American Duchess Historic Shoes Blog
Bastille Day SALE 2023
One more dawn, one more day, one sale more! It's that time of year again- our Bastille Day Sale 2023 is ON! We have lots of coveted styles on sale,...
Gold, gold, gold! Gold Shoes Throughout History
As evidenced by our latest Fit for a Queen collection, team American Duchess has contracted a bit of gold fever. Our new Charlotte Mules feature a metallic gold leather heel...
Fit for a Queen Collection Pre-Order
Hear ye, hear ye, our June pre-order has started! We are thrilled to present the Fit for a Queen collection, which combines 18th century and Regency silhouettes with fantasy and...
Mules in Art: Part Deaux
Nearly ten years ago (omg), we published a blog post featuring mules in 18th century art for the first release of Antoinette Mules. Now that spring has arrived, Fêtes Galantes...
American Duchess x Bata Shoe Museum: History of the Museum and it's Founder
The second week of our In Bloom collaboration collection pre-order with the Bata Shoe Museum is underway, and we are just thrilled with the reception it has received! It makes...
In Bloom: Bata Shoe Museum x American Duchess Collaboration Collection Pre-Order
We are so excited to announce an extra-special collaboration collection for pre-order: the In Bloom collection, designed in collaboration with the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada! This collaboration collection...
Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale
This is a bit of a tough time of year. The festivities of the harvest and winter holidays have come to an end. The new year has come and gone....
Fabrics for the 18th Century and Beyond
Robe a la Francaise, 1770, LACMA M.2007.211 - beautiful and expensive printed cotton One of the top questions I get from budding 18th century costumers is "what fabric should I...
1780s Embroidered Italian Gown - Skirts and Sleeves
In the first post on this project, I constructed the bodice front and back. Now it's time for skirts - the fun part - and sleeves - the evil part....
A 1780s Embroidered Italian Gown - Finally
Most of my 2020 was spent in working on - and finishing! - UFOs or "unfinished objects." I completed my 1760s Sunset Silk Robe a la Francaise, an 1890s linen...
The February 2021 Collection is Here - {Pre-Order Open!}
Time for the first collection of 2021!This year, the big plan is to do a pre-order every single month through August (yowza!). Our February collection got off to a bit...
{Video} Cake or Death - Marie Antoinette
This is a bit of a weird one.Last Spring, 2020, I made an attempt at Youtube, like SO many of us. I had an idea for a series of cake-decorating-meets-interesting-historical-deaths....