Kendra

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Kendra has been a fixture in the online costuming world since the late 1990s. Her website, Démodé Couture, is one of the most well-known online resources for historical costumers. In the summer of 2014, she published a book on 18th-century wig and hair styling. Kendra is a librarian at a university, specializing in history and fashion. She’s also an academic, with several articles on fashion history published in research journals.

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WCW: Charlotte Rampling

By Kendra on October 7, 2020

Charlotte Rampling is a British actress who was an icon of the 1960s and known for her long career in many arthouse movies. She's acted in a number... Read more →

Portrait of Louis XV of France (1710-1774), 1763, Workshop of Louis-Michel van Loo

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MCM: Louis XV

By Kendra on October 5, 2020

Okay, so I have a thing for Louis XV (1710-74; reigned 1715-74). Not old Louis, mind you, but hot young Louis. It mostly stems from a very vivid... Read more →

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TBT: Jefferson in Paris (1995)

By Kendra on October 1, 2020

There are some definite problems with the Merchant/Ivory film Jefferson in Paris (1995). The story doesn't quite come together, the filmmakers don't... Read more →

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Thieves of the Wood (2018) Is Shockingly Entertaining: Part 2

By Kendra on September 24, 2020

On Tuesday, I posted the first half of my review of Thieves of the Wood (2018), the Belgian miniseries set in 1747 about a group of outlaws. In that... Read more →

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Thieves of the Wood (2018) Is Shockingly Entertaining: Part 1

By Kendra on September 22, 2020

Last Snark Week, Trystan did a round-up of variously potentially bad subtitled frock flicks, and suggested I watch Thieves of the Wood (2018), a... Read more →

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TBT: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

By Kendra on September 17, 2020

I've never been able to track down a copy of Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), the feature film that sort-of adapted the BBC miniseries The Six... Read more →

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Answering Your Most Pressing Questions: the Fourth

By Kendra on September 15, 2020

One of our favorite past times here at Frock Flicks HQ is to take a glance a the search terms that people use to land on our website. Not... Read more →

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POV: Well Then!

By Kendra on September 8, 2020

I'm not even quite sure how to introduce this post, other than to say we've received a STELLAR email from a reader that is so impressive, it needs a... Read more →

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TBT: Get On Up/RIP Chadwick Boseman

By Kendra on September 3, 2020

Get On Up, the 2014 biopic of James Brown, has been on my list for a while now. With the passing of Chadwick Boseman (1976–2020), it shot up to the... Read more →

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Finding Altamira: Banderas & Bustle Gowns

By Kendra on August 28, 2020

I was vaguely interested when I heard about Finding Altamira, the 2016 film about the discovery of the prehistoric art in the Altamira caves in... Read more →