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.
We’re always trying to track what historical costume movies and TV shows are coming up. I always feel like we’ve Just Posted one of these, and... Read more →
English actress Janet McTeer has been around a lot longer, and done more frock flicks, than I realized! She's often elegant, always emotive, and... Read more →
I have loved Australian actress Toni Collette ever since one of the most important of movies was released way back in 1994: That's right,... Read more →
Honestly, I love English actress Cherie Lunghi for her emotionally resonant performance as governess Laura Testvalley in The Buccaneers, but that's... Read more →
Djimon Hounsou is an immensely talented actor who is originally from Benin but now lives and works in the U.S.. Seeing him pop up in The King's Man... Read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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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