Thursday 13 May 2010

VINTAGE GOLD!

UMI & Co. Vintage and Crabbie's Alchololic Ginger Beer provided the second instalment Grand Vintage Ball & Vintage Attire Pageant at the Rivoli Ballroom on Saturday May 8 May.
Vintage purists mixed with dressed-up dabblers for an evening of retro fun and frolics, offering a welcome respite from an otherwise serious week for our United Kingdom.

Retro revellers danced the night away to music from the 20’s to the 80’s and entered the Vintage Attire Pageant for their chance to be crowned Best In Show. The Greta Garbo inspired young lady was a real contender for the vintage crown, but was pipped to the post by a dapper English gent and a curvaceous Rockabilly Queen.

The Brockley Ukulele Group, refreshed retro favourites including Rawhide, Love Shack and Coolio's Gangster’s Paradise , whilst Jonny Demonique infamous tattoo shack offered nautical inspired works of art and Miss Amy Gwatkin’s legendary vintage photo booth captured the nights most gorgeous revellers.

Alex Adams, from Deptford who won the best outfit category said: I’ve had a fantastic night!
I’ve had this polka dot frock for ages, but never have an occasion to wear it. I’ve got quite a few vintage outfits in my wardrobe so I’ll be back to defend my title at the next vintage ball!

No matter what the ballots say we are comforted to know that our fine shores will survive just fine with such an emboldened celebration of all that is great and good from bygone days.
Blue? Red? Yellow? Hang the future we say! For now our vote will always be vintage gold!

Monday 10 May 2010

THE GRAND VINTAGE BALL & VINTAGE ATTIRE PAGEANT PART 2 - AMAZING!


A big thank you to all that attended the ball on Saturday night. It was amazing and you were all fabulous, just fabulous! I was doing a lot of running around and only allocated 17 minutes to enjoy myself, but I actually had 24 minutes of unadulterated fun!

Wednesday 5 May 2010

DID YOU HEAR ME ON BBC LONDON RADIO TALKING ABOUT THE GRAND VINTAGE BALL?

I went on the internets and found the link to my BBC London Radio interview about the Grand Vintage Ball & Vintage Attire Pageant this Saturday. How many times did I say fabulous?!http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p007j6ml/Saturday_Breakfast_01_05_2010/

Tuesday 4 May 2010

WE LOVE THE BROCKLEY UKULELE GROUP!

For those of you who don't know, the Brockley Ukulele is a refuge for closet ukulele players in Brockley and the surrounding area.

They're currently running tings on the uke-cover, comedy-folk suburban-core music scene of London. They meet, jam and perform regularly with an ever-changing line-up and an ever-increasing repertoire, so you'll never see the same set twice!

See them live at the Grand Vintage Ball this Saturday. My favourites: Rawhide and Daft Punk's Stronger - amazing!