The Bridgerton family is back for a new season on Netflix, with their usual sexy drama and elegant costumes, and we expect the jewelry highlighted in the Benedict-and-Sophie story line to be as irresistible as the plot.
Though Bridgerton takes place during the Regency era, a new Pandora collection inspired by the series reflects what’s hot in the jewelry industry right now: lots of silver, mixed metals, and flowers.
Pandora released the jewelry collection, Rules to Love By, earlier this month, in advance of today’s debut of Bridgerton Season 4. It was developed in collaboration with Netflix and Bridgerton production company Shondaland, and is repped by Bridgerton actresses Hannah Dodd (Francesca Stirling) and Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton).
Bridgerton has many other fans within the jewelry business. Part of the fun of watching the show is dreaming about the jewelry the characters wear, says Sophia Macris, creative director of Verragio Fine Jewelry.
In the new season—which riffs on the romance that author Julia Quinn penned in her novel An Offer From a Gentleman—Sophie, the shunned illegitimate daughter turned housemaid, shows up at a masquerade ball in a secondhand silver dress and mask. But it’s the long glove Sophie leaves behind with Benedict, Violet Bridgerton’s second son, as she flees the party that sets their Cinderella-like story in motion. High jinks and miscommunication ensue, as always.
“There’s not much I love more than a mannered drama with a great sense of humor,” says Verragio’s Macris. “The playfulness and whimsy the Bridgerton characters cultivate within the strict confines of their society are the essence of what we try to do with our fine jewelry collections. We want to make jewelry for the lady of the season.”
Netflix has put out only a few photographs and a trailer for Season 4, so we’ll have to binge watch to find out what kinds of jewelry appear in the first four episodes that start streaming today. But those early hints and the show’s overall wild jewelry swings—one noted jewelry writer has called the pieces anachronistic, and that’s being kind—have us intrigued.
For fans (of Bridgerton or jewelry in general), Pandora’s new collection features 14 pieces made with freshwater cultured pearls, cubic zirconia, crystal accents, sterling silver, and 14k gold plating. Their motifs include hearts, bows, and that love-to-hate-them insect villain, the bee. (Bridgerton patriarch Edmund died from a bee sting. If you know, you know.)
The most whimsical Pandora/Bridgerton offerings are dangle charms of a tea bag ($130), a nod to the drink the Bridgertons enjoy most afternoons, and a dance card and pencil ($148), objects Eloise also loves to hate.
Another jewelry industry fan of the show, designer Tanya Farah, says Bridgerton’s costumes and jewelry are a master class in character development—from chaste, petite jewels to putting the ballroom on notice with big, bold gemstone pieces dripping down one’s decolletage, you know a character’s personality quickly by the jewelry they wear.
“I adore Bridgerton—a world where jewelry is not just mere adornment but storytelling itself,” says Farah, founder and CEO of her namesake brand. “Worn with intention, each piece whispers romance, power, and individuality.”
The Benedict/Sophie love story continues in Part 2 of the fourth season—those remaining four episodes will land on Netflix on Feb. 26. In the meantime, here are a few jewelry pieces that make us think of the Bridgerton universe, its romantic longing, and dazzling dance parties.
Top: Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise on the Netflix series Bridgerton, wears pieces from Pandora’s Bridgerton-inspired jewelry collection. (All photos courtesy of the brands)
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