Gile Steele – Frock Flicks

Trystan L. Bass September 26, 2023

This is an occasional series highlighting historical movie and TV costumes that best represent the decade...

Kendra May 27, 2021

How the hell does a historical costume-focused blog review the film Marie Antoinette (1938)?...

Trystan L. Bass April 20, 2017

Ages ago, Sarah bugged me about reviewing Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) on...

Kendra October 13, 2016

Scaramouche (1952) is a “classic” film that’s been on my list forever, since I...

Kendra June 5, 2015

Wedding dresses. They’re the big ones, the be all and end all — or...

Kendra January 12, 2015

Few historical persons, real or fictional, have inspired as much pop culture as 18th-century...

Kendra April 30, 1940

I always resisted seeing this version because of the misguided costuming (although the novel...

Kendra April 29, 1938

So you have to like “classic” film and be able to deal with the...