A self-described ElderGoth, Trystan has been haunting the internet since the early 1990s. Always passionate about costume, from everyday office wear to outrageous twisted historical creations, she has maintained some of the earliest online costuming-focused resources on the web. Her costuming adventures are chronicled on her website, TrystanCraft. She also ran a popular fashion blog, This Is CorpGoth, dedicated to her “office drag.”
Sometimes you don't realize how many of your favorite gorgeously costumed productions were designed by the same person. Such is the case with Michael... Read more →
Daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth (and final) wife Oona O'Neill, who was the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill -- Geraldine Chaplin... Read more →
This is a reader request, which I'll sometimes entertain when folks follow these tips, plus the request is a topic I'm at least partially interested... Read more →
While we've gotten close, we have not actually covered every film and TV representation of Queen Elizabeth I of England yet. Much as Kendra has her... Read more →
Perhaps not a household name or face, Maxine Peake takes on challenging projects and unglamorous roles, both in historical costume and out. As a... Read more →
Who looks all the more handsome for having £10,000 a year? Who detests dancing even though he's always hanging around balls? Who puts the "pride" in... Read more →
We had a wretched heatwave recently, so I got literal and rewatched one of my favorite flicks, Some Like It Hot (1959). This is such a hilarious... Read more →
With a reboot (or revival or new version or whatever) coming to PBS Masterpiece in January 2021, I figured it was a good time to revisit the original... Read more →
It's true that I often hunt down movies because of a costume picture. This is Frock Flicks, after all. And while there are multiple versions of this... Read more →