Fashion History with American Duchess Podcast
1) Episode 36: Interview with Michael Koropisz, Victorian Artist
In this episode we interview Michael Koropisz, an amazingly skilled portrait painter with a love of Victorian fashion. We wanted to get to know Michael a little better after he appeared in several onl...Show More
2) Episode 35: Designing American Duchess Shoes with Nicole Rudolph & Lauren Stowell
Designing historically-inspired footwear is trickier than you might think! Join Nicole Rudolph and Lauren Stowell as we have a behind the scenes chat about the process of designing and making American...Show More
Episode 35: Designing American Duchess Shoes with Nicole Rudolph & Lauren Stowell
42:38 | Jun 11th, 2020
3) Episode 34: Exploring Different Types of Victorian Bustles from the 1870s & 1880s
Victorian women wore bustles to enlarge their hips, bum, and to give them the fashionable shape, but did you know that there was more than just one type of bustle? In fact, there were loads of differe...Show More
Episode 34: Exploring Different Types of Victorian Bustles from the 1870s & 1880s
51:20 | May 11th, 2020
4) Episode 33: How Covid-19 & Small Costume Businesses (ft. Cynthia Settje of Redthreaded)
It's been almost 2 months since Covid-19 turned our world upside down. As small businesses, we've been struggling with what to do, how to move forward, pivoting, and trying to out-think a pandemic. ...Show More
5) Episode 32: Study British Royal Fashion History with Dr. Sally Tuckett
Want to study Fashion History for Free (!) - by joining FutureLearn's Course "A History of Royal Fashion" (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/royal-fashion) you'll be able to learn about British Roya...Show More
6) Episode 31: Examining Edwardian Clothes At GSA Archives with Dr. Robyne Calvert
In our last podcast episode, Lauren and Abby sat down with Dr. Robyne Calvert to discuss all things related to Artistic and Aesthetic Dress, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret MacDonald, the Glasgow ...Show More
Episode 31: Examining Edwardian Clothes At GSA Archives with Dr. Robyne Calvert
41:05 | Apr 20th, 2020
7) Episode 30: Artistic Dress & the Glasgow Style with Dr. Robyne Calvert (Part 1 of 2)
Welcome to Episode 30 of our Podcast! We have been waiting to release this episode for *months* (almost a year at this point!) - last summer, when we were in Scotland working on the Isabella MacTavish...Show More
8) Episode 29: Behind the Scenes of our Second Book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty
When we sat down to record our new season of podcasts, we realized we had made a terrible error - we had never, ever done a podcast about our second book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Be...Show More
9) Episode 28: Business Update: Royal Vintage is Merging into American Duchess
Welcome to a new season of the American Duchess Podcast! For our first episode of the season, we wanted to address some exciting changes that are underway at American Duchess. For years, we've been op...Show More
Episode 28: Business Update: Royal Vintage is Merging into American Duchess
17:57 | Mar 23rd, 2020
10) Episode 27: Historical Sewing and Victorian Dressmaking with Jennifer Rosbrugh
Last summer Abby (and eventually Lauren) got to sit down and have a lovely chat with the woman behind HistoricalSewing.com (http://historicalsewing.com) Jennifer Rosbrugh! Jennifer has been a figure...Show More
Episode 27: Historical Sewing and Victorian Dressmaking with Jennifer Rosbrugh
51:02 | Apr 9th, 2019