Nineteenth CenturyTop 5 Friday8 Top 5 Regency Gowns By Trystan L. Bass on August 27, 2021 I've long said that Regency or Empire fashions are not my favorite, even though I enjoy... Read more →
Nineteenth Century13 TBT: Sense & Sensibility (1995): Fanny & Lucy By Kendra on February 25, 2021 The 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen‘s Sense and Sensibility is, for me, one of the... Read more →
Top 5 Friday28 Top Five Historical Witches By Trystan L. Bass on October 23, 2020 It's the witchy season, and we're all about adding a pointy black hat to any outfit,... Read more →
Nineteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday16 TBT: Miss Austen Regrets (2008) By Sarah Lorraine on April 11, 2019 Right around the time that Becoming Jane came out in theaters, the BBC released Miss... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyNineteenth CenturyThrowback Thursday4 TBT: Anthony Adverse (1936) By Trystan L. Bass on April 5, 2018 If you give a boy the last name "Adverse," you've got to expect that his life story is... Read more →
Nineteenth CenturySnark Week36 SNARK WEEK: Jane Austen’s Little White Dresses vs. the Regency Bad Girls By Trystan L. Bass on January 21, 2015 As a life-long student of 19th-century English literature and as a historical costumer... Read more →
Nineteenth Century4 War and Peace (2007) Costume Movie Review By Kendra on January 13, 2015 War and Peace (2007) features romance, Russia, and Regency costumes. This adaptation of... Read more →