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dance
Easterbunny Hijinks
Well, kittens – the Bunnyhop Bash was a blast and a half! The Easterbunny himself was there! We all ate too much candy, guzzled giggle-water, and did the Bunnyhop with Fatbottom Cabaret! Best Easter Sunday ever? Yeah, we would say so! Check out the fabulousness and hilarity from the photobooth! Your loving hostesses in our [...]
Eastertime in Flapperland!
It’s no secret that Easter is kind of a big deal for your hostesses, so imagine our delight when we deduced that the next Vintage Vivant fell smack dab on Easter Sunday! Could it be anymore perfect? To our way of thinking, there’s no better holiday (save maybe New Year’s Eve?) to show off your [...]
The Golden Photobooth
Wowie wow-wow and double shazam, cats! The photos from last Sunday are just so amazing, it’s hard to even know where to start – every single one is just so gorgeous! I’ve chosen a heaping handful of absolute faves here, but they’re all so fabulous, be sure to check out the full set over at [...]
Gilded Lillies
Our eyes are still half-blinded from the dazzle of so many gorgeous creatures flitting about like gilded butterflies under the soft light of Swan Dive’s crystal chandeliers. Once again, everyone turned it out in fine style! Sugar-daddies and jazz-babies alike jitterbugged and lindy-hopped to the Eastside Dandies, who really are just the eel’s hips – [...]
Flapper Dance Steps/Repetition
These two stills are from the chorus girl opening scene from “The Love Trap” (1929). Directly after this scene, the stage manager calls Mary (in the patterned bow) to the front to show everyone how she does the dance. He then says “If I ever catch any of you dancing like this, you’ll all be [...]
April 19th, 2010
Cloche straw hat with black ribbon – Urban Outfitters Pink sweater with ribbon roses – Betsy Johnson by way of Buffalo Exchange 1940s skirt – 13 bees on Etsy Maroon velvety shoes – Melissa Store, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Black Bottom Stomp – Dance
Une Petite Histoire: The Black Bottom is a dance that originated in New Orleans in the 1900s. The rhythm is based on the iconic Charleston dance, although it’s more sexual in nature. You bump your bottoms together, people! (See above diagram) I read several places that The Black Bottom was more popular than the Charleston, [...]
