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 →
Anaïs Romand is one of the better French costumer designers doing historical film, in my opinion. She's won three Césars (the French Oscar) and... Read more →
There are some definite problems with the Merchant/Ivory film Jefferson in Paris (1995). The story doesn't quite come together, the filmmakers don't... Read more →
Who here remembers China Beach, the late 1980s/early 1990s TV show set in a US army medical facility in Vietnam during the Vietnam war? Trystan has... Read more →
People, I am nothing if not a completionist. Of course we all know Barbara Leigh-Hunt for her legendary performance as Lady Catherine de Bourgh in... Read more →
But the costumes are on point! Goya's Ghosts came out back in 2006, and although I liked what I saw of the costumes, I was so confused by the plot... Read more →
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... Read more →
British actress Jessie Buckley is a rising star and an impressively talented actress. To me, however, she will always be a contestant on I'd Do... Read more →
I am thoroughly enjoying the new BBC documentary, The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021). I'm a huge documentary nerd, and I loves me some six... Read more →
English/Australian actress Frances O'Connor has starred in some pivotal frock flicks, from 1999's Mansfield Park through the recent series Mr.... Read more →
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