1920s party decor ideas

If you’re planning a 1920s party, hen party, tea dance, or even a low budget village hall wedding or dry hire 1920s wedding, what do you do for decor? We’ve been running Charleston Dance and Vintage Hen Parties since 2010, and so I’ve picked up a lot of roaring twenties…

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Where to buy the perfect 1920s style dress for your Gatsby or 1920s party

COVID 19 update – not off to a party? Check out our online Charleston dance classes Off to a 1920s party and wondering what the devil to wear? Or perhaps you’re going to a wedding and looking for something unusual, elegant and sparkly. Because our Charleston dancers are often out…

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Plastic free, low waste vintage party tips

  Princess Eugene and Jack Brooksbank had a plastic free wedding last Friday. It got me thinking that vintage hen parties provide natural opportunities to cut down on your use of plastic and the amount of waste that you create. After all, vintage is all about collecting treasures and beautiful…

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How to pose for 1920s photos at a hen party part 2 – showgirl style poses

If you’re at a 1920s hen party and you want some inspiration on how to pose for your photos, forget Instagram and Facebook style pouting, you want to get some wonderful, decadent 1920s showgirl style pictures to inspire you, and soon you’ll be in character like the best of  actors,…

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How to pose for 1920s style photos part one – with a long string of beads

We’ve spent a lot of time doing 1920s makeovers and photoshoots for our vintage hen parties, and other 1920s parties and events.  So I thought I’d write a few posts on what we found worked well when encouraging our hens and birthday party and Christmas party clients to pose for…

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And here’s the review from our Charleston dance class in Didcot, Oxfordshire…

A lovely review from a Charleston dance hen party in Oxford We had a fantastic time with Anna, such a lovely vibrant person. Anna made everyone feel involved even those in the group that could not actively participate and for those with less co-ordination feel like they were at resembling…

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Charleston Dance Oxford! A very debonair vintage hen party Charleston dance lesson!

Our latest flapper hen party group of flappers in training had a Charleston hen party in Oxford – well near Oxford, Charleston dance in Didcot to be precise, at the rather lovely dance studio there! They were after Charleston dance at home, or should I say at their holiday accommodation…

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1920s hairstyles guide – some of my favourites from our 1920s hen parties!

Here are some fantastic pictures of our 1920s hairstyles from our vintage hair and make up hen parties in Oxford, Cheltenham and London! Having the right hair do will really set off your 1920s costumes and add to your 1920s dressing up! If you have long hair that’s not too…

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A hen party Charleston dance class in Cheltenham

Here are some more photos of our hens learning to Charleston dance at our rather wonderful vintage hotel venue in Cheltenham! We do send our Charleston dance teachers far and wide. But this is one of our favourite venues where we hold our elegant 1920s hen party days out.  The…

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Elegant luxury vintage hen parties near Reading and Henley. A beautiful country house venue.

We are very excited to be working with a beautiful country house venue near Reading, and not far at all from Henley. I promised you some pictures and here they come! It’s an Elizabethan style country house rental with wonderful wood panelling, a beautiful long dining table and a swimming…

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