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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Sixteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday

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 →

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WCW: Sophie Okonedo

By Kendra on August 26, 2020

Sophie Okonedo is an incredibly talented British actress who also happens to be stunningly beautiful. She broke out with her role in (modern... Read more →

Portrait of Madame du Barry by François-Hubert Drouais, 1770, Museo del Prado

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WCW: Madame du Barry

By Kendra on August 19, 2020

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93) gets a LOT of filmic love! This 18th-century mistress of Louis XV came from the working classes, so I think... Read more →

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18th Century Quest: A Royal Affair (2012)

By Kendra on August 18, 2020

I remember having mixed feelings about A Royal Affair (2012) back when it came out, and found it hard to bring myself to rewatch it given it features... Read more →

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Frock Flicks Guide to Catherine of Aragon on Screen

By Kendra on August 14, 2020

When we were just starting this blog, I wrote a post ranking screen portrayals of Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), queen of England, first wife of... Read more →

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Patreon Post Unlocked: Titanic (1997) Corsetry: Historically Accurate?

By Kendra on August 6, 2020

So I was noodling around YouTube as one does, and I discovered that Glamour magazine has hired a fashion historian named Raissa Bretaña to create... Read more →