Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

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Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess
Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Green), 9 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Meet Watson, the ideal Edwardian sporting boot. Based on original period examples, Watson features all-canvas uppers and linings, and a treaded rubber sole. Perfect for all-day wear, Watson is easy to break in, flexible, and extremely comfortable. Watson is fitted throughout the ankle, and has a relaxed ball-of-foot, an adjustable lace-up instep, and sports a 1 in/2.5 cm leather-wrapped heel. Watson shares a last with Rainey Boots, and is historically accurate to c. 1900-1920.

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Watson Women’s Edwardian Lace-Up Boots (ivory) 7 | Historical Footwear by American Duchess - Latest Collection

Alpen Retro Winter Booties are just the fashionable footwear you need for your winter vintage outfits. These booties are based on original Montgomery Ward overshoes, also known as galoshes, but are made as regular boots. These beautiful boots are cozy and practical for winter wear, with rubber soling.

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Alpen Women's Retro Winter Booties (Black) - 9

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Paris Women's Boots (Black) - 7

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots by Dandy Wellington x American Duchess

Step into the Rainey Lace-Up Boots, an everyday walking boot well-suited to any dandy wardrobe. Designed in collaboration with Dandy Wellington, these buttery-soft Balmoral boots feature a fitted ankle, relaxed ball of foot, and the Dandy logo stamp of sartorial approval on the heels. The Rainey is dedicated to the “Mother of the Blues” vocalist and bandleader Ma Rainey, a queer trailblazer who performed all over America influencing the likes of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith.

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Cordovan), 5 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

American Duchess Europe: Renoir Women's Victorian Button Boots (Brown)

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Historical and Vintage Boots – American Duchess

If you could only choose one boot for the broadest period of historic dress, the Larkspurs should be it! This faithful reproduction wool and leather bootie is accurate for a staggering 130+ years, from c. 1810 all the way through the 1930s. Advertised as warm and comfortable, practical, and even healthy and sanitary, advertisements for these wool felt and leather boots were a standard in catalogs from the 1890s well into the 1930s.

Rainey Women's Vintage Lace-Up Boots (Black), 12 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess

Larkspur Women's Wool/Leather Lace-Up Boots (Black/Black), 7.5 | Historically Accurate Footwear by American Duchess