American duchess

American Duchess crew in 18th century attire - Friday night at Costume College 2019 Another year, another fabulous Costume College! If you're unfamiliar with Costume College, it's a 5-day costuming convention in Woodland Hills, California, at the end of July each year. During the day there are

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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 1930s Wedges, Marta Vintage Sandals, and Bronte Slippers! Promenade is our first pre-order collection of 2024,

Make your own stays, no sewing required! In costuming, so many of the activities and studies revolve around the extravagant, beautiful, expensive, and complicated fashions of the rich and famous. B…

Fine historical footwear and reproduction shoe accessories, designed for costumers, reenactors, theatre, film and historically inspired brides

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 going to be in the

A couple years ago now we worked with Simplicity to create a Robe a la Francaise pattern (Simplicity 8578) based on Abby's sacque in The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking. When that pattern came out, I wanted to use it to make my

The moment we've all been waiting for! We'd like to introduce to you the Bernadette Oxfords, in collaboration with the peerless Bernadette Banner! Last Fall we started working with Bernadette to develop an Edwardian oxford in her particular, beautiful style. We went through several different designs

Do you ever feel like you just can't sew the vintage wardrobe you want, in its entirety, fast enough? I have a gazillion vintage sewing patterns, but it seems like less and less time to make each piece. Even when I finish something, too soon