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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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Queen Latifah

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WCW: Queen Latifah

By Trystan L. Bass on February 10, 2021

Dana Elaine Owens aka Queen Latifah started her professional life in rap and hip-hop, often taking a feminist point of view in her song lyrics. Her... Read more →

North & South, Book II (1986)

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Why We’ll Always Snark the Confederacy

By Trystan L. Bass on February 9, 2021

Tons of frock flicks are set during the American Civil War -- from Gone With the Wind (1939) to every version of Little Women. Some focus on the... Read more →

Raquel Welch - Three Musketeers (1973)

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SNARK WEEK: I Don’t Care If It’s Historically Accurate, I Just Want My Tits Out

By Trystan L. Bass on January 29, 2021

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Anastasia / Sanditon / Downton

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SNARK WEEK: Why Are Old Ladies Decades Out of Date?!?

By Trystan L. Bass on January 28, 2021

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Jean-Pierre Dorleac

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SNARK WEEK: Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac – The Frock Flicks Guide

By Trystan L. Bass on January 28, 2021

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The Tudors

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SNARK WEEK: Ruffs Don’t Float

By Trystan L. Bass on January 26, 2021

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Tom Felton

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SNARK WEEK: Man-Ick Monday – Tom Felton

By Trystan L. Bass on January 25, 2021

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All Creatures Great and Small (2020)

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All Creatures Great and Small (2020-) Satisfies

By Trystan L. Bass on January 22, 2021

The new All Creatures Great and Small (2020-) doesn't tread new ground. It looks and feels in many places like a shiny HD remake of the 1970s version... Read more →

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

By Trystan L. Bass on January 19, 2021

This Netflix movie is adapted from a play of the same name written by August Wilson -- it's a work of fiction and not a biopic, although the play and... Read more →

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TBT: The Virgin Queen (1955)

By Trystan L. Bass on January 14, 2021

In my continuing quest to give more complete reviews to the major films about Queen Elizabeth I, I'm looking at The Virgin Queen (1955), where Bette... Read more →