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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SNARK WEEK RECAP: North & South Book II, Episode 1

By Kendra on January 25, 2021

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SNARK WEEK: Man-Ick Monday – Tom Cruise

By Kendra on January 25, 2021

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MCM: Regé-Jean Page

By Kendra on January 18, 2021

Ok folks, let's face it - the noise you heard when Bridgerton premiered was the nation's (world's?) panties dropping over Regé-Jean Page. This... Read more →

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Costume Designer Phoebe de Gaye: The Frock Flicks Guide

By Kendra on January 15, 2021

Obviously Frock Flicks loves teasing and snarking, but I believe we try to be fair and balanced in the sense that we critique (and tease and snark)... Read more →

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Bridgerton’s Hairstyles: Good, Bad, & Wacky

By Kendra on January 13, 2021

We've already reviewed the costumes in Bridgerton (2020), the Netflix adaptation of a series of romance novels by author Julia Quinn. However, there... Read more →

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TBT: My Brilliant Career (1979)

By Kendra on January 7, 2021

My Brilliant Career (1979), the adaptation of the 1901 autobiography by Australian writer Miles Franklin, isn't a showy movie. The script and pacing... Read more →

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Poll: What Should Kendra Recap This Snark Week?

By Kendra on December 24, 2020

It’s become my own personal tradition to recap something shitty each Snark Week. It all inadvertently started with War and Peace (2016), and then... Read more →

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WCW: Andrea Riseborough

By Kendra on December 23, 2020

Andrea Riseborough is an English actress who is very talented, and has that slightly buggy-eyed (very attractive!) look that makes her perfect for... Read more →

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Antebellum Shows Slavery’s Horrors

By Kendra on December 15, 2020

Antebellum (2020) was one of the many feature films that got caught in the COVID-19 storm. It was originally slated to be released in April 2020, but... Read more →

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WCW: Isabella of Castile

By Kendra on December 9, 2020

Queen Isabella of Castile (1451-1504) is another complicated historical figure that I can't say I have a crush on, but I do find interesting. She had... Read more →