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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Throwback Thursday

TBT: Royal Affairs in Versailles, Part 2

By Kendra on May 19, 2022

Let's pick back up 1954’s Royal Affairs in Versailles with part two of this episodic look at French history. This time, we go from Louis XV to... Read more →

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Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen (2018)

By Kendra on May 17, 2022

As previously mentioned, I'm spending some time in Paris, so expect a whole lot of French content from Kendra! I was excited to check out whether I'd... Read more →

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TBT: Royal Affairs in Versailles, Part 1

By Kendra on May 12, 2022

I've wanted to watch 1954's Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles M'était Conté) for years because it features so many key figures from French... Read more →

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WCW: Jessica Raine

By Kendra on May 11, 2022

Jessica Raine is a dark-haired English actress who I've come to enjoy seeing in my frock flicks! You may recall her from Call the Midwife, Wolf... Read more →

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Flashback (2021)

By Kendra on May 10, 2022

Flashback (2021) is a recent French comedy about a modern-day lawyer who successfully defends a rapist and then through various magical means is sent... Read more →

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The King’s Man: An Edwardian Action Movie

By Kendra on May 5, 2022

The King's Man (2021) is an origin story for two previous modern-set movies (Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle). All of... Read more →

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WCW: Rose Leslie

By Kendra on May 4, 2022

In some ways, British actress Rose Leslie was "our's" first, as we loved her as the spunky servant Gwen on Downton Abbey. She may have gone on to... Read more →

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TBT: Lady Caroline Lamb

By Kendra on April 28, 2022

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) -- a biopic about the Regency novelist and mistress of Lord Byron -- was one of the highest grossing films in Britain that... Read more →

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WCW: Audrey Hepburn

By Kendra on April 27, 2022

I rely on Trystan and Sarah to cover the classic films and their actors, so color me shocked that we don't have a Woman Crush Wednesday post on... Read more →

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A Very British Scandal Serves Mid-Century Glam

By Kendra on April 12, 2022

A Very British Scandal comes to Amazon on April 22, 2022, for American viewers (it was released last year in the UK), and you're definitely going to... Read more →