1. It Started with a Blog That’s right- it all got started here. Before American Duchess launched our first shoe, Georgiana, for pre-order in 2011, American Duchess was a historical costuming blog.…
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Designing the Anniversary Collection: Reviving Heritage Styles
Have you taken a look at our new Anniversary Collection yet? To mark 15 years of making historical reproduction footwear, we’ve brought back three classic American Duchess styles: Savoy Beaded Shoes, Victoria…
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The Anniversary Collection: Pre-Order is Live
This spring marks a very important milestone for American Duchess. 15 years ago, we released our first historical reproduction shoe for pre-order. We have been designing and creating historical shoes for a…
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Color Refresh Collection: Pre-Order is Live
What could be more refreshing for spring than three of our most popular historic styles, in fabulous new colors? We’re excited to introduce the Color Refresh collection, featuring Tango, Laurel, and Elsie…
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Straps, Cutouts, and Curves: Decorative Boots of the late Victorian and Edwardian Eras
Cleo Boots, from our current Skeleton Collection pre-order, are one of the most elegant, intricate boots styles we’ve ever released. These highly detailed cutout boots are based on the high-fashion boots of…
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Designing the Skeleton Collection
Spooky scary skeletons may send shivers down your spine, but our new Skeleton Collection is scary beautiful! It consists of new Cleo Edwardian Boots, Gloria Edwardian Shoes, and Hedy Vintage Slingbacks- and…
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Let’s Go Outside: Edwardian Clothes for Sports and Outdoors
Our new Cambridge Edwardian Bicycle Boots in brown/plaid are, in a word, awesome. They’re unique, look sharp, and are comfortable to wear through all manner of activities. The plaid cotton panels are…
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Boot Bliss: Live for Pre-Order!
Surprise! We’ve been working on something special for you. Our Boot Bliss pre-order is now open! These gorgeous boots are all 15% off each pair through June 15. Boot Bliss features three…
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Shoes That Changed (Fashion) History: Influential Icons
Designing historical reproduction footwear is a unique process. In addition to all the regular aspects of shoe design, there is a major research component- much like historical costuming! Over our time researching…
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Shimmer and Sparkle: Beaded Shoes of the Edwardian Era
Have you laid eyes on our Laurel Beaded Edwardian Shoes? Laurel is a stunning design, complete with hand-beaded uppers sparkling with multi-faceted glass beads. These alluring and sparkly shoes were inspired by…
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Moonlight Sonata Pre-Order is Open!
Do you covet all things luxe and sparkly? Are beads and rhinestones your love language? Well, you are in for a treat- we are thrilled to debut our Moonlight Sonata collection! This…
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Londoner Oxfords: an American Duchess Classic
Hello dear friends! As the holidays close in and we quickly approach the arrival of another new year (and American Duchess’ 14th birthday), we have been having fun looking back at some…
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Designing our Belle Époque Collection: Edith and Esme
When we design historical reproduction shoes, we think of it as bringing fashions of the past back to life. In re-mapping the styles of history into shoes made for present-day feet, we’re…
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Belle Époque Collection: Pre-Order is Open!
We are thrilled to announce that our new Belle Époque collection is now live for pre-order: presenting the Edith Edwardian Boots and Elsie Edwardian Pumps. These carefully crafted turn-of-the-century styles are 15%…
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Flora in Wide Pre-Order is Open!
What an exciting day! Our Flora Embroidered Boots, originally from our In Bloom collaboration collection with the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, is now available to pre-order in D-width through our Flora…
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All About Oxfords: The Early Years
Temperatures may still be high, but make no mistake about it- fall is just around the corner. Look into your crystal ball and you will see that wools and knits, autumnal color…
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Button Boots Through Time: Heels, Toes and Flys, Oh My
Hello lovelies, and Happy New Year from American Duchess! In our last blog post of 2023, we explored ladies’ Victorian/Edwardian lace-up boots and spring heels. As we are going into our twelfth…
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Ladies’ Victorian/Edwardian Boots: Lace-Ups and Spring Heels
We are so excited to share our Beloved Boots collection, featuring three splendid lace-up styles based on the boots of days past. (We would say “It’s that time of year again” —…
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Beloved Boots Pre-Order Now Open
Our final pre-order of 2023 is open now! Behold- the Beloved Boots collection. As you may have gleaned from the name, this collection is all about boots. We’re debuting two brand new…
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Some History Behind Our Waltz Edwardian Slipper
Now available for pre-order, our new Waltz slipper is based on a plethora of late-Victorian and Edwardian examples! In this blog post, we share some history about evening slippers from the 1870s…
