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Doctor Who (2023-5)
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(Reboot) Doctor Who Historical Costumes, Part VI

Trystan L. Bass December 9, 2025 4 2678
Way back in the early days of this blog, I wrote a series of...
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Susannah Buxton
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Costume Designer Susannah Buxton: The Frock Flicks Guide

Trystan L. Bass February 21, 2023 7 2458
Susannah Buxton has been designing costumes mostly for British TV since the 1980s. She’s...
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Schmigadoon! (2021)
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Sing Along With Schmigadoon! (2021)

Trystan L. Bass September 14, 2021 12 3079
I’m the designated Frock Flicker who loves musicals, so it was just a matter...
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Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015)
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Reproducing Iconic Looks in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015)

The Frock Flicks Team May 28, 2019 6 5097
Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by Andrew Schroeder.   Lifetime original...
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
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TBT: The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

Trystan L. Bass June 11, 2015 1 2696
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) is a surprisingly sweet and innocent-feeling movie about what...
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RuPaul's Drag Race (2009-)
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We’re Born Naked, the Rest Is Just a Costume

Trystan L. Bass March 3, 2015 0 2055
There simply aren’t enough drag queens in my world. I covered cross-dressing in historical...
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