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American Duchess @UCWLNaVKBl4EskUQUXWRZkew@youtube.com

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Historical costuming, shoes,and shenanigans


Welcoem to posts!!

in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c

American Duchess
Posted 2 years ago

Hi Lovelies! We're running a color poll for a new design we'd like to make in 2023 (yes, already working on next year!). These are the famous and utterly delightful 18th century Strawberry Shoes - help us choose colors! www.surveylegend.com/s/4cmq

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hey everyone! Here are a couple updates -

First, we're changing our pub day to Fridays, and you can expect the next #GigotGirlGang video coming up at the end of this very week.

Next, we're preparing for CoCoVid! This Youtube event takes place July 30 - August 2 and is a community-wide teaching weekend. There are oodles of amazing costuming and sewing videos planned. Nicole will be presenting "Fabric 101: How to ID Fabric by Fiber, Weave, and Fire."
Lastly, a little preview of what's in the works. We're going to be publishing a selection of our old podcast episodes to Youtube, to continue to promote our guest's voices and expand the reach of their messages. We're planning to release one each month. There is also a stays fitting video coming down the pipe along with a new 1760s dressing demo.
We hope you'll like what's coming up! Thank you again for subscribing.
--Lauren

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hi Lovelies -
We're nearing the end of our second season of podcasts. Next week is our last episode! That being said, I'm going to post our top season 1 pods, featuring Cheyney McKnight, Dandy Wellington, Zack Pinsent, and Samantha McCarty, here on Youtube over the remainder of this year so that the voices of these amazing creators, researchers, makers, and historians may reach a broader audience.

We have a few more type of vids coming as well - some dress analytics and dressing videos, stay-fitting, and a lot more shoe stuff, naturally. As always, thank you for watching!

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Just a quick announcement, friends - we will not have a video release this week (Thursday). We're taking a break, but plan to be back next Thursday, June 11th.

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hi folks! This week we have a fresh new podcast for you - Bustles with Chrissy! This one is definitely best in video form because we show a lot of what she's talking about. Hope you enjoy it!

Coming up on Thursday is #GigotGirlGang vs. CAMELS (yes, really). It's dorky, but we had fun making it, so we hope you enjoy it.

Next week we'll be taking a break on the Monday podcast. This is so we can focus on some juicy, juicy content coming up next. Podcasts will resume in a couple week's time every other *Thursday* (our regular release day) until the end of our podcast season.

Thanks as always for tuning in. We hope to surprise and delight you with upcoming videos. <3

--Lauren

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hi folks! Coming up this week we have a new Podcast episode on Monday and a Shoe Care 101 video on Thursday.


The podcast episode is with Cynthia Settje of Redthreaded and we talk a bit about small costuming business during the pandemic.

The Shoe Care 101 video stars Nicole, shoe master extraordinaire, and is a very handy how-to for cleaning, polishing, sealing, and generally keeping your leather and suede shoes in top-condition. We hope you like it!

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hi folks! I know it's short notice but I (Lauren) am doing 1770s hair for a new video to shoot this afternoon and I thought it would be good to do a livecast of the hair-doings.

I will be going live at 12 noon PDT and we'll talk about hair pieces and stuff.

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hey everyone! We have lots of new content in the pipe, from more podcasts (with pictures), to shoe care, 18th century stays fitting and getting dressed, Gigot Girl Gang antics, and a few new surprises too. We're trying to put out at least one video a week, if not two, and we hope you like what we're serving up!


Coming this Thursday, April 23, Lauren's weird and possibly off-color new series....

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hi everyone! Lauren will be going live on **Monday, April 13th at 10 am PDT** to talk about Covid-19, small business, and how we've been affected. If you have questions, you'll be able to ask them in the comments box during the live session. You can also post them on this update or in the video comments section after the live session ends.

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American Duchess
Posted 4 years ago

Hey everyone! We have a whole bunch of new content locked and loaded to release here on Youtube in the coming days and weeks.


There are podcasts, now with video (and images!), sew-alongs, costume analytics posts, new Gigot Girl Gangs, and more! We're really stoked to have all this to share, and we hope you enjoy it too. Thank you again for subscribing!

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