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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Top 5 Films We’d Love an Expert to Review

By Kendra on January 14, 2022

At Frock Flicks, our expertise is the history of fashion, but we can't be experts in every specific period or place. We often go ahead and review... Read more →

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A Discovery of Witches Season 2 (2021)

By Kendra on January 13, 2022

A Discovery of Witches (2018-) is a TV adaptation of a book trilogy by Deborah Harkness. In the first book/season, a modern historian discovers a... Read more →

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WCW: Lindsay Duncan

By Kendra on January 5, 2022

Lindsay Duncan! This Scottish actress has done tons of theater (winning two Olivier awards and one Tony) as well as TV and movies. She's also been in... Read more →

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WCW: Sophia Loren

By Kendra on December 22, 2021

Sophia Loren. This Italian actress is an icon! She's been in numerous period films, and while the costumes are often very much of their era, she... Read more →

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Confession of a Child of the Century (2015)

By Kendra on December 16, 2021

Confession of a Child of the Century (2015) is an adaptation of an 1836 autobiographical novel by French writer Alfred de Musset ... and if that... Read more →

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WCW: Juliette Binoche

By Kendra on December 15, 2021

Juliette Binoche sometimes can annoy me (she's kind of Gerard Depardieu/Geoffrey Rush in her acting style for me), but she's an absolute doyenne of... Read more →

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Finishing Out The Cook of Castamar

By Kendra on December 8, 2021

Alright people, I got nothing better to do so I finished The Cook of Castamar (2021) and I have thoughts about the costumes, hair, and ending!... Read more →

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WCW: Claire Foy

By Kendra on December 1, 2021

With her star turns as Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall and Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, British actress Claire Foy has become a key actress for period... Read more →

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The Royal Exchange (2017)

By Kendra on November 29, 2021

As I recently complained, I can't believe 2017's The Royal Exchange hasn't gotten a US release -- even for streaming. However, by writing a post... Read more →

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More From The Cook of Castamar

By Kendra on November 23, 2021

I said I'd try to keep watching The Cook of Castamar (2021), the 1720-set Spanish miniseries on Netflix. I'm surprised to say I've gotten... Read more →