Vintage Hen Party Planning Tips – ideas to make your hen do a hit!

Planning a vintage hen party? Whatever your era of choice, here are our top hen party planning tips to make your task as sister, bridesmaid or maid of honour a little less stresssssssed and a little more ‘on it like a scotch bonnet’! Use What’sApp or Facebook messenger to canvas…

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Rock Around the Clock lyrics, Bill Haley and the Comets

Follow the instructions in these lyrics for a fun Friday night, hens! One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock rock. Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock rock We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight. Put your glad rags on and join me hon’ We’ll…

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1920s hen party in London, Charleston dancing and tea!

A 1920s Charleston hen party in London who followed their flapper dance training with a lovely vintage tea party by our mobile baker. These girls were great fun, and they topped off the day with a vintage photoshoot. I’ll post more images in a later blog post! It was a…

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A marvellous vintage hen party photoshoot

These crazy cats were one of our favourite vintage hen party groups of all! They were such fun in the vintage photoshoot, and so up for it. The girls opted for a mixed era shoot, and after playing with our props and box of dressing up accessories, I think they…

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

Here’s a vintage hair and make up hen party with a difference. We had a simply super time with this group of hens who had a vintage makeover and photoshoot with vintage afternoon tea and vintage dress hire at a lovely National Trust property near Reading. We actually have a…

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A Vintage Etiquette Class with Auntie Maude!

This Charleston hen party in Cheltenham followed their dance class with a Vintage Etiquette Class 1920s style, deportment lessons under the strict guidance of Aunt Maude! Best dressed 1920s hen for March so far is the lady on the left! Look at that gorgeous beaded gown! Shimmy-lin approves! 1920s Charleston and…

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1940s Photoshoot Hen Party in our portable photo studio

…And now for some more glamorous moments from this summer, from a 1940s photoshoot in our portable photostudio. This was for a particularly lovely group of girls, for a hen party in Oxford this July. The Charleston Dance & Vintage Hen Parties team had a real treat with this one, it was…

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Unusual moments from the summer’s vintage hen parties no. 2: a mountain drive in a 1940s racing car!

We had such fun dressing up and shooting our 1940s hens for our first vintage hen party photoshoot with a vintage car, and 1940s hair and make up! It took place in Oxford this July. Our photographer certainly had a lark combining the styles of 1940s photography with modern photoshop fun and…

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