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.
The beginning, middle, and end of all 18th century costume movies. The plot has taken a while to grow on me, being somewhat dark and tragic (I... Read more →
A wonderful, funny, and heartwarming film about a boy coming of age in England during World War II. Lots of nice 1940s print dresses etc. on mom... Read more →
Another wonderful Merchant-Ivory adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, this one gets high ratings for great characters and a more complex plot than... Read more →
This is a TV movie that I saw back when I was, oh 12 or so, and which sparked my interest in the real story behind Anastasia (the daughter of the... Read more →
I really wish someone would do an updated (film) version of this Austen book — it’s the only one not to be remade in the 1990s, so we’re stuck... Read more →
I was one of the many who LOVED this movie when I was, oh, 14 or so, so was all excited when they recently released it on DVD. Unfortunately time has... Read more →
A sad, romantic, fabulous movie starring the brilliant Meryl Streep as a Danish baroness who finds love and herself in Africa. Gorgeous costuming,... Read more →
Okay, romantic period filmmaking just doesn’t get any better than this. A Merchant Ivory production of the E.M. Forster novel, with Helena Bonham... Read more →
An adaptation of a Proust novel, with Jeremy Irons as Monsieur Swann who is obsessively in love with a courtesan in 1870s Paris (with a coda in the... Read more →
Merchant-Ivory — what more need I say? An adaptation of the Henry James novel, the only off note for me is Christopher Reeves, who just seems so…... Read more →
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