Inside the Sumptuous Costumes of ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’

Ten years ago, Joanna Eatwell received an Emmy nomination for period-costume design for “Wolf Hall,” the BBC/PBS adaptation of Hilary Mantel ’s acclaimed 2009 novel about the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of King Henry VIII. Eatwell returned for the sequel, “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” which covers the third and final book in Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy and picks up right where the 2015 series left off: at the May 1536 execution of Henry’s second of five wives, Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy).

“I think we all returned with an understanding and familiarity with the characters and story, which was creatively liberating,” Eatwell said. “It was a fairly seamless transition between shows despite the decade between, in part, I think, because the majority of crew and cast returned.”

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