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  • All About Anna May Wong

    August 2, 2022

    Have you heard of Anna May Wong? Anna May is widely considered to be the first major Chinese-American film star, and she is the namesake of our new Anna May Mary Jane…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • I Made a Vintage Style Raincoat…Somehow

    October 3, 2019

    I live in the desert. We get, oh, a handful of days of novelty rain per year  and so a raincoat is not something that regularly factors into my wardrobe. So it…

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  • Vintage Capsule Wardrobes

    July 9, 2019

    May 1940. Marie Claire. Though the term “capsule wardrobe” wasn’t coined until the 1970s, the idea stretches much further back. The general purpose of such a collection is to have a wardrobe…

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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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  • The Vintage Makeup Review – with Lauren & Abby

    September 18, 2017

    Whether you’ve gone fully down the vintage style rabbit hole of everyday dress or you need a faceplan for an impending costume party, today we’re going to share with you our discoveries…

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  • Who’s That Girl? Meet Tina Vines

    July 5, 2017

    Who is that gorgeous new face on RoyalVintageShoes.com, our Facebook, and Instagram? Meet Tina Vines, vintage fashion enthusiast and entrepreneur. Tina modeled a beautiful original vintage western outfit for our mid-Summer photo…

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  • A Very Vintage Trip to the UK

    June 23, 2017

    Hi! I’m Lauren – remember me? I’ve been away for awhile on a much-needed vacation to the UK. Hooray! Vacay! It was a wonderful, restful and also stimulating trip. We did many…

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  • Simplicity Pattern Catalog, June 1946

    January 20, 2017

    I promised I would show snaps from the other 1940s Simplicity pattern catalog I recently purchased, so here we go! Last time, I shared with you my favorites from the Simplicity 1940,…

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  • Simplicity Pattern Catalog, August 1940

    January 6, 2017

    Simplicity Pattern Catalog, August 1940 About a month ago I acquired my first vintage counter book – you know, the big pattern catalogs we go and flip through at the fabric stores.…

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  • Popping Up In New York

    December 14, 2016

    New York from the Polaski Bridge A couple weekends ago, Chris and I took a mini-vacay-partial-work-trip to New York. The mini-vacay part involved lots of delicious and varied eateries in the ultra-hip(ster)…

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  • Brooklyn Royal – Our First Pop-Up Shop in NYC!

    December 1, 2016

    And here I thought we were done with travel for the year. Nope! Back to New York City we go (twice in one year!) for our very first, very special Pop Up…

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  • Vintage Pants Review: Vivien of Holloway Swing Trousers

    October 7, 2016

    Lauren reporting … As you may know, I have a bit of an obsession with vintage trousers. This comes from my love of vintage style clothing, naturally, but also my deep seething…

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  • Classic 1940s Shoes by Royal Vintage (That’s Me!)

    August 11, 2016

    I’ve been kindof quietly working on this other thing for awhile, for about a year now – it’s a whole new line of historical reproduction shoes for the 20th century vintage decades,…

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  • A 1940s Photo Shoot in Reno, Nevada

    May 23, 2016

    The beautiful Elizabeth, dressed in original 1940s vintage. Whenever we do photo shoots, I always try to come up with an interesting concept. Usually, for the American Duchess line, we’re trying to…

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  • Review: Emmy Design Sweden Vintage Repro Clothing

    May 17, 2016

    Do you ever feel like you just can’t sew the vintage wardrobe you want, in its entirety, fast enough? I have a gazillion vintage sewing patterns, but it seems like less and…

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  • My “Agent Carter” Outfit on The Mood Blog (!)

    May 12, 2016

    I am a bit remiss in posting lately. A whole lot of everything has been going on, but a lot of it hasn’t been about historical costuming. While I’ve been buried in…

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  • 1940s Hair Styling Inspiration

    April 10, 2016

    It’s Sunday. I was meant to do a 1940s photo shoot today, but it’s raining. Yup, rain in the desert. It rains 10 days a year here, and I manage to schedule…

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