French film/stage director, actor, and writer Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) was a huge proponent of...
Kendra
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, and a book on turquerie in 18th century fashion released in 2023.
I got three-fourths of the way through Désirée (1954) before I realized it was based...
The woman we know as Empress Josephine of France was born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher...
There are lots of movies that aim for a historical aesthetic when it comes...
I’ve had a thing for the real-life Virginia Oldoini, The Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899)...
Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, a member of the...
Sophie Marceau is another French actress who I particularly associate with historical costume films,...
There are lots of movies that aim for a historical aesthetic when it comes...
Manon Lescaut is a weird (TV) movie, guys. It’s based on a 1731 French novel...
Isabelle Huppert is a goddess of French cinema. She’s acted in over 120 films...
