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Why I Wear Vintage

Hello *waves* personal blog time, of sorts. If I had a pound every time I have been asked why I wear vintage rather than sticking to mainstream fashions and trends I wouldn’t be having to eBay half of my wardrobe this summer (actually this is no biggie. I need SPACE) Recently with the round of book interviews, I have given this a bit more thought. I’m getting philosophical in my old age. I’ve summed it up in three main points

No 1 BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

Yes it does. I don’t do this for anyone other than me. 99% of my friends are the same. This is probably why most of us are single (jokes ladies!) On the aesthetic side it can be elegant and lady-like or it can be brash, pop-ish and fun.  It’s always creative. Personally these days I embrace both.  I dress according to my moods. This summer I can’t get enough of my white peg leg 90’s jeans with fluo green and yellow perfume bottle motif, but I will still be dressing as a 50’s beach babe at every opportunity (COME ON SUN!). Shopping is much more of a pleasure, there is ALWAYS the adrenaline buzz that comes with discovery at the right price.  I like wearing clothes that no one else has. It gives me a kick. In the background there is also a community with camaraderie, and a mutual understanding of what makes us tick. It’s like a secret handshake, only really it’s a nod of appreciation instead. People I have met who love their old clothes will always be happy to talk about them to a fellow enthusiast. I have met less than 5 people who were utterly horrendous, boorish snobs.  Vintage is always an investment. High street is rarely. I enjoy the escapism, the fantasy. It pulls me out of lows, enhances the highs. I have always been attractive to ‘different’. My first and longest love was thanks to a masculine and liberal application of eyeliner and silver nail varnish. As a young child I loved dressing up in my mother’s feather trimmed dresses and 80’s body con cast offs. I had a pink fake fur coat and used to wear it with a white swimming costume adorned with a giant gold star I pinched from the Christmas tree (I was 7, and faintly precocious). In my teens I secretly swanned around in my grandmothers 30’s bias cut evening gowns. As far as I can remember extraordinary clothes have always made me feel warm, and oddly safe. This is why I chose to become a personal shopper. Nothing pleases me more than someone else experiencing that tingle. I always try and guide my clients via informed choices, not dictate what they should buy. Otherwise the magic is lost.

No2 BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE PRESSURE (…..and maybe a bit of rebellion)

Here is where I dig out the tiny violin. I spent most of my formative years trying to fit in. I went to 6 schools in 3 countries and the only survival technique was to identify as quickly as possible how to seamlessly blend in with the crowd you wanted to be part off. This meant you got invited to parties and picked at games. If you were in the right group boys paid attention. This may have led to a small nervous breakdown aged 24 when I realised I had continued to do this well into adulthood and had no idea who I was as a person. It was always a competition to see who had managed to infiltrate as much Moschino or Calvin Klein into their school uniform. I remember girls reeling off lists of what designer items they owned like it was some roll call of achievement, and they weren’t even the embassy kids or heiresses (my brother was too busy chatting them up). My mother, having been brought up by ‘Vintage’ gran on a spartan but forward thinking diet of cast offs that were second hand many owners ago, was having none of it. The most I got was Kookai, Caterpillar and Morgan (this was early 90’s France I hasten to add) There is nothing lamer than being made to feel inadequate because of your clothes. Yes, these days I am seduced by designer vintage but if you are buying diffusion brand t-shirts at £70 a pop, at any age, you should really wake up and smell the sweat shop. I still remember those school days with a shudder of horror.

No3 BECAUSE I CAN.

Here is why I may get a bit preachy, I think we should all just shut up and let each other get on with it. Seriously, can we please do that?  Women are being attacked with acid for supposedly being too ‘vain’ and young men are being rounded up and killed in Syria due to the link between western trends and homosexuality. We don’t all have the freedom of choice. We do though, and it’s for exactly this reason that I respect any kind of look. I don’t like bitching about anyone. Each to their own. Recently the facebook page of a well known festival posted a picture of a group of ladies at Aintree with a searing caption. Wouldn’t they look better if they attended their event and wore vintage? Fnarr  fnarr, aren’t we better than everyone else? Well no, actually. This kind of attitude gives vintage a bad name. Quite rightly, it experienced a back lash. You know those Aintree gals? Kudos to them for putting it out there. It may not be to my taste but I respect their decisions. Live and let live. Funnily enough there have long been murmurs that the only difference between that look and a vintage one is a paler foundation and a redder lipstick. Fake eyelashes, fake nails? Tick, tick. Scouse brow? We have been doing that for ages….. probably nicked it off the Cholas and their sharpie pen brows. Ditto to the hipsters, or any kind of music related fashion sub genre. In fact anyone who dresses to please themselves should be left alone.

Is there warrant for critique and mild snobbery? Sometimes. Another badly styled Daily Mail article proclaiming Rihanna to be dressed in a 40’s style when it’s nothing of the sort makes everyone’s teeth grind. I have the utmost respect for those who can pull together a 100% original era specific look and at some events that is de rigour. Vintage may be about dressing fancy but it’s not about fancy dress. Wearing a joke shop afro or stick on ‘tach aint going to cut the mustard anywhere. Those who spend so long getting it just right deserve respect (I certainly do not have the skill or dedication). There is also a need to weed out the opportunists trying to flog Primark as vintage.  Overall I very rarely see this in an unjustified capacity.

There are a million other reasons why people chose this path. I’ve known people who wear vintage for the ecological benefit, because of a fetish or to keep a family connection alive.  Feel free to tell me yours in the comments.

 

Isle of Wight Part 1

Sometimes a girl just needs to get out of town.  Not long after my book launch party I took the somewhat spur of the moment decision to go to what we know here as ‘The Island’. That’s the Isle of Wight to everyone outside of Pompey. I had long know about Vintage Vacations so I emailed owner Helen and the next day I was on the ferry to the rather large land mass that I can see every day from my kitchen window.

I’m sounding like a complete grockle here but I genuinely had no idea how ‘old’ it was. I figured it was possibly a bit like Portsmouth but with a few more hills and farms. It was positively prehistoric. It reminded me of one of my favourite films, The Others. I was amazed, and instantly addicted.  Old + sea + walking + no internet+ sleep = happy me.

These were all taken at around 5.30pm in Bonchurch, near to where I was staying in Ventnor. It was deathly quiet and I was the only person walking around. Most of it is 11th – 13th century.  Heaven.

*Part two contains a bit more nature, but lots of vintage and a 50′s holiday home.

 

 

 

The Broken Hearts Need You

 
 
I’ve long maintained that making it by yourself in your own sphere is fairly contingent on a bit of support. That’s exactly how I managed. One something good happens to like minded friends then I like give back a little where possible.
 
Amber and Nisha, aka, the Broken Hearts have been a staple of the East London scene since I can remember. I’m sure I met them when back in the day when part of my job involved auditioning Burlesque dancers at Bethnal Green WMC, when they were the resident DJs. Fast-forward a few years and they have toured the world and have their own radio show on Jazz FM.
 
A bit more about that here:
 
On making their Jazz FM debut, Peppermint Candy hosted by the Broken Hearts was given a rave review by The Guardian, dubbed “Warm hosts who know their stuff” and labelled “A cool swing music show hosted by two vintage style icons that will shatter your expectations of jazz radio”. The Broken Hearts’ eclectic interests are reflected throughout the programme which has included topics as diverse as the Zoot Suit Riots, Oriental Foxtrot and the enduring 1920s influence on current fashion A varied roster of guests has joined Broken Hearts in the studio, from electro-swing pioneers The Correspondents to TV chef Gizzi Erskine. Swing-punk sweethearts the Puppini Sisters, Oscar-winning costume designer Janty Yates and sibling act Kitty, Daisy and Lewis.
They were featured on BBC Radio 2′s ‘Swinging at the Savoy’ documentary and they were selected by Sky Arts to provide the socio-musical back story of swing, recorded at Jazz FM for Shaun Ryder in the series “First Love”.
 
Anyway…they have been nominated for an award and its one I think they fully deserve.  I don’t know anyone else who seamlessly blends fashion and music in the way that they do. Yes I get serious hair envy anytime I see them and they get to travel to far more exciting places than me but I adore these chicks and fully hope you vote for them as well.
 
The voting for the Rising Star Award ends on April 30th and you can vote here: http://risingstar.sony.co.uk/. It’s the only people’s choice award so every vote counts!

Victorious Vintage at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

A Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Love Southsea, The Boutique Market and Little Johnny Russells collaboration

 

Victorious Vintage at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

A New Event to Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee

2nd June – 3rd June 2012 – 10am-10pm

 

Dodgy and The Lightning Seeds are to headline the UK’s largest free vintage and music event to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard this summer – never before has there been such an event in such an important location, which the Queen herself has visited on numerous occasions!

 

Victorious Vintage is a brand new event which will put Portsmouth firmly on the map. It will take place over the Jubilee Weekend on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of June 2012, to take advantage of the extra bank holiday and half-term.

 

An array of beautiful vintage stalls selling everything from frocks to collectables will set the scene as visitors enter the Historic Dockyard.

 

The Vintage Salon by LeKeux Events will be on hand for vintage make-overs, offering everything from victory rolls to perfect red lips from just £5 – because your beauty is their duty!

 

Plus, as a reward to those who come turned out in their finest, the roaming Best Dressed team will be handing out prizes during the day.

 

Revellers won’t fail to be mesmorised by 40’s starlet Annie Andrews, the actress, pin-up, dancer and vocalist who will be performing at the event, as well as local dance troops performing a Land Girls show and the timeless Charleston.

 

Music will be a key theme of the event with a main headline act each evening, bands throughout the day on the main stage and a smaller acoustic stage – headliners include Dodgy and Mark Morriss from the Bluetones on Saturday and The Lightning Seeds, The Bog Rolling Stones and The Silver Beatles on Sunday, plus other well-known bands from the region across the weekend[i]. All this will be taking place with the unique backdrop of HMS Victory.

 

Memories will be invoked of the smell of popcorn, the taste of kisses on the back row and the involuntary tear-jerk moment as Action Stations Cinema will be showing timeless classics from 10am-6pm (an additional charge of £5).

 

For those wanting something more retro than vintage, why not relive teenage dreams of being immortal with the new Laser Quest at Action Stations that will stay open until 10pm each night (an additional charge of £5).

 

Entry onto the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard site will be free from 10am-10pm (standard ticketing to attractions will still apply).

Vintage Nation (Brighton)

 

An affordable, exciting one-day event, Vintage Nation will take over Brighton Racecourse on Saturday 9th June.  Incorporating entertainment, live acts and two vintage marketplaces, the event looks set to be a mecca for fashion fans, vintage enthusiasts, families and cash-strapped revellers from all over the UK. The organisers are the founders of the UK’s largest vintage marketplace, Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair.

Setting-up shop for only one day, the exterior of the Racecourse will be transformed; vendors in their vintage vehicles will be selling food from around the globe. A man-made beach, featuring deck-chairs and umbrellas offers the ideal space to relax. From affordable drinks on the Crabbies green to our very own vintage car show, a whole host of activities are on offer.

Indoors at the Racecourse, we are offering a vintage shopper’s dream; two vintage marketplaces showcase fashion, furniture and accessories from the 1920s and on; traders handpicked from all over the UK offer discounts, savings and tips. Two giant music rooms will play hits from throughout the years, with our specially-curated ‘Decades’ room playing a new era every hour. From rock and roll to Vaudeville, burlesque to live acts, you will never be short of something to do, whatever the era you’re into.

Fusing vintage with gastronomy, food and drink take pride of place; take a three-course dinner in our vintage diner, sup a G&T in the speak-easy or overlook the sea from the champagne terrace [with ample bubbly in hand!] From fish and chips to raspberry ripple, no taste is left untouched. A feast for the eyes [as well as the belly!] – that’s what we’re all about.

In addition to food, music and retail therapy, beauty takes centre stage in an area curated by Hairport. Featured in the Observer as the beauty ones-to-watch, the team will be dishing out victory rolls and lippie as well as tutorials and tips for getting old-world glamour just right.

Describing her decision to host the event, fair founder and former celebrity stylist Judy Berger quotes that a love of Brighton and the current climate drove her to the decision; “several years ago, the public had the pick of how they spent their summer,” adds Judy, “but now with a yo-yoing economy and the higher cost of living, a holiday can seem unacceptable. Founding events with affordability at their core, we wanted to do something special.” Featuring transparent pricing, all listed online, Vintage Nation looks set to do this. “We all love Brighton,” Judy remarks, “and couldn’t think of a more suitable city; fun-loving, fashion-forward, family-orientated and friendly  – the perfect seaside setting to launch summer 2012.”

Vintage Nation

Saturday 9th June 2012

Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, BN2 9XZ

Open: 10:00 – 23:00

Pricing:   10 – 18: £5   Adult: £10    Family [up to 3 children] £25 [kids under 10 go free]

 

www.vintagenation.co.uk

One Man Two Governors.

I must confess I very rarely go the theatre. I have a slight attention span problem. I also have a morbid fear of ‘prescribed comedy’. So, combine the two and I will usually recoil in horror. Chuck in some enthusiastic musical element and I generally am gone before you can say ‘Jazz Hands’. I’m no cultural philistine. I’ve read Camus, (en français). It’s just the way I am. I must admit I thought ‘what am I doing?’ when I accepted an invite to go and see One Man Two Governors a few weeks ago. I was undergoing a detox at the time and was seeking light distraction. Plus it meant I got to hang out with Fleur and Laura. I figured if it was rubbish I could fall alseep.

I went. I enjoyed. I would recommend. Yes, here is the clichéd part where I go ‘ I was pleasantly surprised, I loved it!’. I really did.

Here is the skinny:

‘Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother – who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a job with one Stanley Stubbers – but to prevent discovery, he must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.’

My attention span issues where catered for with musical interludes from the rather easy on the eye in-house band The Craze, who oddly don’t look at all like they do on their website. Am I missing something?

I am hard to please comedy – wise and the initial jokes felt a little weak, but it gets clever. The laughs are built around the character development and at points I was crying with laughter. There are also a few points in the show where the unexpected happens and you have no idea if it was meant to be that way or not. I have never encountered this before, and at some points it was truly shocking. I like shocking.

The show is feted for James Corden’s role as Francis Henshall  but I have a sneaky feeling that replacement Owain Arthur does it better.  Ben Mansfield is excellent as the chappist Stanley Stubbers who pulls it off without being too slapstick. The main accolade goes to the lesser role of  the ‘actor boyfriend’. This character had all 3 of us in tears, as he appeared to be composed of small parts of notable ex boyfriends.

I didn’t fidget or look at Twitter at all during the 2.5h performance.  That’s as good an endorsement as I can give.

Currently on at London’s Haymarket.

 

 

 

 

 

Retro Festival

 

There is a hot vintage festival kid on the block called Retro Festival. The line up has been announced and tickets are now on sale. The event will be held at White Waltham Airfield, Berkshire from 10 – 12 August 2012.

Previously known as The Royal Berkshire Festival of Wings, Wheels, Speed & Steam and now in its 6th year, the 3 day event is set to be the biggest and best yet! It promises an authentic experience including THREE live music and entertainment stages, some of the very best acts in UK vintage and Rock n Roll, hundreds of classic and vintage cars, caravans, military vehicles and steam engines, live flying displays and The Wall of Death.

There will be a large selection of vintage traders and brands selling some of the very best the UK has to offer in vintage and Rock n Roll clothing and home wear, craft sellers, artisans and local produce sellers. For those who want to fully immerse themselves in the experience there will be glamping and camping, including a huge vintage beauty salon and barbershop to maintain the glam and polished look, and a family fun day with lots to entertain the children.

Retro Festival 2012 is the authentic UK vintage, rock n roll and rockabilly music, motors and fashion festival and attracts a wonderful mix of vintage lovers, forties enthusiasts, rockabilly’s, mods, hepcats, lindy hoppers, boppers, and jivers as well as the general public and hundreds of classic and vintage automobile owners and enthusiasts. There will be something for everyone – in recent years there has been a tangible mainstream shift towards vintage, with people from all walks of life consciously embracing a “make do & mend” lifestyle due to factors including the mood for austerity and the creation of high profile vintage festival by designers Wayne & Geraldine Hemingway. It shows no signs of abating.

Musical line up.

There will be three stages including the Scarlet Ballroom, a huge temporary pavilion Ballroom that will be created especially for the festival and will transport the audience to a 1930s Shanghai Ballroom complete with chandeliers, cocktails, big bands, burlesque, comedy and dancing. It will give festival goers the chance to dress in their black tie finest within a festival.

There will also be a homage to the “Ricky Tick“, the famous and influential 1960s rhythm & blues club which was host to many culturally important acts such as The Rolling Stones, and The Who. Each stage will feature a full line up of exciting acts over 3 days and 2 nights with music that has been carefully selected and curated by experts in this area including Molly Marriott, daughter of Steve Marriott of The Small Faces and Martin Fuggles one of the original “Ricky Tick” DJ’s. Martin played vinyl at The Golden Piano which will be remembered by Ricky Tick Fans as the place where the Dj’s set up their decks. The line up includes Chris Farlow, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band and Simon Townshend.

The Black Hangar stage promises a truly MONSTER line up, offering some of the best Rock N Roll the UK has to offer and will be running all day every day!

Friday Night kicks off with The Jim Jones Revue as our headliners, a cross between Jerry Lee Lewis and Marilyn Manson. Living legends and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Jets, those crazy young rockabilly upstarts The Ceazars and the fast and dirty sounds of Jack Rabbit Slim.

Saturday night features headliner Big Boy Bloater and the Limits, up and coming vintage music star of the future Si Cranstoun, gorgeous young things The Lady Killers, Jake Allen, Derriere, and the coolest Johnny Cash tribute on our shores, Cash.

Sunday and the stage lights up with Greggy G, Berni Woods and the Forest Fires,  Rock n Roll DJ’s, dance displays and the Retro Festival’s first ever annual “ Battle of the best Amateur UK Elvis” competition.

The organizers are delighted to be able to announce the line up to date but more artists will be revealed in the run up to the event, so fans are advised to follow Retro Festival on Facebook and check the website for more details www.retrofestival.co.uk

Tickets are on sale now and are priced at £50 for weekend adult, £34 for young adults between 12-16 years.  A family camping pitch costs only £30 for up to 6 people and glamping in a luxurious bell tent is also available.

Children, up to and including 11 years old, go free and day tickets are also available.

Day and evening tickets are also available.

Sadie Boon, Creative Director for the festival said, “What I’m most looking forward to is our audience experiencing the very heart of vintage and retro culture created for them by a team who live and love the lifestyle. I am extremely excited to be able to say that there is no other vintage or retro event in the UK that offers such a current and relevant musical line up. Amongst our acts are some of the freshest most up and coming vintage and retro acts on the planet! It only takes a moment to see we are putting on a truly amazing show for the audience, from our monster line up of bands and acts, hundreds of vintage and classic autos, huge Retro Market with catwalk shows and live demo’s, to the stages which are being painstakingly created including the famous Ricky Tic nightclub and a 1930s Shanghai Ballroom. And all at an incredibly reasonable ticket price.

Retro Festival focuses on the very HEART of the vintage movement, we like to get our kicks pre ’66! Our passion is for the music, vehicles, lifestyle and fashion of the vintage revival and we celebrate it with an almighty get together for the nostalgic hardcore and retro curious alike! We are very proud of our music line up, and are bringing some of the most important bands that currently represent the vintage and retro music scene in the UK.”

The festival site, White Waltham Airfield has such a rich heritage and is in a fantastic position for easy access, situated just three miles from the M4 (J8/9) and six miles from the M40 (J4).”

Festival of Vintage in York

There’s no time like the past as Discover Vintage presents the Festival of Vintage in York

 

Get dressed up in favourite vintage attire and step back in time to revel in the glamour and allure of the magical golden era as Festival of Vintage celebrates the sights and the sounds of the 1930’s through to the 1960’s.

Taking place at York racecourse on the weekend of 28th and 29th April 2012, visitors can enjoy a full festival of activity featuring Music, Dance, Fashion & Home & More for a true 20th century vintage experience

From Swing to Rock & Roll the Festival of Vintage line up includes music from Sincerely Yours, Madeline Brown & The Polka Dots Lola Lamour, Jump Jive & Wail, and Samantha Hughes & The Groovediggers and there will be exclusive Gramophone DJ sets.

Take advantage of the free dance lessons including 1940s jive, triple time lindy hop, lindy Charleston, shim sham and jitterbug stroll. Watch fashion parades featuring timeless style throughout the decades or get pampered in the vintage beauty parlour.

Explore displays of classic vehicles or enjoy the Vintage Cinema, a new addition for 2012, featuring a collection of quirky news items, fascinating public information films and 8mm home movies to fill you with national pride!

Or come and relive the glory days and discover more about vintage clubs and enthusiasts, browse the collectors corner, a display of others vintage collections, and meet with vintage experts.

A collectors dream, the festival of vintage will also bring together over 100 dealers from across the UK, the showcasing the best of vintage Fashion, Ceramics, Textiles, Music, Toys, Furniture, Books & Magazines from the nostalgic time capsule of the 30’s, 40’s 50’s and 60’s

Finally, create your perfect vintage home with vintage styling advice, and take part in vintage crafts and make do and mend workshops.

I really love sharing my passion for vintage and I am very proud of the Festival of Vintage. Bringing the Vintage Music, Fashions and Lifestyles together under one roof is truly exciting and I just can’t wait to share it!’

Keeley Harris, founder, Discover Vintage

Hello, Bygones! Vintage and Retro Bash!

So a few months ago I took a little trip to Yeovil to go to a Vintage Fair curated by a friend of mine called Claire who is also a fellow 60s fan. And I am very pleased to announce it is back bigger than ever in April. Its going to be a corker I can tell you.

There will be 7 hours of Vintage loveliness going on as Hello, Bygones collaborates with Marry Me in Somerset on the 1st of April (no foolin’!) to bring you their Vintage and Retro Bash! The day will also be supporting a very worthy charity at The Yeovil Women’s Hospital.

So for the frankly measly price of £1.50, (yep thats right. One Pound and Fifty Pence!!) what do you get? Well, settle down and I shall begin…

The fair is set within the The Westlands Leisure Complex across 4 rooms and there will even be lots of fabulous pre-1980′s vehicles including Tina the Purple Cortina, Katy’s Campers and scrummy Scooters outside for you to have a nosey at.

Here is what you can expect to find inside. I recommend you plan ahead ladies (and gents)!

The Ballroom

There will be over 40 stalls of vintageness for your perusal and enjoyment of clothes, records, instruments, kitchenalia, jewellery, furniture, retro toy’s, cakes sweets plus lots more and throughout the day the stage will be host to DJ’s and 2 fashion shows. The first will show case clothes and accessories from Hello, Bygones! and the second from the Wedding Fair stall holders.
Expect to see The Path to Living History Group who are a 1940′s US GI’s re-enactment team, erm, reenacting?! Very interesting and really rather yummy!
LeKeux & The Vintage Salon will be there creating beautiful Vintage inspired make-overs including hair and make-up for all you lovely ladies (booking required).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  After your make-over, pop into the Retro Photo Studio where you’ll have the chance to go through the dressing up box, don your glad rags and have a fabulous Vintage style Photo Shoot with Unwin Photography (booking required).
And for the brave there is a 50′s style Tattoo Parlour (again, booking required).

And while you are in the Ballroom, why not take part in a few workshops that have been organised! There is only limited space so send an email to Claire if you would like to book yourself in, or give a lovely present to someone! Beginners welcome of course!

For £10 you can partake in the Bunting Workshop with Pica Pica
An hour and a half lesson learning basic sewing skills and create a string of bunting using beautiful vintage fabrics.

For £12 be creative with Vintage Fascinator Class with Gypsy Rose Upstyling.
In this workshop you will make a truly unique and beautiful fascinator hat, with a vintage twist, at a snip of the price of one from the shops! You will be guided through the creative process by bridal and accessory designer Lucy Fosh.
You will design your mini fascinator using a selection of retro style fabrics, ribbons, buttons, veiling and feathers and learn how to create a fabulous flower using an age old technique. Your fascinator will be attached to a hair band so will be suitable for all hair types. This lesson lasts an hour and half too.

For £15 there is the Vintage Rose Cupcake Workshop with Ice Maiden Cakes.
Come along for a hands-on practice and learn two different techniques for icing your cupcakes as well as how to use molds and embossers to make simple but effective vintage rose decorations. All materials, tools, and 6 cupcakes are included. The lesson lasts an hour and I expect you can eat your results!

So after all that, what’s next?

The Carling Suite & Wessex Suite

Marry Me in Somerset will be hosting a Vintage & Retro Wedding Fair throughout the two rooms and will be showing off their wedding dresses within the Fashion Show (in the Ballroom). If you want something a little different on your wedding day then you must come along, there will be over 40 stalls of wedding gorgeousness to buy or take inspiration from.

Phew! Now where can you go to relax?

Well, if you get in there quick enough the DVK Secret Supper Club will be hosting a Vintage/Retro themed lunch from 12-2pm in the Lounge Bar. DVK SC is actually Claire’s brainchild and although you may find imitators, this will always be the original and the best. Accept no substitutes!! (booking required and strongly recommended!)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   After your lovely lunch, settle yourself in a little visual treat of the Beatles Classic “A Hard Days Night”. From 3pm – 7pm the Lounge will be converted into a Cinema with a 12ft x 10ft screen, by Pop Up Cinema. So come and watch a 3pm or 5pm special screening . There will be a bar available with food, drinks, a Retro Sweet Shop and Vintage Pop-Corn Cart. (booking required)

There is also the Family Lounge which will be open to the public serving Sunday lunches and food from their Bar Menu. And whilst you take a load off there will be the Yeovil Live Stage provided by the local music, arts, and entertainment magazine Yeovil Live. Make sure you pop along and pick-up the latest issue for FREE.  From 10am till 3pm there will be some excellent live  entertainment in the form of Rock ‘n’ Roll band The Animal Urges,  Lindy Hop, Rock ‘n’ Roll & Swing Dancers, Bexi Owen (Jazz, Blues & Swing Singer), A Cigar Box Guitar Band, Burlesque Troupe AND a BBQ!

Wowzers. All for £1.50! You cant go wrong! Book yourself in for a few treats or just have a lovely day browsing. You wont regret it!

You can contact the lovely Claire for all the above here:
www.daisysvintagekitchen.co.uk
info@daisysvintagekitchen.co.uk
07984 225596

Here is a little visual treat of what is to come (click for the link)!

                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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