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Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
  • Top 5 Friday

Top 5 Eyeglasses in Frock Flicks

Trystan L. Bass August 10, 2018 13 2627
Eyeglasses are one of those accessories with a very particular history, so when they’re...
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1996 Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • Nineteenth Century
  • Throwback Thursday

TBT: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

Trystan L. Bass August 9, 2018 14 5756
Anne Brontë’s novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, published in 1848, was underrated at...
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Jeanette MacDonald
  • Woman Crush Wednesday

WCW: Jeanette MacDonald

Kendra August 8, 2018 20 2267
Jeanette MacDonald was an actress and singer known for starring in a number of...
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iconic-1990s
  • Frock Flicks Guide

Iconic Frock Flicks of the 1990s, Part 1

Sarah Lorraine August 7, 2018 16 3370
This is an occasional series highlighting historical movie and TV costumes that best represent...
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Colette (2018)
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  • Twentieth Century

Previewing Keira Knightley in Colette

Kendra August 6, 2018 29 3009
We’ve been looking forward to Colette (2018), the biopic about the French author (born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954)...
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Mapp & Lucia (1985-86)
  • Twentieth Century

TBT: Mapp & Lucia (1985) – 1930s Comedy of Manners

Trystan L. Bass August 2, 2018 14 3527
Perhaps I should say, Mapp & Lucia the first, because this is the 1985...
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"Portrait of Madame de Montespan," mistress to Louis XIV, c. 1675, via Wikimedia Commons.
  • Seventeenth Century
  • Woman Crush Wednesday

WCW: Madame de Montespan

Kendra August 1, 2018 23 2946
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan was the most glamorous of King...
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Adrian & Jeanette MacDonald
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Costume Designer Adrian: The Frock Flicks Guide

Trystan L. Bass July 31, 2018 14 6122
Adrian Adolph Greenburg is the only costume designer of historical movies that we have,...
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Wuthering Heights (2018)
  • Nineteenth Century
  • Trailers & Previews

Sorry Emily, the Newest Wuthering Heights Sucks

Trystan L. Bass July 30, 2018 84 8097
Today would have been Emily Brontë 200th birthday. The middle of the surviving Brontë sisters,...
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The Duchess (2008)
  • Eighteenth Century

The Duchess Deep Dive: Marriage Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be Gowns

Kendra July 26, 2018 11 2657
You all — especially our Patreon supporters, whose requests we take very seriously! — have...
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