The LCS Melbourne Workshop - Saturday 25th February 2012

Melbourne Workshop

Saturday 25^th February 2012

10am – 1pm – 3 Hour All encompassing Workshop covering

Vintage Hair & Makeup Styling plus a healthy dose of Etiquette, Charm, Poise and the important of Undergarments

THEN:

2.30pm to 5.30pm – Intermediate Vintage Hairstyling Workshop (Must have completed above workshop first to be eligible)

3 Hours intense Vintage Hair Styling Workshop covering styles from 30’s to 60’s ($100 pp)

Or The whole day for $150 pp

includes glass of champagne on arrival

Gift Pack/Discount Cards

Venue:  The Glenferrie Hotel

354 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC

ATM, Beautiful Food and Full Bar

Make a lovely girly day of it and stay for lunch

Email: lindycharmschool@gmail.com to register

www.thelindycharmschoolforgirls.com

Weekend Notes by Kaylene Stragalas

Would you like to learn the secret to recreating that vintage look of the 30's, 40's or 50's? The Lindy Charm School for Girls will show you how.

Mistress Chrissy

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Gather some friends and spend a fun afternoon as Mistress Chrissy guides you in recreating the glamour look of yesterday. Some of the tips and tricks you'll learn are:


• how to get that perfect pout
• the art of applying eyeliner
• how to set and make a pin curl
• girdles and why they are a girls' best friend
• what the heck is a Doo Rag and how to tie one.

I recently attended The Lindy School of Charm for Girls event in Melbourne.
I had a great time applying makeup, setting my hair and hearing stories of how women during the depression and the war years squeezed every ounce of glamour they could out of life. Times were dangerous and life precarious, they didn't want to waste one moment.

Did you know that, for as many as 20 years in some countries, rationing was a way of life? Can you imagine being allowed only two pairs of underwear, two pairs of stockings and one dress for a whole YEAR?

No choice. There were none to buy.

Make do and mend was the motto of the day. And these women were geniuses at making do.

Now today, the 30's 40's and 50's look is a growing fashion trend for women (and men) of all ages.

At the Lindy Charm School for Girls we had a lot of fun swapping stories on where to buy vintage clothing and got all the gossip on girdles.

We received help a plenty, with lots of hands on demonstrations.
Mistress Chrissy and her dedicated helpers went around the room to make sure everyone looked good. 

Hands on demonstration

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And look good we did.

My favourite look for the day was the sassy, hip, 40's chick with the wing tipped sunnies and bobbed fringe. This was teamed with a pink and white polka dot doo rag tied around the head and bright red lipstick. Attitude plus.

Then there was the girl with the lilac coloured pin curls. With her head held high, she left with her fringe bobbed and two stunning, large pin curls rolled onto the top of her head. She looked absolutely AMAZING.

And strangely enough she also looked very modern.

The Lindy Charm School for Girls makes for a fun get together and would also be perfect for hens' parties and work socials.

Treat yourself to some old fashioned glamour; email or call Mistress Chrissy and leave the stresses of today behind.

Email: lindycharmschool@gmail.com
PH: 0409 727 888

You'll be charmed, I'm sure.

The Lindy Charm School for Girls

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Website: www.thelindycharmschoolforgirls.com

Where: See website for up coming events around Australia

From the Desk Miss Kelley Mc - "On Getting Naked"

In August Miss Chrissy introduced us to her Life Coach, Tamra Mercieca. After a Lindy Charm school for Girls workshop earlier this year, Tamra gave me the honour of inviting me to her Very Special Evening.  In keeping with all things fabulous, this was not a mere ‘book launch’. No, instead it was “The Getting Naked Festival”. In a beautiful gown from Bonnie Rose Vintage Clothing (www.bonnierosevintage.com.au/) , Tamra cut the figure of a perfect hostess, chatting to guests and enjoying an evening which had been put together with much thought and care. As well as the opportunity to get our hands on the Getting Naked book, we were treated to raw/organic/no sugar/delicious chocolate, natural beauty and cleaning products (a true treat for the olfactory sense), the beautiful music of Heidi Hibberd (www.myspace.com/heidihibberd) and my new favourite florist in Melbourne – Floriography (http://www.facebook.com/floriography.com.au). The Victorians (from the era not the state!) used various flowers that had specific meanings as a way of speaking in code to each other. When people dated in secret, they could convey messages to each other through their tussie-mussies.  Bring this tradition back I say! And it would be remiss of me not to mention that all of Tamra’s Getting Naked girls looked fantastic, with their vintage finishing touches applied by Candice De Ville and Helen McLean (http://www.somefancyladies.com/). I am looking forward to the photos!  While there were a range of excellent companies involved in the night who all deserve credit, the above is intended to give a flavour of the evening.

And what of the book/CD itself I hear you ask…  allow me to borrow from the author herself:

A new toolkit designed to help you fashion a healthy and loving relationship with your most fabulous self. This boutique of hypnosis, metaphor therapy and visualisation can be used alone or alongside the 'Remarkable Relationships' seminar to help make changes from an unconscious level, so you are able to stitch up the results you want in ALL areas of your life. The more you listen to these tracks the more control you will have over your emotions and behaviours, so you can radiate the inner beauty that lies within us all.

And Tamra certainly did radiate her inner beauty, being a living example of her book’s message. Bravo to you Tamra!

Interested in purchasing the book? See here: http://www.gettingnaked.com.au/playful-products.html


Til Next Time,


Miss Kelley xx