'It was a way to just control women.'
creators Harriet Warner and Colin Callender have explained the significance behind the costume choices on the show., which serves as a prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel, the pair explained how they believe the period dress reflected the"constraints" which women at the time lived under.
"You can’t run in those clothes. You can’t take a full breath. So you’re always slightly weakened," Warner said, adding that the clothes' restrictive nature was used as another tool to control women's lives."They’re great to look at for a male world. But one also that made them vulnerable in so many ways."
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