Hello my darlings, how has your new journey into
2014 been so far? Though mine has been filled with a few unexpected surprises and a little busy, I am still quite excited for the year to unfold...and of course for the
Chinese New Year celebrations ahead!
A few weeks ago, I promised to tell all on the
Chap Magazine's 5th Anarcho-Dandyist Ball 2013 at London's grade listed
Bloomsbury Ballroom in my
1930s inspired
Shanghai girl post [
here] with talented photographer friend
Caroline Opacic [
Photography Page]. What I forgot to mention was that part of the photoshoot was done outside a warm reddish mosaic wall of the
Childhood Museum in
Bethnal Green, and I have included those photos here. I must admit that I really liked how Caroline was able to effortlessly and swiftly capture my different expressions, which you will be able to see below. [Find more photos on:
Caroline's photography blog] After the photoshoot with Caroline I rushed off to help my girlies Yerka and Naoko get ready for the ball...deciding on the vintage style of their choice we quickly got to work. Within an hour Yerka emerged glamorously in her
1920 to 1930s look and Naoko shone in her
1950s to 1960s look equipped with a mini beehive...literally grabbing our coats as we dashed, we popped on to a red double decker and headed towards
Art Deco clad
Bloomsbury Ballroom to meet Rachael and Nigel....
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| A 1930s inspired Shanghai girl outside a beautiful mosaic wall of the Childhood Museum in Bethnal Green, London. |
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| Laughing again as Caroline clicked away..... |
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| Trying to recover in seriousness.... |
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| And snuggling back into my faux fur coat....the 1930s inspired Shanghai girl ready for the ball! |
Arriving to see discreet giant stone pillars lining the pavement to mark our lovely central
London venue made me smile in anticipation and once at the door we were greeted by a warm hostess through to some stone walled stairs leading towards
Bloomsbury Ballroom...which of course we had to stop for a photo moment! Rachael was dressed in the amazing
Art Deco inspired dress she made (which won a prize at the
Candlelight Club last time -
here), whilst Nigel looked dapper in his black and white ensemble. Throughout the night there were several official as well as unofficial photographers snapping away whilst we danced and mingled....there was even a quick lesson on the
Charleston! Not to forget the fun
'knobbly knee' competition where I was surprised to see even ladies participating in, though I must say with all the excitement the one man play seemed to have got lost in the pool of disturbed noisy thoughts that I couldn't really follow much. Meeting gentlemanly characters that seem to have stepped out of my favourite book
Pride & Prejudice, I felt my cheeks reddening in girlishness and...perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was actually meeting the famous
1940s blogger
Fluer McGerr from
Diary of a Vintage Girl (you can actually see how surprised I was from one of the photos below)! With a cocktail in hand and the favourite vintage gang around my table, we had made a real ball out of the
Chap's Ball 2013.
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| Photo time on the staircase leading down to Bloomsbury Ballroom.... |
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| My beautifully dapper gang....at the Chap's Ball 2013! |
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| Could that possibly be incarnation of Mr Darcy (Pride & Prejudice) next to Yerka? |
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| My beautifully vintage inspired girlies and me....at the Chap's Anarcho-Dandyist Ball 2013! |
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| Golden jazz hands to the Charleston! |
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| The fun 'knobbly knee' competition contestants..... |
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| Dancing away in glamorous flapper style....love those smiling faces! |
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| Caught by surprise in meeting the famous 1940s blogger Fleur McGerr!! |
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| Gorgeous 1940s blogger Fleur McGerr and a very star stuck little me..... |
So here's to waiting for the next Chap's Ball or Olympiad, as we will definitely be ready with more outfit planning and brushed up Charleston skills by then! In other news....I have been in contact with the
Lady General e-store about the upcoming
'Walking In May exclusive Qipao (Cheongsam)', and don't forget there is still time to get your fabulous Cheongsam with the
10% off discount offered to my readers. Also its time to announce the
winner to my
blog-aversary 1920s Gatsby inspired GIVEAWAY (
link)....and the winner that BouBou picked out of a cloche hat is.....(drumroll)....
Kizzy from the
Dainty Dolls House! Right, I am off to set my hair in finger waves for an exciting new photoshoot with the talented Caroline tomorrow....have an absolutely fabulous weekend my darlings!
Until the next time,
♥ May xx
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