A Closer Look at the Victorian Era Costumes in ‘The Essex Serpent’

Costume designer Jane Petrie took a multifaceted approach to creating the costumes for Apple TV+’s Victorian Era drama “The Essex Serpent” — both referencing the period broadly and using the show’s wardrobes to help drive the characters’ emotional journeys.

Based on the 2016 Sarah Perry novel of the same name, “The Essex Serpent” tells the story of the newly widowed Cora (played by Claire Danes), who relocates from London to a…