American Duchess Historic Shoes Blog
18th c. Shoes: A Bit About Heels
From the Met - early 18th c. These are men's shoes, although it's difficult to tell Maddalena asks: Is it true that the king used to wear red heels to...
Corsets Corsets Everywhere!
Happy New Year everyone! It's been madness here in terms of stay-making. I've got Olympe's final pair in-progress, all the boning channels stitched, with one side boned. A close up...
American Duchess' New Year's Resolution: 18th c. SHOES
I'm going to skip through all the fluffy "as 2010 draws to a close" stuff and just cut to the chase. I have several costuming-related resolutions, but one major big...
Shoe-Loving Ladies, Please Take This Poll...(thank you!)
* American Duchess shoes will be offered in size 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5 , and possibly 11 if there is enough demand for it.*...
Christmas Gifties of the Historical Variety
It was such a lovely Christmas this year. I spent time with my family, Mr. C, and gave some lovely gifties as well as received some too. Here are the...
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Christmas!
Myself and Mom, in front of the family Christmas Tree. Before I post about the fantabulous costume-related gifts the wonderful people in my life got me for Christmas, I will...
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas! (etc.)
Well folks, as you travel off to various parts of the world, or stay just where you are, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah! Photo from MyVintageVogue...
Tiniest and Sneekiest Peek - 1960s Mad Christmas Dress
Okay, I was going to keep this secret until Christmas, but I'll give a peek. It's not the best picture in the world - will have to wait for Christmas...
Regency Christmas at Daughter's Cafe, Reno
First course - mushroom and leek soup, a cheese scone to accompany, and currant juice. This past Saturday evening members of the Great Basin Costume Society, and several new additions,...
Happy Holiday Friday
I know this weekend is The Weekend of Christmas Parties. I'm snowed in up here in the mountains, and missing a Steampunk Christmas Party, but have a Regency Christmas Party...
Upcoming Projects, Looming Deadlines!
There's just WAY too much on the to-do list, and it gets worse every time I post a "costume analytics," but here's what in the immediate-right-now future: 1795 Open Robe...
Costume Modeling with Ron: A Good Send-Off to an OLD dress
Ron's painting, and yours truly. Photo by Ron Spears This past weekend I did some more costume modeling for Ron and company, this time wearing an original silk dress from...