American Duchess Historic Shoes Blog
"Prism" by American Duchess - August 2022 Pre-Order is Open!
The new "Prism" collection is now ready! This collection is all about colors, presenting several new colorways in AD classics, along with a new design in two different heel heights....
We're Sports People Now: A Brief History of Victorian/Edwardian Tennis Shoes
Are you a fan of our Kedwardian Sporting Oxfords? This lovely style is a reproduction Victorian/Edwardian sporting shoe! This shoe is the ancestor of our modern sneakers. We were primarily...
Jazz Standards - Introducing the New Vintage Collection
At last, we're proud to present a big new collection of vintage shoes that hit all the right notes, the "Jazz Standards" Collection. These are the classics, the quintessential styles...
Heck Yeah, Witch Shoes
This month we're all about unexpectedly 'modern' designs in historical fashion. The May '22 "Avant-Garde" collection explores bold colors and geometric shapes in 1930s/40s shoes, and also an older trend,...
The "Star Princess" Camille Boots
The stuff sparkly dreams are made of. Back when we did the color poll for the Camille Edwardian Boots, we got a fair few comments about doing them in metallic...
Bessie Coleman & Black Women in Aviation {Fundraiser}
This month we're very proud to introduce the "Bessie" Aviator Boots, something of a "holy grail" of vintage reproduction shoes that I've wanted to produce for years. We've named them...
Let's Make Some Men's Shoes
...for real. A couple years back we made a stab at developing a men's historic footwear collection. We did a pump, a latchet shoe, and a boot all from around...
April Vintage Pre-Order is OPEN!
I will admit I haven't been sewing much (Covid energy-sap), but I do have plans. Honestly all I've really been up to is -work- but at least it's fun work,...
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...
The {FREE} American Duchess Cape Pattern
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...
The Pincurl Diary - How to Do 1930-50s Hair for a Whole Week
How remiss am I in never posting this video I made earlier in the year. This is a tutorial of sorts for how to set wet-set one's hair and then...
UPDATE: The Scandalous Tango Boots!
Around the time of the turn of the 20th century, a new dance craze swept the Western world. The dance was risque and immensely popular, first introduced to Paris by...