Five-Year Blog Anniversary
Five years ago, we got the crazy idea to turn our every-now-and-then podcast into a blog. And now, we're a veritable media empire, LOL! Well, we've... Read more →
(Classic) Doctor Who Historical Costumes: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Set the story in Victorian London, give it a Sherlock Holmes rip-off, add a dash of misogyny, top it off with a lot of yellowface racism, and throw... Read more →
TBT: The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) is a sanitized look at the true story of artists' model Evelyn Nesbit, her affair with... Read more →
Late Summer/Fall Historical Costume Movie & TV Trailers!
Coming soon in the U.S.! Vita and Virginia (Aug. 23) The love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary... Read more →
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Costume College 2019 Exhibit
One of the guest speakers at Costume College 2019 was Marion Boyce, the costume designer for Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015). Plus, she... Read more →
MCM: Mark Rylance
As charter members of the Mark Rylance Fan Club, it's about time we dedicated a Man Candy Monday to this insanely talented actor's historical costume... Read more →
Top Five Friday: All the Bitches, Part 3
It's been a while since our last two rundowns of some of our favorite bitches in historical costume flicks, so I thought we should revisit some more... Read more →
TBT: Mae West (1982)
Just where WON'T my recent biopic obsession take me? Well, maybe to quality, recent movies! Because here I am, still in the (early) 1980s with the TV... Read more →
WCW: Emily Watson
She's a classic character actor, not flashy or stereotypically beautiful. But Emily Watson is often cast as women of substance and determination. Her... Read more →
Titanic (1997) Corsetry: Historically Accurate?
So I was noodling around YouTube as one does, and I discovered that Glamour magazine has hired a fashion historian named Raissa Bretaña to create... Read more →
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