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V187: Those Catty Elizabethans
I just love this illustration, don't you? Gennady Spirin. Illustration from ‘The White Cat” So I've been reading Jean Hunnisett's Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress...
V185: The Polonaise Jacket of Doom and Hell
Du...Du Hast...Du Hast Mich You know those projects that just don't want to be made, and give you trouble all the way through to the violent end? This is one...
V184: My First Real 18th Century Shoe Buckles
Ebay is such a wonderous place. I won an auction for these awesome 18th century shoe buckles - only $35!! They were quite brown when they arrived from England, but...
V183: July Call For Sponsors
Hi All! Do you have an online shop or a business you think might benefit from advertising here on American Duchess? Well happy days, for the first time I am...
V182: The Lovely Bones: Reliquary Busts of Female Saints
Last night a beautiful image popped up on my Pinterest feed ... this one. Her name is not known - a companion of, or a saint herself? What do you...
V181: Small Biz Betties: The Small Biz Triple Crown - Blog, Facebook, and Storefront
Hello again, all you small biz betties out there. This week we will start getting in to the nuts and bolts of how to start your business online, with something...
V180: A Little Georgian Humor
This delightful image popped up on my Pinterest feed the other day, and I just had to share it with you... Henry Bunbury - "Me, my wife, and Daughter" There...
V179: More Georgian Jackets ... Decisions, Decisions
I certainly have a love affair with 18th c. jackets. They're just so darned cute! Now I get to decide, yet again, what kind of jacket to make from 2...
V178: 1770s Polonaise Jacket Progress
I haven't been in a super-sewing mood, but I have made a little progress on the polonaise jacket planned for our Colonial Williamsburg trip this coming October. I draped the...
V177: Cool Georgian Fashion Plate Mirror Art
I received a lovely gift from Oscar and Debbie, of VintageDancer.com - two 18th century fashion plate mirror artworks. They cam from a local auction and are hella cool and...
V175: Rockabilly Outfit Day
Today I went to a presentation on vintage clothing, which gave occasion to wear something, well, vintage-y. I didn't want to mess with hair or girdles, so I wore this......
V176: Lovely 1920s n' 30s Textiles
Yesterday Debbie (Vintage Dancer) and I attended a delightful show-n-tell of 1920s and 30s clothing. The select pieces the presenter brought were goooorgeous. Here are some detail photos of a...