{"id":5148,"date":"2026-01-09T02:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markcomedia.co.uk\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:25:34","slug":"7-stylish-period-dramas-to-swoon-over-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markcomedia.co.uk\/?p=5148","title":{"rendered":"7 Stylish Period Dramas to Swoon Over in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A wild left turn from her delicate, meditative feature debut, The Lost Daughter<\/em>, this stylized thriller from Maggie Gyllenhaal is a joy ride through \u201930s Chicago. At its center is Jessie Buckley, a reimagined bride of Frankenstein in floaty silk dresses, shaggy fringe, leather jackets, and lace thigh-highs, paired with black, ink-stained lips; a frizzy bob; and an inscrutable smirk. Add Christian Bale as the monster, in pinstripe vests; a dapper Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard; and a vampy Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, and you have a mind-melter guaranteed to inspire a wealth of costumes come next Halloween.<\/p>\n

Sense & Sensibility<\/em> (in theaters September 11)<\/h2>\n

Grace Snell, the thoughtful and accomplished costume designer behind The Souvenir<\/em>, is responsible for the bonnets, empire-waisted gowns, velvet coats, and embroidered muffs\u2014glimpsed in the first photos from the set\u2014in this wistful update on one of Jane Austen\u2019s best-loved novels. Following in the vaunted footsteps of Ang Lee\u2019s rain-soaked 1995 version starring the wonderful Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet, it\u2019s helmed by Blue Jean<\/em>\u2019s Georgia Oakley, penned by novelist Diana Reid, and features an ensemble led by Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles, Caitr\u00edona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw. It\u2019s poised to be a quieter, more traditional and poetic period piece than many of its showier rivals, certainly, but should be all the better for it.<\/p>\n

The Other Bennett Sister<\/em> (TBA)<\/h2>\n
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Austen fever continues with this slightly more alternative look at the prolific writer\u2019s world: a spirited adaptation of Janice Hadlow\u2019s page-turner of the same name from The Power<\/em>\u2019s Sarah Quintrell, which turns the spotlight onto none other than Pride & Prejudice<\/em>\u2019s consistently overlooked middle sister, Mary Bennet (Bridgerton<\/em>\u2019s Ella Bruccoleri). Joined by Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Ruth Jones, and Tanya Reynolds, with The Girlfriend<\/em>\u2019s Laurie Davidson and The Wheel of Time<\/em>\u2019s D\u00f3nal Finn as prospective suitors, it sees our heroine boldly forge her own path in a society which seeks to relegate her to the sidelines. The costumes, meanwhile, are perhaps a little more serious than in other Austen romps, but no less opulent\u2014think riotously patterned, lace-trimmed coats; feathered hats; silk frocks; and heavy, Indian-inspired costume jewelry.<\/p>\n

Pride & Prejudice<\/em> (TBA)<\/h2>\n
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Photo: Ludovic Robert\/Netflix<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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