American Duchess

Lauren Stowell Dec 28, 2017 12 comments

Hi gals! We've been alerted to a flaw in the 1780s cap pattern from "The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking, "...

Lauren Stowell Dec 21, 2017 7 comments

...or Racked gets Lauren'd & Abby'd. ;-) In early December, Abby and I took our annual trip to New York City to do *all the...

Lauren Stowell Dec 18, 2017 15 comments

Italian gown - The Met - 1785-87 C.I.66.39a-b Well, I just can't stay away from the late 18th century (can you blame me?). There is ...

Lauren Stowell Dec 13, 2017 12 comments

The last major piece of my take on Guimard's 1790 Turkish stage costume was the fabulous fur-trimmed blue robe. I pondered over this ...

Lauren Stowell Dec 8, 2017 24 comments

Ladies, we are SO excited to finally announce two new 18th century American Duchess patterns from Simplicity! Simplicity 8578 is the Robe ...

Lauren Stowell Nov 28, 2017 3 comments

Hi All! We're thrilled to announce that Kimberly Walters of Sign of the Gray Horse has created another gorgeous shoe buckle design! C...

Lauren Stowell Nov 27, 2017 11 comments

(....or has made the same dress...) Do it anyway! I've recently been eyeballing the 1660 bodice from the V&A , remembering ho...