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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Oh the Many WWII Movies & TV Shows I’ve Watched!

By Kendra on May 7, 2020

We've all had our own personal quirky reactions to the shelter in place caused by COVID-19. Mine, at least in terms of media, was to binge a million... Read more →

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Belgravia: Julian Fellowes Goes 1840s

By Kendra on April 30, 2020

Belgravia (2020) is a new, six-episode series on the Epix channel from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, based on a novel Fellowes wrote... Read more →

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WCW: María Valverde

By Kendra on April 29, 2020

I've recently developed a crush on Spanish actress María Valverde. She really caught my eye in Exodus, and then I realized I'd enjoyed her when I... Read more →

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18th Century Quest: The Liberator (2013)

By Kendra on April 23, 2020

I hadn't heard of the film The Liberator until I came across that image of actress María Valverde (The Limehouse Golem, The Load, Exodus: Gods and... Read more →

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The Load (2016) Portrays 16th-Century Mexico

By Kendra on April 17, 2020

The Load (2016) -- La Carga in Spanish -- is a really, really interesting movie set in 16th-century colonial Mexico. The plot summary may sound... Read more →

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WCW: Natasha Little

By Kendra on April 15, 2020

Natasha Little isn't necessarily a Big Name in frock flicks, but she's played some major roles -- most notably, Becky Sharp in the 1998 BBC... Read more →

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Patreon Post Unlocked: Colette (2018) Transitions Through the Belle Epoque

By Kendra on March 27, 2020

Colette (2018) stars Keira Knightley as the famous French author of the Claudine novels, Chéri, and Gigi, among others. She was... Read more →

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Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Is Not “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi”

By Kendra on March 25, 2020

But you should totally watch it! Life is pretty scary right now. We here at Frock Flicks HQ live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and so we were the... Read more →

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Patreon Post Unlocked: Mathilde Does 1890s Couture (Mostly) Right

By Kendra on March 20, 2020

Mathilde, aka Matilda, currently showing on Amazon Prime under the title Mathilde: The Affair to Break an Empire, is a 2017 Russian film that... Read more →

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Spring Frock Flicks Trailers

By Kendra on March 18, 2020

We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up. I always feel like we’ve Just Posted one of these, and... Read more →