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.”
With a remake coming to theaters, I thought it might be worth looking at the original movie of West Side Story (1961). Though I'm the designated fan... Read more →
Irish costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh might not be a big name (though she has a big Gaelic name!). Much of her work has been in Ireland on... Read more →
Somebody requested David Niven as a Man Candy Monday -- I can't remember who, when, or why, I just made a note of it. Well, I hope that person is... Read more →
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 →
"Passing" refers to a person being perceived as something they're not, and historically this has meant someone being seen as "white" when they're... Read more →
Q'orianka Kilcher's breakout role was Pocahontas at age 14, and she's been cast in roles portraying Native Americans ever since. Her own heritage is... Read more →
I'm surprised The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) hasn't gotten more press -- I've only found a few interviews with the principles behind this... Read more →
This is not my favorite Thomas Hardy novel, but it's hard to deny the appeal of Ciarán Hinds as the alternately idiotic and stubborn and then... Read more →
Everyone knows about Amadeus (1984), but Mozart hasn't shown up in a ton of other movies. Thus Interlude in Prague (2017) couldn't help but be a... Read more →
We’ve talked about this series before. We’ve praised Glenda Jackson for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I. But we have yet to do a proper... Read more →
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