite Consuelo Vanderbilt’s lavish nuptials a decade later. “We person different timelines,” Kasia Walicka Maimone says. “But my occupation is to grasp nan feeling of that event, to bespeak that feeling, and nan glamour.”

The bride’s family, played by Morgan Spector, left, Carrie Coon and Harry Richardson, astatine a high-society wedding successful “The Gilded Age.”

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When Bertha’s down-to-earth sister, Monica, threatens to ruin nan wide artistic pinch a dowdy frock, immoderate ray sabotage leads Monica to judge Bertha’s antecedently worn Season 1 gown. “She would fresh wrong nan tonality, forms and standards of nan society; what would beryllium required for nan wedding,” says Walicka Maimone.

Decking retired inheritance actors connected nan HBO play play is months successful nan making, pinch in-house milliners tasked pinch constructing eye-catching headwear. Fabrics pinch sheen aliases brocade thread adhd luminescence successful nan darkened religion setting, says Walicka Maimone: “Only truthful overmuch lighting tin travel from nan windows. We request to assistance nan palette and create nan sparkle.”

The standard of nan cognition continues pinch nan wardrobe unit opening astatine 2 a.m. connected shooting days. “It takes astir 5 hours for nan inheritance to spell done hair, constitution and wardrobe,” she notes.

John and Carolyn’s impermanent database is overmuch smaller connected FX’s “Love Story.” Still, their top-secret, multiday bash connected Cumberland Island, Ga., was a sizable undertaking. Of nan 60 principal, inheritance and stunt performers, each had 4 to 5 changes from presence to reception — mostly vintage pieces pinch immoderate civilization builds. “That’s 300 looks we had to do,” says Rudy Mance.

Camcorder footage of nan 1996 wedding play from nan documentary “JFK Jr. & Carolyn’s Wedding: The Lost Tapes” proved invaluable. “We went disconnected of a batch of ace grainy images of a batch of people; that informed what everybody wore,” Mance says.

Those firsthand images besides show guests being driven to nan distant religion successful pickup trucks. “Jessica [Harper], who plays Ethel [Kennedy], was incredible,” Mance says. “Those trucks were really whipping around. We dressed a mates of stunt Kennedys who were placed astir them to make judge they were safe.”

Hot upwind was different challenge, but Mance didn’t want to overly curate nan menswear: “I cognize it’s television, truthful location is unit to make it look beautiful and perfect, always. But I wanted it to consciousness very real; they would beryllium sweating, a small disheveled, and person their jackets off.”

Attendees astatine a wedding successful “Bridgergton,” played by Claudia Jessie, left, Martins Imhangbe, Florence Hunt and Emma Naomi.

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“Love Story” isn’t unsocial successful heading to a agrarian mounting to necktie nan knot. In “Bridgerton’s” 4th season, Benedict and Sophie’s outdoor ceremonial is purposefully low-key. “It’s 1 of nan fewer times that we wanted things to look pure, elemental and fresh,” John Glaser says. “It was caller hope. Things weren’t complete nan top. Things weren’t sparkly. There weren’t feathers. No 1 was retired of place.”

The gathering marks different first for nan Netflix romance: The family unit is besides invited. “It’s nan gathering of those 2 worlds,” adjunct costume designer George Sayer says. “Everyone’s pared down aliases pared up, and truthful they’re each equal.” Sophie’s chosen family, for illustration maid Hazel and Footman John, are arsenic important arsenic nan Bridgerton clan. “They’ve each sewage their Sunday champion on,” Sayer reflects. “Hazel has embroidered her spencer.”

The countryside inspires a floral motif that is still “Bridgertized” but reminiscent of a celebrated writer from this period. “Benedict and Anthony are wearing mini floral prints connected their ascot connected their vest. That is 1 of nan fewer times we’ve done that,” Glaser says. “The background, there’s tons of small prints, and it’s arsenic Jane Austen arsenic we could become.”

Hannah Einbinder’s stylish Ava, left, wears an “Audrey Hepburn-esque” dress to a wedding successful “Hacks.”

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Fast-forward 200 years, and flowers are still en vogue. On HBO Max’s “Hacks,” Deborah’s sometimes-lover Marty is getting hitched astatine Caesars Palace. While Deborah favors dresses erstwhile spending clip pinch Marty, nan vibrant floral Kobi Halperin pantsuit illustrates that she is not making a play for her ex. “I wanted her to beryllium successful pants,” Kathleen Felix-Hager says. “I wanted her to fto Marty person his thing. Deborah wasn’t pining for Marty. She wasn’t hoping it was her astatine nan altar. She was location to support her friend and his choice.”

Still, Ava opts for a charcoal-gray, strapless Alberta Ferretti frock to showcase her chameleonic style and capacity to astonishment sartorially. She originates nan section successful denim-on-denim pinch a garment and necktie astatine an event, past wears coveralls connected a date. “It wasn’t a dress that was trying excessively difficult aliases excessively overtly sexy, but classically beautiful successful a very Audrey Hepburn-esque way,” says Felix-Hager.

The wedding doesn’t spell up because nan FBI arrests nan bride for fraud earlier she says “I do.” But a different national is forged erstwhile Deborah and a neutral linen-suit-wearing Marcus work together to spell into business together. “I wanted him to equilibrium retired nan colors she was wearing,” says Felix-Hager. They are nan past remaining astatine nan now-deserted venue. “It felt for illustration a marriage, but it wasn’t a wedding. It was a beautiful moment.”

Regardless of nan marital outcome, it is worthy redeeming nan day for these guests.