A fabulous mixed era, 1920s and 1940s vintage hen party near Reading!

These hens love vintage so much, they didn’t have one favourite era and so it was decided; why not have looks from both the 1920s and the 1940s, what a wonderful idea! A true vintage day out, these lovely ladies enjoyed afternoon tea whilst having vintage makeovers  and a fantastic…

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

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 Hen Parties at Basildon Park in Berkshire, near Reading. This is set to be one of our favourite and most decadent vintage hen party…

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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…

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A new vintage portrait photo

Trying out the vintage portrait photo studio! We are using this for 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. Image copyright Creative Commercial Photography.

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Oxford 1920s hen party – I say, how very vintage stylish!

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…

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1920s hen party in London – new pics

Hammersmith went vintage, 1920s to be precise, last Saturday. Our hens danced the Charleston dance, 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 1920s hair and make up, they dressed up in…

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Vintage Makeovers in 1940s, 1950s and 1960s style! Great for hen parties…

Here are some more examples of vintage fashion styling by our vintage photographer and hairstylist, make up artist. You can have a vintage photoshoot like this for your hen party, and a vintage hair and make up workshop to show you how to do some of these styles for yourself or…

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Vintage Wedding Fair

Here’s some wonderful pictures from the vintage wedding fair. You can have a wonderful Vintage Photoshoot Hen Party with us, in 1920s Vintage Portrait Photography style. These photos were taken at our demo exhibition stall at the wedding fair. The wonderful Marjorie Belles, who sang at the wedding fair Vintage Photoshoot hen…

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Diary of a Charlestonite

I’ve had a great year teaching hen parties, first wedding dance and sending our dancers for vintage events. Here’s some pictures: Crazy partner dancing at the Vaudeville Rave. This is a marvellous dancer called Daniel Jazz. He can spin round at lightning speed and mixes in crazy acrobatics with jazz…

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