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  • Spotlight: New “Fraser” Early 18th Century Leather Shoes

    October 11, 2016

    Lauren reporting – As you all know, this year we’ve opened all of our new Fall/Winter historic styles for pre-order at the same time. We’ve also made the pre-order period longer –…

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  • Introducing our Fall Collection of Historic Shoes – Pre-Orders Open!

    October 3, 2016

    It’s a big day! For the first time, we’re presenting our entire Fall collection all at once. Intense. This year we have new offerings in several of our historic categories. There’s “Fraser”…

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  • The Great China Adventure, Or, How Jet-Lag is Evil

    September 29, 2016

    Hello Lovelies! Abby here – sort of… Jet lag is evil & mean. But I’m here in body, even if that means my circadian rhythms are still totally bananas and I now…

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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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  • New Civil War Boots – Pre-Order Now Open!

    May 5, 2016

    It’s another pre-order day! I’ve been trying to go more towards “collections” for Summer and Fall and less all-over-the-place for introducing new shoes for you ladies. With that, I’d like to introduce…

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  • Tuesday Shoes-day: 1920s Shoes Inspiration

    March 29, 2016

    Lately I’ve been working on the second collection for Royal Vintage Shoes. Wait, what? You haven’t even seen the first collection yet! I know, don’t worry! I’m having to adjust to fashion-industry-norms…

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  • Exclusive Manchester Regency Boots – Pre-Order Open!

    February 26, 2016

    It’s been an age in developing our recreation of the famous Manchester Art Gallery c. 1820 Grecian booties. Voted as our Cycle 6 Exclusive, the Manchester Regency Boots are finally…finally!…finally! available to…

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  • Professional Shoe Hunting Adventures in Vegas

    February 24, 2016

    View from (almost) the top Last week I went to Magic in Vegas. That sounds glamorous, but Magic is the name of the USA’s largest fashion trade show, and when I say…

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  • Heading to Vegas, Baby

    February 16, 2016

    Being from Nevada, albeit the other end of the state, I’m not really excited to be going to Vegas for the next three days…but I AM excited to be visiting the US’s…

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  • Exciting Things in Store for Vintage Shoe Lovers

    January 20, 2016

    2016 is already off to a roaring start. The beginning of the year always comes with lots of planning for the next 12 months, and this year is more intense than ever.…

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  • Artifact: Paragon Home Shoe Button Kit

    January 12, 2016

    In my journey of studying and recreating old-fashioned footwear, I get to geek out on old technologies re-discovered. I just love the how and why of things: the effect an innovation in…

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  • Musing on A Natural Form Spring – 1870s Photoshoot at The Lake Mansion

    January 8, 2016

    Sometimes I get so busy I forget to share things, like this lovely photo shoot we did last Spring with a wonderful girl, Siera, at a wonderful local historic home known as…

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  • How to Use a Victorian Button Hook – Video!

    December 24, 2015

    Those of you who costume for mid-Victorian through Great War will be familiar with side-buttoning boots. They’re iconic and beautiful, but can be a little tricky to get closed if you don’t…

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  • Spotlight on Tango Boots – Video!

    December 18, 2015

    I made a video! I know that doesn’t seem like a big deal in today’s hugely visual world, but I worked *all day* on this and I’m proud of it, even if…

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  • My 1930s Christmas Gown – Done!

    December 7, 2015

    Gosh, I wasn’t expecting to be done with so much time to spare. I forget that vintage sewing takes so much less time than historical sewing, even with working out the pattern…

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  • A Regency Winter’s Tale

    November 30, 2015

    And so begins in earnest the Holiday season. For me this is a time of hard work rewarded with a peaceful Christmas day with my family, enjoying a little downtime and a…

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  • #ShopSmall With These Great Indie Historical Companies Today

    November 28, 2015

    In the madness that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it can be quite difficult for us little gals to stand out. So today, Small Business Saturday, have a gander at the…

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  • American Duchess & Royal Vintage Winter Sales!

    November 27, 2015

    Here’s the official announcement: All sorts of things are on sale: Lots of our regular line marked down, such as Virginia, Antoinette, Tissot, and more Imperfects, while they last Dead Stock Exclusives,…

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  • All About the New 16th c. “Tudor” Exclusives

    November 4, 2015

    It’s been *ages* in prototyping the new Tudor shoes, but they’re finally done! This has been an interesting project, one with many challenges. The first was sorting out the design. After discussion…

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  • The 1940s in Shoes – Black Platforms (With Studs!?)

    September 24, 2015

    In my new endeavor to provide the costuming and vintage fashion world with the best of 1920s, 30s, and 40s footwear, I am constantly studying style trends of those decades. Sometimes I’m…

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