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Engage with the splendidly rich and varied fashions of the 18th century with our robust collection of shoes from the early 1700s through the 1790s. American Duchess offers beautiful fabric and durable leather 18th century shoes with latchet or tab closures, as well as easy-wearing mules. From our signature Louis heels
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I've always loved fancy shoes as I described a while back in this post. Why should my 18th century self be any different? Since the American Duchess was having her annual Bastille Day sale, I decided to get some cotton dyeable Kensingtons to play with. I really want to make some shoes that are reminiscent of the lovely 18th century embroidered silk shoes I've seen. Here are some extant examples of embroidered shoes from the 18th century: Embroidered Silk Mid 1770's English Embroidered Silk…
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18th century maid
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American Duchess crew in 18th century attire - Friday night at Costume College 2019 Another year, another fabulous Costume College! If you're unfamiliar with Costume College, it's a 5-day costuming convention in Woodland Hills, California, at the end of July each year. During the day there are
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A couple years ago now we worked with Simplicity to create a Robe a la Francaise pattern (Simplicity 8578) based on Abby's sacque in The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking. When that pattern came out, I wanted to use it to make my
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Harper Franklin on Instagram: “I think I would walk with quite the extra pep in my step wearing such gorgeous works of art on my feet as these. 😍 A stunning pair of boots…”
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Click Here for the pattern Howdy! Since we put our Patreon to sleep, we needed to find a new place to host the #ADCapeCult 1910s Wrap Cape pattern. So it's going to be in the
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Last week I shared with you the beautiful
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The moment we've all been waiting for! We'd like to introduce to you the Bernadette Oxfords, in collaboration with the peerless Bernadette Banner! Last Fall we started working with Bernadette to develop an Edwardian oxford in her particular, beautiful style. We went through several different designs
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In preparation for making your Simplicity 8162 18th c. stays, you may wish to re-draw the boning pattern. The pattern comes with an accurate layout for half-boned stays. If you would like to deviate from this, perhaps to add more support or change to a fully
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1784 Robe a l'Anglaise, from the Met It's about time for a new Costume Analytics! I've been so tied up with shoes, and museums, and sewing stuff, that I've neglected CA and you faithful readers! So let's take a look at a beautiful and fairly straight-forward
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{Video} Wherein Lauren & Abby Get Racked ~ American Duchess
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Slow progress on this 1790s gown, but it'll {eventually} come together in time for JA Fest in July. Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, is 10 weeks away and I got nothin'. I've got a part of a thing. It's a thing in progress, but with a
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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 less time to make each piece. Even when I finish something, too soon
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With the making of a new costume comes the excuse to buy myself things. Well, not that you need an excuse to buy yourself a new pair of shoes. Amiright, ladies? ; ) So, let me just start off this review saying that the customer service over at American Duchess is AMAZING. I had dun goof'd in my ordering of these lovelies and the famous Mr. Chris patiently explained everything to me and helped me sort everything out. Thanks, Mr. Chris! Opening the box- and another box! I love this game…
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Hi gals! We've been alerted to a flaw in the 1780s cap pattern from
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Howdy! After many moons we finally get to announce the release of our new collaboration with Simplicity Patterns - Simplicity 8411. Now right off the bat many of you will be rolling your eyes over the back-lacing bodice, and questioning some of the other choices we made,
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