I’m really pleased with this one, taken by Vintography, who do our Vintage Photoshoot for our wonderful Vintage Hen Parties
You can book the vintage portrait photographer to come to your hen party when you choose Charleston Hen Party, Vintage Musicals Hen Party, Vintage Jewellry Making Hen Party, Singing Swinging Hen Party, or Vintage Life Drawing Hen Party.
I’ve heard they were the best dressed Charleston hen party yet (though they have tough competition), and they called themselves ‘Tallulah and the Tilly showgirls!’ and they had their party in Cheltenham this weekend.
This is one of my favourite pictures of them at their jazz age flapper finest, as the girl in front has on lovely cloche hat, fashion staple of the Roaring Twenties, . They also had a vintage photoshoot, so more pictures are coming soon….
Shimmy-lin x
More on our hen party travels, and on conquering the world through the medium of Charleston Dance (not to mention vintage hair and make up). A few shots from a marvellous hen party in Oxford. We really enjoyed this one (that is to say, me, Shimmy-Lin, and my quick snapping companion Cat Flapper, and the very sweet Kitty Kiss Curl who does our vintage photoshoots)! These girls really went for it in the Charleston dance class, even doing a little dance off at the end of their routine. How brave, for a first time! I hereby bestow them with flapper kudos! Now all they need is a few sheiks… I bet they found those out on the loose in Oxford later that evening….
Actually, these photos are a bit of a tease… We are hoping that they will let us post some of their vintage portraits. They were a true little bunch of starlets, in their ability to pose with panache!
Photography by Catherine Hadler
Ooh… I’m very excited that we’ve a booking for a new party package in Reading in July, for a group of hens. It’s a 1920s pop up tea dance especially for them (and I’m told that Mum and Gran will be at this one too, before the Bright Young Things go out for the evening!), complete with a little dapper jazzin’ about on piano (our pianist will play some good old 1920s tunes – jazz and dance classics such as Sweet Georgia Brown, Ain’t She Sweet, The Charleston, Black Bottom, and more…) Charleston dance class, and a pop up afternoon tea, at our very own old fashioned, shabby chic arts centre, the Rising Sun. We’ll be bringing down our gramophone and our bunting and our beaded lampshades and pulling out all the stops to make this a wonderful vintage summer party for them! Let’s hope this new crowd will make great flappers! There will of course, be a proper high tea in vintage china, with delicious pastries and cupcakes and bubbly, among other treats!
Who knows, I might even get some of our favourite male dancing leads along to lead them around the floor! Now that’s how to throw a 1920s party! This very same package is also available in Wallingford, Oxfordshire!
I find it hard, when I’m out and about, to resist buying things that have a bit of a 1920s feel…it’s a bit of an addiction. Well, at least they are often used, for our Vintage Photoshoots! There is of coure, a lot more in our Roaring Twenties and vintage dressing up box. These aren’t originals, but they’re fun and they have the right look and feel and are popular at the hen parties for a spot of Charleston dancing too.
Floral Feathered Fascinator
Pink beaded, tassled shawl
Beaded, tassled flapper handbag
It’s fairly easy to find 1920s style accessories if you spend enough time hanging round antique shops, charity shops and sales, and vintage fairs! You don’t have to spend a fortune buying originals, especially now that the vintage look has hit the high street. Just keep your eyes peeled! And look at books and online for original pieces and pictures of stars of stage and screen, for inspiration. I just watched Midnight in Paris, the Woody Allen film, and very much enjoyed the 1920s party scenes for the hair and costumes, not to mention the lovely Cole Porter song and piano numbers and the hot jazz band music.
More on accessories soon!
Hammersmith went vintage, 1920s to be precise, last Saturday. Our hens danced the Charleston, sipped afternoon tea with cakes and stawberries and pretty cakes, (they brought their own, but borrowed some pretty vintage china from us). Then we pampered them with vintage hair and make up, they dressed up in our Roaring Twenties fashion accessories, and we snapped them happy them in our Vintage Photoshoot! It was a marvellous old fashioned day out! Here is a preview of the pictures.
Photos by Catherine Hadler, Vintography
Here are some pictures from some of our hens, who organised a little Charleston afternoon tea in London! They had a Charleston dance class, followed by traditional vintage high tea, in our favourite shabby chic vintage cafe, Bettie Blythes! It’s flapper – tastic, jazz age, Roaring Twenties fun! Also available in Cheltenham, Oxford, Reading, Henley on Thames, Southampton, Portsmouth…
