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  • Bastille Day Sale!

    July 1, 2022

    It’s time for our annual mid-year sale! There’s *a lot* on sale – some super-duper clearance Last Chance stuff and some new things that haven’t been on sale before, so have a…

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  • Shoes for Service: 1940’s Wartime Oxfords

    June 21, 2022

    During the second World War, over 400,000 women served in the US military, and nearly half a million women served in the British military. In fact, women served in the military all…

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  • We’re Sports People Now: A Brief History of Victorian/Edwardian Tennis Shoes

    June 13, 2022

    Are you a fan of our Kedwardian Sporting Oxfords? This lovely style is a reproduction Victorian/Edwardian sporting shoe! This shoe is the ancestor of our modern sneakers. We were primarily inspired by…

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  • Jazz Standards – Introducing the New Vintage Collection

    June 10, 2022

    At last, we’re proud to present a big new collection of vintage shoes that hit all the right notes, the “Jazz Standards” Collection. These are the classics, the quintessential styles of the…

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  • A Little History of Arsenic Green

    May 18, 2022

    There is no doubt that green is one of the more alluring, interesting, and complex colors of fashion through the ages. There are many myths around various greens and their toxicities, but…

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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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  • A Little History of Shocking Pink

    May 11, 2022

    For the first time in American Duchess history, we’ve created shoes in several very strong pinks, all drawn from and inspired by a late 1930s “Surrealist” palette. As with many things in…

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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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  • Surrealism and the Avant-garde in Fashion

    May 4, 2022

    There are many times throughout history when fashion has gone a bit wacky. Color, material, extreme silhouettes all coming together to create an unforgettable look of usually a quite short moment in…

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  • The “Star Princess” Camille Boots

    February 21, 2022

    The stuff sparkly dreams are made of. Back when we did the color poll for the Camille Edwardian Boots, we got a fair few comments about doing them in metallic silver and…

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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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  • The ‘Bridgerton’ Lady Danbury Pelisse – Done!

    December 20, 2021

    I love a quick and fairly simple make. Last time I constructed the bodice of this 1815 Regency pelisse inspired by Lady Danbury’s in Bridgerton. Now it’s time for the skirts and…

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  • A Regency Christmas Day Dress

    December 7, 2021

    One of my garments for the end of the year is a festive day dress. I hemmed-and-hawed over fabric choice and design on this one, wanting to use stash fabrics, but I…

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  • Regency Pre-Order – USA & Europe – SALE!

    November 26, 2021

    It’s that crazy time of year where we have way too much to tell you all at once (and so does everybody else in e-commerce), so I guess I’ll just start with…everything…

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  • Bessie Coleman & Black Women in Aviation {Fundraiser}

    November 2, 2021

    This month we’re very proud to introduce the “Bessie” Aviator Boots, something of a “holy grail” of vintage reproduction shoes that I’ve wanted to produce for years. We’ve named them after Bessie…

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  • “Adventurous” Boot Collection is Open for Pre-Order

    November 1, 2021

    Pre-Order is openOctober 29 – November 12, 2021Women’s US Sizes 5 – 12Free Shipping & Returns on USA OrdersLayaway Plans Available for USA & Canadian Orders Too. It’s time for October/November pre-orders!…

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  • A Little History of Mary/Marlowe Elizabethan & Jacobean Shoes

    September 28, 2021

    Anyone who has ventured down the Renaissance Rabbit Hole has at some point run into The Shoe Problem™. What the heck did the Tudors, Elizabethans, and Stuarts wear upon their feet? And…

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  • The “Velvet” Collection – Pre-Order Now Open

    August 20, 2021

    Get ready for one heck of a Fall/Winter season. We’ve been finalizing *so* many new styles and *so* many new colorways, and I’m stoked to introduce the first of four Fall collections:…

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  • A “Versailles” Historical-ish Cosplay

    August 9, 2021

    I’m just going to admit it: I flippin’ *loved* the Canal+ show “Versailles.” Loved it. Binged it. Binged it again. When it comes to historical costumes in television shows and movies, I…

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  • Plannings for a Regency Wardrobe

    August 2, 2021

    or the “I have no idea what I’m doing” wardrobe. Reader, I have become complacent. I am far too comfortable in the late 18th century, to the point where I get decidedly…

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