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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The Essex Serpent (2022)

By Trystan L. Bass on January 10, 2023

The six-part miniseries The Essex Serpent (2022) on Apple TV+ is based on a novel by Sarah Perry, and I rather wish I'd read the book instead of... Read more →

Woman Crush Wednesday11

WCW: Jane Asher

By Trystan L. Bass on January 4, 2023

I admit, I first heard of Jane Asher as a former girlfriend of Paul McCartney, because I grew up in a Beatlemania household, and it wasn't until... Read more →

1550 - Diane de Poitiers by a Master of the Fontainebleau School

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WCW: Diane de Poitiers

By Trystan L. Bass on December 14, 2022

Having recapped The Serpent Queen, of course, I first looked at other versions of Catherine de' Medici onscreen. But her nemesis Diane de Poitiers... Read more →

Frock Flicks Guide8

Hats Aren’t Just for Losers – The Research

By Trystan L. Bass on December 13, 2022

Before World War II, hats were an essential part of western fashion for both women and men. There are lots of theories about why people stopped... Read more →

Man Candy Monday21

MCM: Hugh Grant

By Trystan L. Bass on December 12, 2022

Back in my golden age of frock flicks, being the late 1980s through mid 1990s, it seemed like Hugh Grant was always to be found in a high-starched... Read more →

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)

By Trystan L. Bass on December 8, 2022

Netflix has a new version of a classic frock flick novel out, and they didn't fuck it up quite as much this year's Persuasion. The 2022 edition of... Read more →

Screen QueensWoman Crush Wednesday9

WCW: Catherine de’ Medici

By Trystan L. Bass on December 7, 2022

Having recapped The Serpent Queen, which purports to tell Catherine de' Medici's life story from her point of view, I wondered about how she's been... Read more →

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Frock Flicks Free-for-All December

By Trystan L. Bass on December 2, 2022

You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything tangentially related to history, costume, movies, or TV shows! Or... Read more →

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MCM: Simon Jones

By Trystan L. Bass on November 28, 2022

This is one of those MCMs brought about by me realizing, hey, that's Arthur Dent in Brideshead Revisited! And then I hit IMDB and see that my... Read more →

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Interview With the Vampire (2022) – Recap Episode 7

By Trystan L. Bass on November 22, 2022

As Frock Flicks' resident ElderGoth, I'm contractually required to watch the new AMC series adaption of Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire. So... Read more →