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  • Finished Vintage Dress UFO #2 – Simplicity 3280

    April 21, 2020

    Simplicity 3280 1939 dress in rayon faille Two weekends, two finished vintage dress UFOs, and I have to say it feels *great* to pick up old projects and finish them! I hate…

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  • Finished Vintage Dress UFO #1 – Simplicity 8248

    April 17, 2020

    Simplicity 8248 1930s day dress with alterations. Reader, I must admit I am *terrible* at finishing UFOs – “unfinished objects.” I have two sewing mindsets: I want something quick, easy, and satisfying…

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  • Coming Up: LIVE Youtube Q&A with Lauren – Covid-19 and Small Business

    April 10, 2020

    Hi everyone, I will be going live on Youtube on **Monday, April 13th at 10 am PDT** to talk about Covid-19, small business, and how we’ve been affected. You can follow us…

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  • Spring Cleaning 2020 SALE!

    April 8, 2020

    It’s that time of year again…Spring Cleaning! In the midst of all the madness you may be sewing up a storm. Even though all the events and shows are cancelled, don’t miss…

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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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  • History is Cool: 1890s Belle Epoque Linen Summer Blouse

    April 3, 2020

    Hi all! Well, during this crazy time in human history I managed to start and actually finish one (1) project, an 1890s summer shirtwaist made in lovely white linen. I’ve been wanting…

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  • American Duchess on Youtube!

    March 25, 2020

    Hi all! Well, in light of recent and ongoing events, we’re all at home making lots and lots of Youtube videos. It’s a good way to help keep the costuming and sewing…

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  • Podcast Episode 28: Merging Royal Vintage & American Duchess

    March 23, 2020

    Yay! Welcome back to a whole new season of podcastery! It’s been awhile since we’ve done podcasts, but we get a lot of requests for them, so we thought we’d kick off…

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  • Review: Vecona Vintage Three-Piece Ladies’ Suits

    March 17, 2020

    Sporting the Vecona Vintage “Viktoria” three-piece suit in grey wool blend, in Portugal. Anyone who follows my personal Instagram page (@lauren_stowell) will know I’m a *big fan* of menswear, particularly three-piece suits.…

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  • The 1630 Thang – Finishing the Bodies

    March 10, 2020

    Dayum she looks good! 1630 Dutch formal basque bodice with ribbon points. It’s been a few weeks since I started the yellow and black bumblebee-lobster bodice/bodies/smooth-covered stays for my 1630 ensemble, and…

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  • The 1630s Dutch Thang – Badonk-a-donk, Petticoat, and Starting the Bodies

    January 30, 2020

    Just playing around with pinning things on my dress form Now into the making up! I’ve been stitching on my big 1630 project and quite enjoying the process. There’s enough weirdness here…

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  • The 1630 Dutch *Thang* – Beginnings

    January 23, 2020

    A still from “Tulip Fever” (2017) – outstanding costuming by Michael O’Connor. As so often happens, after a no-sew period of downtime and feeling phlegmatic about costuming, I was struck by a…

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  • 18th Century Printed Cotton Do’s & Don’t’s

    December 23, 2019

    A beautiful printed cotton gown, 1785-95. The Met. A very condensed version of this essay, without pictures, appears in The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking. Because there is *so much…

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  • Holiday Shipping Deadlines, 2019

    December 16, 2019

    Here’s just a quick reminder to get your American Duchess and Royal Vintage orders in by the following dates so we can ship them out and get them to you on time:…

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  • Historic & Retro Winter Shoes & Boots

    December 11, 2019

    Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane snow is glistening… <3 Here’s our annual guide to this year’s historic and retro winter shoes and boots from American Duchess and Royal…

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  • The Countess of Melbury’s Ball c. 1789 – Inspo!

    December 6, 2019

    The Met, 1780s Italian gown. Inspiration for my own gown for this event. Next March, 2020, I am attending the Countess of Melbury’s Ball in Walnut Grove, California. The event is set…

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  • Book Review: Women of the 1920s: Style Glamour, & the Avante-Garde by Thomas Bleitner

    December 2, 2019

    Louise Brooks On the eve of the 2020s, the spell of the exciting and revolutionary 1920s looms large. It was an unforgettable era with deep cultural shifts and powerful aesthetics. Women, in…

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  • Winter SALE at American Duchess & Royal Vintage

    November 29, 2019

    La la la la la – it’s that time of year where we put, like, everything on SALE! Here are the links: American Duchess This year we have the traditional FREEBIES –…

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  • The Isabella Mactavish Fraser Pattern & Documentary!

    November 22, 2019

    Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very proud to release to you today the Isabella Mactavish Fraser gown pattern and construction PDF along with our short documentary about this famous tartan gown and…

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  • The Reno Tweed Ride, 2019

    November 20, 2019

    Chrissy wore her bicycling pants, spatterdashes, and a corset on her Columbia 1920s reproduction bike. The same weekend we invaded Virginia City with our Spoop-Troupe, we enjoyed the local Tweed Ride. Tweed…

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