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1700s Heels, 19th Century Heels, 18th Century Mules, Rococo Shoes 18th Century, 18th Century Slippers, 18th Century Shoes, Historical Shoes, Century Shoes, American Duchess

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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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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Introducing the Bernadette Oxfords – American Duchess Blog American Duchess Shoes, Bernadette Banner, American Duchess, Lady Elizabeth, Roller Shoes, Leather Dye, I Am A Queen, Winter Shoes, Womens Oxfords

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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18th Century Stays: Boning Patterns ~ American Duchess 18th Century Stays Pattern Free, Half Boned Stays, 19th Century Stays, 17th Century Stays Pattern, 18th Century Stays Pattern, Stays Pattern, 18th Century Stays, American Duchess, Period Dress

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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Jane Austen Goes to Ikea – Slow Progress – American Duchess Blog Regency Era Sewing Pattern, 1840s Bodice Pattern, 18th Century Riding Habit Pattern, 1860s Chemise Pattern, Regency Shift/chemise Pattern, American Duchess, Jane Austen, Petticoat, Fun To Be One

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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Simplicity 8411 - A New 18th Century Pattern! ~ American Duchess 18th Century Sewing Patterns, Simplicity 8411, Simplicity 1773, 18th Century Chemise Sewing Pattern, Simplicity 1590, Simplicity 1582, 1700 Fashion, Cartridge Pleats, American Duchess

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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