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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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 →

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MCM: Luke Thompson

By Kendra on April 11, 2022

Let's discuss who has become MY favorite hottie in the Bridgerton series now that Regé-Jean Page has moved on: Luke Thompson. This floppy-haired... Read more →

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)

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Top 5 Hennins in Historical Costume Movies & TV Shows

By Kendra on April 8, 2022

I'm not our resident medievalist -- that honor goes to Sarah -- but there's one particular aspect of medieval fashion that I love, even if I don't... Read more →

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The Courtship Brings Bridgerton to The Bachelorette

By Kendra on April 7, 2022

The Courtship (2022) -- optimistically listed on the NBC website as "season one" -- is a new Bridgerton-themed dating reality show. I thought it... Read more →