The ‘Bridgerton Experience’ has arrived in Chicago’s South Side and it is a regal, dress-up affair

If Kentucky Derby fashion had a baby with a 2022 prom season you would have a style baby prime for “The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience.” Sit with that for a minute.

On a visit this last weekend, women were alighting from cars and rideshares in regalia that blinged and sparkled, in colors so vivid that it was hard to stay focused enough to walk. Groups of friends, families and couples were decked out in Regency-era garb to see and be seen by the Ton that awaited in the pop-up experience centered on the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”

For those not familiar with “Bridgerton,” the period