4 episodes
Fashion History with American Duchess American Duchess
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4.4 • 135 Ratings
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Join the American Duchess team as they discuss the wide array of topics and ideas behind all things related to fashion history. Interviews, discussions, reviews, shenanigans, and more!
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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 online articles, so we had a nice long chat about art, aesthetics, his history, his love of Victorian clothing, costume vs. clothes, art for art's sake, and more. We hope you enjoy this casual chat.
You can find Michael here:
Website - https://www.michaelkoropisz.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mr.koropisz/
Instagram - @michael_koropisz_artist
Also, don't forget to check out another fabulously-dressed gentleman, Dandy Wellington, who provides the music for our podcast - https://www.dandywellington.com/
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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 Duchess historical shoes.
From spec sheets and measurements to choosing leather and trying on samples, we go in depth with some of the process, challenges, and development of our old-fashioned footwear line. -
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 different types!
In this episode, we sat down with Christina DeAngelo (our beloved Operations Manager and all-around cool chick) to discuss her research into several different types of bustles that she's recreated over the years - from the Phantom Bustle to the Lotta, and everything in between (just not a tapioca bustle, Abby...🤣)
So, if you're interested in exploring the 1870s or 1880s bustle-era fashions, but are intimidated by the "Lobster Tail" Tonure bustle, you're going to love this episode!
LACMA Bustles:
https://collections.lacma.org/node/214157
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https://collections.lacma.org/node/206419
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Blog: http://blog.americanduchess
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/americanduchess
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/americanduchess1
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http://www.americanduchess.com
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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.
Featuring Cynthia of Redthreaded, this is a business-related episode, focused entirely on what we and Redthreaded have been doing to keep everything afloat while we isolate in our homes, and our costume-related events get canceled for 2020.
Quick thinking, acting fast, and pivoting are normal when you operate a small business, but none of us ever thought this would happen. After all, both American Duchess and Redthreaded were founded during the Recession. However, Lauren and Cynthia have been working tirelessly to keep everyone employed and their businesses operational during this time of crisis. Throughout this episode, we discuss the PPP loans, Paypal, other sources of funding, how we've changed our business operations, focusing on Youtube, the growth of Patreon (THANK YOU), and more. A little bit serious, a little bit lighthearted, if you want to know how some of your favorite small businesses are doing during the lock-down, sit back and have a listen.
Check out Redthreaded :
http://www.redthreaded.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoVgyEruqAMbaUixPGyI5HA
http://www.patreon.com/redthreaded
Get to know Dandy Wellington:
https://www.youtube.com/user/indiglonyc
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http://www.patreon.com/DandyWellington
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Get social with us!
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/americanduchess
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanDuchess
Blog: http://blog.americanduchess
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/americanduchess
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/americanduchess1
Shop our Website:
http://www.americanduchess.com
Don't forget to subscribe! ❤
Customer Reviews
Lots of range
I appreciate the wide variety of topics that still have a clear theme and purpose. I love the guests on the show, lots of whom are familiar names in the costuming world. 4 stars instead of five due to the inconsistency with which they release their episodes. I don’t mind them being infrequent, I know these things take time! But it would be nice to have a once a month date to rely on it coming out.
Want to like it more
I love the subject matter and I love the guests. I also love Abby Cox on her own podcasts after 2020, but the early episodes of her obnoxious comments taking over the air time and interjecting and railroading the guests is painful to listen to. So many graceful people and conversations smashed like a bull in a China cabinet. It’s sad. A simple turning down of her mic would help, but her unfiltered -ness kills me. Just immature. I had to listen twice to get past the cringeworthy parts that distracted from the topics.
Sad about wait
Will you be making more episodes I am sad about waiting half a year