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  • Heck Yeah, Witch Shoes

    May 16, 2022

    This month we’re all about unexpectedly ‘modern’ designs in historical fashion. The May ’22 “Avant-Garde” collection explores bold colors and geometric shapes in 1930s/40s shoes, and also an older trend, the late…

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  • Bold Moves – The “Avant Garde” Vintage Shoe Collection with Karolina Zebrowska

    May 6, 2022

    Today is quite an exciting day. We’re proud to introduce a new capsule collection in collaboration with Karolina Zebrowksa! The story of this collection is rather amusing. In 2020, Karolina posted a…

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  • Ivory Shoes!

    February 18, 2022

    A very classic colorway, so versatile and lovely – we’re now offering our most popular designs in ivory leather, and – no surprise – most of them are the Edwardians. Shoes in…

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  • Let’s Make Some Men’s Shoes

    May 31, 2021

    …for real. A couple years back we made a stab at developing a men’s historic footwear collection. We did a pump, a latchet shoe, and a boot all from around the 1780s-1810s.…

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  • The February 2021 Collection is Here – {Pre-Order Open!}

    February 26, 2021

    Time for the first collection of 2021! This year, the big plan is to do a pre-order every single month through August (yowza!). Our February collection got off to a bit of…

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  • The {FREE} American Duchess Cape Pattern

    February 8, 2021

    Click Here for the pattern Howdy! Since we put our Patreon to sleep, we needed to find a new place to host the #ADCapeCult 1910s Wrap Cape pattern. So it’s going to…

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  • UPDATE: The Scandalous Tango Boots!

    November 24, 2020

    Around the time of the turn of the 20th century, a new dance craze swept the Western world. The dance was risque and immensely popular, first introduced to Paris by the sons…

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  • #ADCapeCult – Free 1910s Cape PDF Pattern!

    April 7, 2020

    Free 1910s Cape Pattern – click here! Hi! If you’ve been following us on Instagram you may have seen the explosion of capes. We’ve released a free PDF gridded pattern for a…

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  • Photo Shoot: An Afternoon in the 1890s

    August 23, 2019

    Abby Cox in 1890s splendor in Virginia City, Nevada A little while back, Nicole and Abby got dressed up in late 19th century attire and we dashed up to Virginia City, our…

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  • Historical Reproduction Winter Boots For You

    November 24, 2018

    It’s that time of year when the weather goes cold and you’re wanting a nice pair of boots to slog around in…historically, of course. Ladies of the past had a broad assortment…

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  • Fall Pre-Order is OPEN!

    August 30, 2018

    American Duchess F/W2018 Pre-Order is open Aug 30 – Sept 20 at AmericanDuchess.com Ladies! It’s time for NEW historic shoes and boots! It’s “go big or go home” this Fall and we’ve…

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  • Where to Find Great War Era Sweaters

    August 17, 2018

    Original advertisement for 1919 sweaters – image from Wearing History (click through to visit her blog post on these sweaters) I don’t know about you, but when I see September on the…

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  • A Little History of “Amelie” Satin Pumps

    February 8, 2018

    Amelie Victorian & Edwardian Satin Pumps with Clip-on Bows by American Duchess It’s that exciting time of year when we here at American Duchess present all the new Spring/Summer shoe styles for…

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  • PRE-ORDER! Spring Historic Shoes!

    February 1, 2018

    Ladies, it’s time. It’s February 1st. We promised you a pre-order and a pre-order you shall have! We have four fresh new styles for you covering pretty much all of the 19th…

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  • Please Vote! New Victorian/Edwardian Pumps in *Colors*

    October 24, 2017

    Shoes from J. Ferry, 1885-1890. The Met, 2009.300.1579a,b  Ladies, for the first time *ever* we are able to offer a range of colors in one of our new styles for next Spring.…

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  • Spotlight: New “Londoner” Edwardian Oxfords

    October 17, 2016

    Lauren here – This month we’re celebrating the new Fall/Winter styles we’ve opened for pre-order all at once. Each week we’re taking a closer look at each style, the inspiration and research…

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  • Introducing our Fall Collection of Historic Shoes – Pre-Orders Open!

    October 3, 2016

    It’s a big day! For the first time, we’re presenting our entire Fall collection all at once. Intense. This year we have new offerings in several of our historic categories. There’s “Fraser”…

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  • The Original 1916 – 1921 Party Dress

    June 21, 2016

    Well, this is a topic I can genuinely say I haven’t blogged about before. It’s amazing what send us down what rabbit holes. Metal thread embroidery with couched metal. These are all…

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  • A Little Background on Victorian/Edwardian Cloth-Top Button Boots

    April 12, 2016

    Later this week we’re introducing a new style – “Manhattan” Button Boots. Following the uber-popular “Tavistock” boots, the time seemed right to introduce a variation for Summer – c. 1890 – 1920…

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  • Spotlight on Tango Boots – Video!

    December 18, 2015

    I made a video! I know that doesn’t seem like a big deal in today’s hugely visual world, but I worked *all day* on this and I’m proud of it, even if…

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