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The setting for HBO’s “The Gilded Age” is 1880s New York, nearly half a century before zippers would appear on garments. And yet there they are, running up the backs of women’s gowns in Season 2, suggesting the show’s budget is no match for the illusion it so desperately hopes to peddle. You know it’s bad when a series preoccupied with opulence can’t even deliver when it comes to the costumes. ...

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Where is 'The Gilded Age' Filmed? The Real-Life Russell House and More in Newport

Location manager Lauri Pitkus spoke to PEOPLE about the spectacular sites where the show was shot and which historic mansions belong to the fictional families

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield also discussed the real-life event that inspired one of the episode's juiciest moments and the robber barons with "a pretty primitive moral code" who informed George Russell.

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This week, The Gilded Age, a new television series from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, premiered in the US on HBO. In honor of the long-awaited arrival of the show, I'm going to be showcasing famous jewels

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The words Gilded Age capture it all: A golden era of opulent architecture, extravagant fashions, stunning art, and above all, the wealth that made it possible. Art historian Bonita Billman examines the art, architecture, fashion, and interior design of the upper crust during this period between 1870 and 1912 and explores the dramatic distance between their lives and those on the other end of the social and economic scales. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1 credit)

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1966 On April 16 1966, all of society turned out to wish their beloved Met goodbye. Socialites, debutantes, celebrities, millionaires and anyone who loved the Met showed up to attend it for one last time. Soon after that night, The Metropolitan Opera House would be demolished and replaced with an office building that would produce triple the income for The Metropolitan Opera House Company. The night was said to be The Met's finest. The Met's Auditorium Was Filled To The Brink, The Last…

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