This post contains major spoilers for Bridgerton season 4 part 2.

Ever since Bridgerton premiered in 2020, costuming has become one of the show’s biggest selling points, and the stakes are even higher for season four.

Clothing has always been a symbol of status in the Bridgerton world, but this season it has truly been a protagonist. From stolen shoe clips to inherited necklaces and forgotten gloves, the costuming was a big part of the storyline to bring Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha) and Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) together.

“On Bridgerton, we tend to create things that are fun and fantasy,” John Glaser, the head of the Emmy-winning costume department for the show, tells Teen Vogue. “This season, it became more of a real show, where you had to actually follow the shoe clip, follow the handkerchief, follow the embroidery on a handkerchief, follow the necklace. It wasn’t fluff. We take everything seriously, but they became little projects within themselves to make sure that it was helping to tell the story.”

Bridgeton costumes take a notoriously long time to be made, with thousands of new looks added every season and hundreds of principal costumes ready for their time in the spotlight. Costumes begin being made months before a new season starts shooting, and the team continues manufacturing until the last day, as Glaser explains.

“The craftsmanship that goes into the manufacturing of the costumes. The embellishment of the costumes. The jewelry. The textiles. The millinery. The pattern matching. There are so many elements, and we see them for such a short time. It’d be lovely if people could actually be able to look at it and appreciate it and see it,” assistant designer George Sayer adds.

To help fans dive deeper for now, and in honor of part two finally coming out, we sat down with Glaser, Sayer, and men’s associate designer Dougie Hawkes to dissect all the costume details you might have missed from season four of Bridgerton—including some carefully planted Easter eggs.

1. Benedict’s bracelet

Teen Vogue: Let’s start with a jewelry question. Benedict is seen wearing a bracelet. Why did you give him a bracelet for season four?

John Glaser: When I was doing research, I saw Steve McQueen with a watch. I think it’s a TAG Heuer or a Rolex. I saw Paul Newman. James Dean had an ID bracelet. And I thought, “That’s a really nice signature piece,” and we don’t use jewelry on men. So I came up with the idea of using that. And Dougie came up with the bracelet.