The Piano (1993) short review

Beautiful, sad, inspiring, romantic, terrifying — you name it. It’s a fabulous movie. Holly Hunter is not only mesmerizing, but she wears some beautiful (if plain — appropriately so) 1850s dresses over perfectly shaped cage crinolines.

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Kendra

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Kendra has been a fixture in the online costuming world since the late 1990s. Her website, Démodé Couture, is one of the most well-known online resources for historical costumers. In the summer of 2014, she published a book on 18th-century wig and hair styling. Kendra is a librarian at a university, specializing in history and fashion. She’s also an academic, with several articles on fashion history published in research journals.