Trystan L. Bass

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A self-described ElderGoth, Trystan has been haunting the internet since the early 1990s. Always passionate about costume, from everyday office wear to outrageous twisted historical creations, she has maintained some of the earliest online costuming-focused resources on the web. Her costuming adventures are chronicled on her website, TrystanCraft. She also ran a popular fashion blog, This Is CorpGoth, dedicated to her “office drag.”

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WCW: Catherine Zeta-Jones

By Trystan L. Bass on June 23, 2021

While many of her roles capitalized on her striking looks and figure, Catherine Zeta-Jones has dramatic and comedic acting chops that she proves time... Read more →

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Waste Some Time With Timewasters (2017)

By Trystan L. Bass on June 22, 2021

This "new" show premiered on IMDB TV June 11, 2021, but then I discovered that Timewasters actually had two seasons on ITV in 2017 and 2019, but was... Read more →

Man Candy Monday25

MCM: Samuel West

By Trystan L. Bass on June 14, 2021

Being the son of renowned British actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales may have given Samuel West a hand up in this field, but his resume shows... Read more →

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Oh the Bad Movies & TV You’ll Watch 13!

By Trystan L. Bass on June 10, 2021

Here at Frock Flicks HQ we have access to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and some, ehem, other sources to watch historical costume movies and TV shows.... Read more →

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MCM: Robert Taylor

By Trystan L. Bass on June 7, 2021

He didn't intend to become an actor, but his good looks made it nigh impossible to resist getting an MGM contract in the 1930s. And Robert Taylor... Read more →

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Patreon Post Unlocked: The Real Deal on French Hoods in Film & TV

By Trystan L. Bass on June 1, 2021

Many times over the years, we’ve snarked TV shows and films for their wildly inaccurate takes on the iconic 16th-century head covering, the... Read more →

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Top 10 Bustle Frock Flicks, Part 2

By Trystan L. Bass on May 28, 2021

Because I love 19th-century bustles of all types -- from the big, first bustle fashions of the 1870s through the slim, natural-form styles of the... Read more →

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WCW: Michelle Yeoh

By Trystan L. Bass on May 26, 2021

Right now, Michelle Yeoh is in Star Trek: Discovery (2017-) plus she was the ruling mother in Crazy Rich Asians (2018). But she's best known as the... Read more →

Nineteenth CenturyTop 5 Friday17

Top 10 Bustle Frock Flicks, Part 1

By Trystan L. Bass on May 21, 2021

One of my favorite historical fashion periods is 19th-century bustles, and I'm not picky about the specific type -- I like all the varieties from the... Read more →

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TBT: Malcolm X (1992)

By Trystan L. Bass on May 20, 2021

Yesterday was Malcolm X's birthday, May 19, 1925, often celebrated as Malcolm X Day, and since this is the closest Throwback Thursday, it seems... Read more →