The Alienist TV Series Looks At The Fashion Of The Gilded Age

Stepping Back In Time

♦ TNT’s The Alienist, based on Caleb Carr’s novel of the same name, is on Netflix in the UK and Ireland now and here’s a featurette looking at how the costume designer Michael Kaplan created the costumes…

The Alienist is an upcoming American television drama event series based on the novel of the same name by Caleb Carr. The psychological thriller drama is set in 1896, when a series of gruesome murders of boy prostitutes has gripped New York City. Newly appointed top cop Teddy Roosevelt calls upon Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychologist – aka alienist – and newspaper illustrator John Moore to conduct the investigation in secret. Joining them in the probe is Sara Howard, a headstrong secretary at Police Headquarters. The series aired on TNT in the US and will air on Netflix in the UK from this Thursday. Starring Daniel Brühl as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, Luke Evans as John Moore, Dakota Fanning as Sara Howard, Robert Wisdom as Cyrus Montrose, Douglas Smith as Marcus Isaacson and Matthew Shear as Lucius Isaacson.