Actually the costumes aren't *that* exaggerated, we're seeing aristocrats and well-off people who do nothing all day but walk around, drink tea and plot schemes to amuse themselves. These are not working folks, wearing stuff that wasn't practical reflected their social/financial status.
However, what is exaggerated is that we see them wear this stuff as if they're constantly attending social events throughout the day, they're definitely overdressed for walking around (tho we see the women wear more elaborate jewelry at the soirée in the introduction scene). Also, this is the countryside, not London; they're definitely all overdressed (but as stated in another post, it's intended for comical license, etc).
The ladies' fashion is perhaps the stuff that isn't very accurate, mostly people they threw together various bits of fashion from different decades together; by the 1690s, wealthy women typically wore "mantuas", but in the flick we're seeing a weird (and entertaining) mix of stuff ranging from the 1660s to the 1690s.
Men's fashion as depicted is actually pretty accurate, tho. Even the size of wigs isn't that far off, as far as wealthy men dressing up to do nothing went.
The main thing that isn't accurate _at all_ is the overuse of white in clothing, no self-respecting person of wealth wore white back in those days except for silk or linen undershirts.
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