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Penelope Featherington is done feeling like a second-class citizen.
We meet her restless as ever and estranged from her best friend at the start ofBridgertons third season.
It was a simple but wildly effective choice.
They softened the bust line.
We see her body, Glasner says.
Shes no longer a child.
Shes a woman, so we wanted her to make her look like a woman.
Her makeup gets an upgrade too.
We enhanced the sultry cat eyes and pouty lips, says Okvist.
It was a big change, but it was natural to her.
After a while, she realizes shes quite an elegant lady, adds Okvist.
She doesnt want to lie about who she is, she just needs to make this style her own.
She becomes a more mature and secure Penelope.
(It istime, she vents to the modiste.)
She needs to leave that house, Okvist says.
The means of doing that in those days was to get married and get a house of her own.
A waist and a fuller skirt works well with her body shape.
Instead of fighting her body, we enhanced whats there.
Okvist also viewed Penelopes transformation as a Hollywood starlet moment: We went for a siren.
We just remember that they were style icons.
Now, Penelope is wearing the clothes and the clothes arent wearing her.
We tried to hide those good features in the past.
Its a color her mother would never allow her to wear, he explains.
(As expected, her mother dismisses the dress as melancholy.)
(Burgundy was a no-no thats for Danbury only.)
We were thinking in this case the color should still reflect that shes a Featherington, Glaser says.
Instead the costume captures Penelopes frame of mind.
This element of seduction was mirrored in Okvists cat-eye shadow for Penelope.What will snare all these young eligible men?
What will make them look at her?
Shes spinning that web.
Its Penelopes first attempt at something new, so it was a little off and not quite right.
It was too far out of her comfort zone.
We also brought her colors down so the audience wouldnt get tired of looking at them, Glaser says.
It wouldnt be a joke again, like in the first season with the citrus colors.
Against the softer shades in her clothing, Penelopes auburn hair isnt quite as noticeable.
Whatever color you put next to another color will reflect back into it, Okvist notes.
Her skin now looks like velvet butter.
Her cheekbones are going up to god.
Theres nothing reflecting on a hideously bright-yellow dress anymore.
Ultimately, Penelopes new look is meant to enhance her natural features, never distract.
Instead of adding things to her costume, we took things away, says Glaser.
These looks are much more sophisticated and let her true personality come through.
