I haven’t been blogging, I’m sorry, but I’ve been SO ill. I do have things to tell you guys about – the Madame X gown I didn’t get to wear, the 1960s…
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Historical Footwear – News, and Looking at Edwardian Styles
Wishbone straps on a c. 1900 white kid pump The results of the Historical Footwear poll are in, and the Edwardian pumps took first, followed by a foot-and-foot race between the 1860-80…
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Historical Shoes … So, What’s Next, Ladies?
My particular fave. This is from Shoe Icons (eng.shoeicons.com) With the success of the “Georgiana” shoes (and it’s only been a week!), this means that more styles of period-accurate shoes *will* be…
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“Georgiana” 18th c. Shoes – Pre-Order Now Open!
Well this is it! The pre-order period for the new Georgiana 18th c. shoes is now open. It will run for 3 weeks: April 1st – April 22nd. We’re looking at a…
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Introducing the “Georgiana” 18th Century Shoes by American Duchess
After months of work, finally the dream of our 18th century silk shoes has come to fruition. The final sample pair arrived this morning and are absolutely beautiful! The Pre-Sale opens Friday,…
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18th Century Shoes – The Second to Last Step
The shoe as it arrived, white in color. I added the rhinestone tension buckle. For those of you who have been following the production of the upcoming 18th c. shoes, here’s an…
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18th c. Shoes: Design Your Own
Time to be creative! While we wait for updates to the new American Duchess 18th c. Shoes, I thought it’d be fun to draw up a little template that you guys can…
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18th c. Shoes: The Evolution of Our Heels
I have been itching to update you with how things are going on the prototyping of the new American Duchess 18th century shoes. I haven’t done so because there has been a…
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18th c. Shoes: Why Silk Fabric and not Leather?
For those of you following along with the American Duchess 18th c. shoes that are currently being developed, you may be wondering why I’ve decided to make them out of silk instead…
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A Few of my Favorite [Vintage] Things … in Ye Merry Old Etsy Shoppe
I’ve finally gotten to the cleaning, the polishing, the brushing, the matting, and the photographing of a handful of new vintage products that are now listed in the American Duchess Boutique on…
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Name Those Shoes! (please vote!)
From the Bata Shoe Museum It’s time to play… Name Those Shoes! With the new 18th century shoe prototype expected by the end of January, we need to find a proper, pretty…
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18th c. Shoes: A Bit About Heels
From the Met – early 18th c. These are men’s shoes, although it’s difficult to tell Maddalena asks: Is it true that the king used to wear red heels to distinguish from…
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18th c. Shoes – Survey Results
LACMA 1780s I thought you all would be interested to know the results of the survey you all took a little while back. I’m still getting responses (which is awesome, thank you!),…
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Shoe-Loving Ladies, Please Take This Poll…(thank you!)
* American Duchess shoes will be offered in size 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5 , and possibly 11 if there is enough demand for it.* ** The purpose of…
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American Duchess’ New Year’s Resolution: 18th c. SHOES
I’m going to skip through all the fluffy “as 2010 draws to a close” stuff and just cut to the chase. I have several costuming-related resolutions, but one major big honkin’ elephant…
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18th Century Shoes – A Survey
Please participate in our 18th c. shoe survey! Please participate in our 18th c. shoe survey!
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Exquisite 18th Century Shoes
Well I wanted to make everyone shoes, beautiful 18th c. style shoes, but I checked into manufacturing them and it would take an order of 1000 pairs of shoes, minimum! In my…
