New pictures from a vintage hair and make up hen party!

Komal and friends had mixed era vintage hen party mini-makeovers with us, and were kind enough to send us the pictures! The hens had; 1920s and 1930s hairstyles, 1940s victory rolls and lovely 1950s updos! Thanks girls for sending in the pictures!

1920s hair and make up

We love this 1940s look with symetrical victory rolls, looks great with long hair!

Before our make overs!

After a lovely 1950s up-do!

The same lady showing off her fabulous victory rolls and long eyelashes!

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Pleased to launch A Great Gatsby themed 1920s Hen Party!

Charleston Dance in the Garden Room

To celebrate the launch of Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, Charleston Dance & Vintage Hen Parties is pleased to announce our new 1920s Day Out at Basildon Park in Berkshire, near Reading. This is set to be one of our favourite and most decadent vintage hen party experiences on offer!

Dancing the Charleston in a stately home, well I never!

Ever fancied dancing in a glorious stately home? Looking for a more elegant hen party idea? Well now you can, in this unique Roaring Twenties Day Out in a Georgian Mansion. Start your day with our 1920s Charleston dance class in the eccentric Garden Room. Follow this with a relaxing Champagne Afternoon Tea, seated under a chandelier in the marvellous Drawing Room. You can also book our pianist to play wonderful 1920s jazz and other songs of the era.

Afternoon tea on vintage china

1920s piano playing

1920s hair and make up

You’ll have 1920s Style hair and make up in our vintage mini-makeovers, and then a 1920s photoshoot with a specialist vintage photographer, complete with props and accessories.

1920′s photoshoot

1920s show girls!

How’s that for a hen party with a difference? You really will feel like the cast of the Great Gatsby!

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1950s Hen Parties at Basildon Park!

I’m so excited about our new 1950s hen party packages at Basildon Park! Have 1950s makeovers, a glamorous, voguish 1950s photoshoot, and champagne afternoon tea in vintage china.

All in this fantastic country house venue – a Georgian mansion which saw many wonderful parties hosted by the Iliffe family in the 1950s. It really is in the spirit of the history of Basildon Park to have a glamorous 1950s day out there! More photos coming soon!

A Vintage Photoshoot in London – a mixed era hen party!

A 1920s style portrait.

I’m really excited by the fantastic pictures from one of latest vintage hen parties! These ladies had a vintage photoshoot and a vintage dance class! They weren’t sure what dance routine they wanted to do, so they opted for a mixed 1920s-1940s dance class! Their dance routine started off with some Charleston and moved into a little lindy and swing! It made for a bit of hard work, but those hens did themselves proud! I’m proud of our vintage photographer‘s mixed era shoot! What a confident bunch of ladies, too! Our photoshoot can be booked for birthday and Christmas parties too!

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Champagne and satin!

A cheeky pin-up pose! Complete with conductor’s hat!

And now back to the 1920s photography

Let’s Charleston dance like we’re in the 1920s… hang on, is that  1940s jazz step? Or 1930s??

Aha! The circa 1930s-1940s again! Let’s lindy hop!

All photos by Catherine Hadler, copyright and all rights reserved. Event by Vintage Hen Parties

A 1920s hen party – photos continued from last post!

I love the vintage photography from this 1920s hen party so much, that I thought I’d share some more of these lovely vintage pictures in a second blog post, so you can see the outcome of their 1920s makeover, and some pictures of their Charleston dance class. Visit the website for more information about hen parties in London – why not have a 1920s Christmas party?

1920s portrait photography, this lady had a vintage makeover before her photo was taken. Beautiful!

1920s hair and make up – the vintage transformation in process! The hens were pampered during their afternoon tea!

Vintage afternoon tea and afternoon chatter -nothing changes throughout the eras, chatter-wise!

Another gorgeous 1920s portrait

1920s afternoon tea, with noughties technology!

More lovely 1920s hair and make up!

All photos to here copyright Catherine Hadler

The Charleston dance class in action! Flapper-in-training!

Our latest 1920s Hen Party Day Out!

Our latest group of flappers had a whale of a Roaring Twenties time for their hen party – a complete 1920s Day Out in London. These ladies had a wonderful afternoon tea, vintage makeovers – that’s hair and make up in 1920s style, a Charleston Dance class, and a vintage photoshoot. And I think you’ll agree that our vintage photographer really made them look stunning, and achieve a very authentic 1920s portrait photography style. Have a look at our facebook page for more images.

Wonderful 1920s hair and make up

A vintage portrait photograph for two!

Delicious afternoon tea

My dear, all these parties are just so tiring… allow me to lounge a while…

All photography copyright Catherine Hadler, all rights reserved. Event by Vintage Hen Parties

Look good feel good, vintage event in Wallingford

(image copyright Catherine Hadler all rights reserved)

Our friends Vintage Vogue Couture are holding a marvellous evening of stylish fun on Thursday 6th September in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, from 6.00-9.00pm! You can have vintage hair and make up, photos by Kevin, tea and cake by the lovely girls in the Lamb Cafe, and even tarot readings! It will be in the Lamb Arcade – which is a marvellous aladdin cave of an antiques emporium well worth a rummage – you’ll find plenty of unusual gems there!

I love vintage vogue – they have dressed and hired clothing to our hens for our hen party photoshoots and 1940s and 1920s dance classes! The pictures are from a 1940s hen party in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Paula has great taste in clothes you can make some great finds in hats, dresses gloves, shoes and jewellry in her shop.