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Harlots (2017-19)
  • Top 5 Friday

Top 5 Curvaceous Historical Costume Characters

Trystan L. Bass September 1, 2017 40
We’ve previously had a top 5 of plus-size women in historical costume movies and...
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Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
  • Sixteenth Century
  • Throwback Thursday

TBT: Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Trystan L. Bass August 31, 2017 6
Trodding well-worn ground with Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I, Seven Seas to...
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Isabelle Adjani
  • Woman Crush Wednesday

WCW: Isabelle Adjani

Kendra August 30, 2017 4
Isabelle Adjani’s name is synonymous — at least for me — with French historical...
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Dress (robe à l'anglaise), c. 1780, Kyoto Costume Institute
  • Eighteenth Century
  • Tangential but Interesting!

Buttoning Up the Myth About Buttons

Sarah Lorraine August 29, 2017 60
I randomly stumbled across the Historical Movie Costume tumblr and was scrolling through it when...
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Cillian Murphy
  • Man Candy Monday

MCM: Cillian Murphy

Trystan L. Bass August 28, 2017 9
Those piercing blue eyes! That Irish brogue! OK, so most of the historical costume...
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Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74)
  • Top 5 Friday

History According to Monty Python

Trystan L. Bass August 25, 2017 12
We’re all big geeks and long-time fans of Monty Python around here at Frock...
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The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1484–1486
  • Frock Flicks POV

Frock Flicks POV: Historical Female Body Size on Screen

Kendra August 24, 2017 106
Alrighty kids, I’m going to try to take on something that is seriously complicated...
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Miranda Richardson in Spider (2002)
  • Woman Crush Wednesday

WCW: Miranda Richardson

Trystan L. Bass August 23, 2017 18
She could be the best-known supporting actress in historical costume movies and TV currently...
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Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
  • Screen Queens
  • Sixteenth Century
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About That New Mary Queen of Scots Film

Trystan L. Bass August 22, 2017 58
Y’all probably know I’m the resident Mary Queen of Scots fan here, and I’ve...
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Ladyhawke (1985)
  • Medieval

Catch the Eclipse With Ladyhawke (1985)

Trystan L. Bass August 21, 2017 16
It’s a Throwback Thursday on Monday, and you know why? Because of the full...
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