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Opulent Fashion of the Belle Époque

Opulent Fashion of the Belle Époque

Are we the only ones lost in a Belle Époque daydream these days? (It probably has something to do with our fabulous new Belle Époque collection ...) French for "The...
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Designing our Belle Époque Collection: Edith and Esme

Designing our Belle Époque Collection: Edith and Esme

When we design historical reproduction shoes, we think of it as bringing fashions of the past back to life. In re-mapping the styles of history into shoes made for present-day...
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Belle Époque Collection: Pre-Order is Open!

Belle Époque Collection: Pre-Order is Open!

We are thrilled to announce that our new Belle Époque collection is now live for pre-order: presenting the Edith Edwardian Boots and Elsie Edwardian Pumps. These carefully crafted turn-of-the-century styles...
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Flora in Wide Pre-Order is Open!

Flora in Wide Pre-Order is Open!

What an exciting day! Our Flora Embroidered Boots, originally from our In Bloom collaboration collection with the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, is now available to pre-order in D-width through...
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Art History Mysteries: Fashion in The Five Senses

Art History Mysteries: Fashion in The Five Senses

Greetings, friends! We are back today with another foray into how art history and fashion history converge. Recently, on our Instagram account, we shared a cheeky little post featuring the...
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Promenade Collection Pre-Order is Open!

Promenade Collection Pre-Order is Open!

Dear friends, we come to you with a most exciting announcement. The pre-order for our Promenade Collection is now open! We are delighted to introduce three new styles: the Esme...
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A Little History of Oxblood Red Shoes

A Little History of Oxblood Red Shoes

We love a good oxblood leather shoe here at American Duchess Historical Footwear! After all, there’s something a bit magical about red shoes, isn’t there? Possibly the boldest color out...
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Button Boots Through Time: Heels, Toes and Flys, Oh My

Button Boots Through Time: Heels, Toes and Flys, Oh My

Hello lovelies, and Happy New Year from American Duchess! In our last blog post of 2023, we explored ladies' Victorian/Edwardian lace-up boots and spring heels. As we are going into...
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Ladies’ Victorian/Edwardian Boots: Lace-Ups and Spring Heels

Ladies’ Victorian/Edwardian Boots: Lace-Ups and Spring Heels

We are so excited to share our Beloved Boots collection, featuring three splendid lace-up styles based on the boots of days past. (We would say “It’s that time of year...
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Beloved Boots Pre-Order Now Open

Beloved Boots Pre-Order Now Open

Our final pre-order of 2023 is open now! Behold- the Beloved Boots collection. As you may have gleaned from the name, this collection is all about boots. We're debuting two...
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Some History Behind Our Waltz Edwardian Slipper

Some History Behind Our Waltz Edwardian Slipper

Now available for pre-order, our new Waltz slipper is based on a plethora of late-Victorian and Edwardian examples! In this blog post, we share some history about evening slippers from...
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Tango Boots and Foxtrot Shoes in History

Tango Boots and Foxtrot Shoes in History

Our Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot pre-order sale is in full-swing! We have been working on developing and perfecting these styles for months, and we're so pleased to see such a positive...
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