Tagged: playing fast & loose with history

Costume dramas are a great source for accurate portrayals of how people acted and dressed... Read more →

The movie Plunkett & Macleane (1999) is rife with WTF "18th century/Adam Ant" costumes!

A long time ago, on an Internet far away, I was writing a feature about a really awesome... Read more →

I discovered this flick on Turner Movie Classics, and like rubbernecking a horrific... Read more →

Catherine of Aragon is frequently misportrayed on screen. Here, we rank casting choices based on how well they resemble the real historical figure.

People who know me (Kendra) know that I am obsessed with all things 18th century. To that... Read more →

This fairly obscure movie from 2009 is very, very loosely based on the story of the last... Read more →

Rock me Amadeus! The 1984 film of the same name is my candidate for this week's Throwback... Read more →

OK, this is the movie that inspired our website's tagline of "because stretch velvet... Read more →

In this installment, we analyze the costumes in Shekar Kapur's "Elizabeth" from 1998,... Read more →