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  • Pompadour French Court Shoes, 12.5 Years Later

    September 9, 2024

    Our Pompadour 18th Century Shoes are an American Duchess classic! With their custom, curvy Louis heel, easy-to-use tabbed latchet closure, and period accurate white rand, these babies are a tried-and-true shoe; Pompadours…

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  • Designing Historical Shoes: 18th-Century Style

    March 25, 2024

    Did you know that American Duchess has been designing 18th-century shoes since 2011? In fact, our very first design ever was the “Georgiana,” a satin 18th-century latchet shoe. (Oh, and here’s a…

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  • Fabrics for the 18th Century and Beyond

    June 14, 2021

    One of the top questions I get from budding 18th century costumers is “what fabric should I use?” Luckily, there is ample choice for the Georgian era, though not as much a…

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  • Lessons of the Volante – So Far

    January 13, 2021

    Du….Du Hast…Du Hast Mich… There’s something about pleat-to-fit garments that both attract me and drive me bonkers. I think it’s a combination of no two surviving examples being the same and my…

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  • Meet the New Pompadour 18th Century Shoes

    October 16, 2020

    This season, we’re proud to finally introduce the new and improved Pompadour 18th Century Court Shoes! We’ve made a few changes to this classic, curvaceous style. The Pompadours have been one of…

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  • Petticoat Pitfalls for Grand Panniers

    June 22, 2020

    Well shoot, this didn’t work…. Don’t you just love when you finish up a project, perhaps the first part of an ensemble, something you’ve maybe done numerous times before, only to put…

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  • How to Avoid Lampshade Hoops in the 18th Century

    June 15, 2020

    It’s a thing in the Georgian period too! I’ve recently started on my next big (physically big), early 18th century project, a Robe Volante. One of the reasons I felt confident to…

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  • 1720s – 1740s Robe Volante – Initial Musings

    May 27, 2020

    I just can’t get enough of 18th century back pleats! The time has come. This one has been brewing for awhile. I have a sortof underdog love for weird garments or time…

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  • How to Lengthen/Shorten 18th Century Stays

    January 15, 2018

    The #1 question we receive about Simplicity 8162 (and will with Simplicity 8579 as well) is how to lengthen or shorten the stays. Particularly with Simplicity 8162, the body block used came…

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  • The Many Types of 18th Century Gowns

    March 15, 2013

    I realized today with the 18th century gowns I have made I have only scratched the surface of how many different types there were. It’s easy to fall into the idea that…

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