Boots, boots, boots!
28 February 2014 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nuranarSo yes, I really do like the new American Duchess boots, the "Nankeen." These are cloth boots, very commonly worn from 1800-1820. I've been longing for cloth boots so I can be just like the heroines of Georgette Heyer's books - they're all well-equipped with "jean" boots.
A famous pair of surviving original boots is trimmed with ribbon on the seams, and cute little bows.
This post is partially made as a giveaway contest winner... but honestly, I've been hoping for these for quite a long time, and I'll probably end up ordering them anyway. Footwear, like millinery, is something I am NOT talented at creating, although so many of you are. So I'd rather save for a close-to-perfect pair. It makes me happy. :)
I particularly like the slimmer ankle on these, compared even to the Hartfield, the American Duchess leather Regency boots.
A famous pair of surviving original boots is trimmed with ribbon on the seams, and cute little bows.
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| Source: Museum of London. Dated 1815. |
This post is partially made as a giveaway contest winner... but honestly, I've been hoping for these for quite a long time, and I'll probably end up ordering them anyway. Footwear, like millinery, is something I am NOT talented at creating, although so many of you are. So I'd rather save for a close-to-perfect pair. It makes me happy. :)