Wondering why we scream about metal grommets in historical costume movies and TV shows?...
back-lacing dresses
I’m excited enough about Indian Summers (now airing in the US on PBS) that I’ve...
Banished is a show that most of you won’t have seen or heard of,...
In Part 1 of my series “Playing Fast and Loose With History,” I looked...
If you’ve listened to our podcast about 17th-century A Little Chaos (2015) starring Kate Winslet...
Amazon Studios has released one episode of Casanova (2015), what’s essentially a TV series...
The TV show Sleepy Hollow gets some aspects of 18th century costume right, and...
Valmont, the 1989 adaptation of the book Dangerous Liaisons, was directed by Miloš Forman...
Farewell, My Queen (2012) has some interesting aspects, but there's also a lot to...
Costume movies tend to screw up certain things on repeat. We count down the...