National Trust Burlesque dancers, feather boas and vintage fashion liven up a rain-soaked Exeter weekend at Killerton House

Crikey It's Vintage events company host weekend at National rust property Killerton House this weekendSixty stalls of retro fashion, homeware, antiques and paraphernalia erected beneath marquees
Nostalgic festival features fashion shows, classic car displays, food, drink, live music and burlesque

The National Trust aids the acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings

By Deni Kirkova

PUBLISHED: 12:21 GMT, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:03 GMT, 23 June 2013

With rain-soaked summers like these, us Brits are lucky to have such glamorous heritage to brighten even the dullest days.

Dolled-up 1940s style singers and energetic burlesque dancers kept the crowd's spirits up as they huddled beneath their umbrellas in the garden at Killerton House, near Exeter.

Events company Crikey its Vintage and National Trust's Killerton House teamed up for the first time ever to put on the two day vintage experience. The House's parkland, garden and house were the backdrop to the blast from the past this 22 and 23 June.

1940s style singer Lola Lamour sings in a marque erected in the gardens at Killerton House yesterday

The two day event gave men, women and children the chance to step back in time and fall in love with vintage.

One of the largest vintage events undertaken by both Crikey its Vintage and the National Trust, the weekend featured up to 60 stalls of vintage and retro fashion, crafts, home-ware, antiques and paraphernalia.

With fashion shows, classic car displays, food, drink and music it was a real festival for nostalgia.

On the evening of Saturday 22 June, the gardens hosted top 1940s style vintage singer Lola Lamour and her blue light boys. She wore a vintage green belted dress with matching satin gloves which contrasted beautifully with her scarlet hair and lipstick.

She sang in a marquee erected in the gardens at Killerton House's gardens as crowds danced and even took part in the Charleston swing despite the rain and wind.

People dance as they brave the wind and rain to watch the evening entertainment in the gardens

Masked and corseted burlesque dancers performed at Killerton House yesterday. They accessoried their outfits with fringing, pearls, bustles and feather fans

A shopper in a fetching turban-style hat admires a vintage dress on display for sale at a clothes stall in the gardens at Killerton House

Defiant burlesque dancers performed fan dances as well as classic stripteases on the garden when the rain was at bay. Masked and corseted, the dancers accessorised their outfits with satin gloves, fringing, pearls, bustles and feather fans as they performed in front of an entranced crowd of vintage aficionados.

Fashionable shoppers turned out in fetching turban-style hats or silk headscarves to admire and try on the vintage offerings on the colourful fashion stalls. Quirky vintage homeware items were also displayed for sale under marquees to keep shelter from potential rain.

Felicity Boucher, Killerton's Visitor Services Officer said: 'It's been really exciting, we are so pleased with the turn out and the festival atmosphere of the event.

'Killerton is the perfect setting for a vintage celebration with the famous costume collection and stunning open spaces to help set the scene and get people into the vintage spirit.'

Quirky vintage homeware items are displayed for sale under marquees to keep shelter from potential rain yesterday

A burlesque dancer is photographed as she performs a fan dance in front of an entranced crowd of vintage aficionados

Another dancer whips off her purple gloves as she performs in a striking outfit

The crowd featured a mix of young women kitted out in vintage-style attire and more senior folk who remember it from the first time around

Stall holder Jeannette Redhead from record label Kitsch And Sync said: 'There has been a great English spirit as everyone has had a great time despite the weather, its been a real life keep calm and carry on mentality.

'The National Trust has been great and very hands on helping us through the wind and rain.'

The two day extravaganza gave vintage lovers a chance to explore the fashion and costume exhibition Objects Of Desire, which is open until 3 November, by famous interior designer Russell Sage and see historic fashion in the setting of the 18th Century House.

Crikey It's Vintage is an independent vintage events company based in Devon. Holding and organising quarterly vintage fairs and events in Exeter and across Devon.

People brave the wind and rain to watch the evening entertainment in the gardens at Killerton House yesterday

Vintage hats and trinkets on display beneath a marquee at Killerton House (l) while a defiant dancer brightens the gloomy day (r)

People brave the wind and rain to watch vintage 1940s singer Lola Lamour perform yesterday

Vintage men's shearling and check coats and jackets are hung up on display for sale against a brown van yesterday

A keen shopper with a chic scarf tied around her hair tries out a jacket for size at a colourful stall beneath a marquee

A vintage fox stole takes its place next to a retro dial up phone and striped wrapping paper in a chic case

Vintage crockery including tea sets and cake stands were up for sale, as well as framed embroidery

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Revellers in Georgian attire celebrate 200 years since Jane Austen's novel at Chatsworth House Pride and Prejudice soiree

Up to 100 Austen fans paid ?65 for tickets to attend the dinner and dance yesterdayChatsworth House is believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's residence
The stately home also featured in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie starring Kiera Knightley and Matthew Macfayden

By Deni Kirkova

PUBLISHED: 16:50 GMT, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:54 GMT, 23 June 2013

Regency costumed guests arrived in their dozens at the carriage house for dinner during the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire yesterday.

Celebrating the 200 years since the publication of Jane Austen's famed novel of the same name, the Pride and Prejudice ball at the stately home, believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Mr Darcy's residence, staged a costume evening to remember.

With capacity for 100 or more, the vast majority of Austen fans turned out in full Georgian costume - a key point of the ball, though the fancy dress wasn't compulsory. Tickets were ?65 per head.

A champagne reception in the Painted Hall was followed by a a tour of the North Wing, a grand five course dinner.

Regency costumed guests arrive for the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House yesterday

Afterwards guests were invited to take part in period dancing following a demonstration by professional Jane Austen Dancers.

Attendees yesterday surely enjoyed themselves more than Elizabeth Bennet, who meets Mr Darcy for the first time at a similar event and takes an early dislike to him.

Chatsworth House is believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, the residence of the novel's romantic hero Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy as Austen is known to have visited the home in 1811 while staying at the Rutland Arms in Bakewell while penning the masterpiece.

She wrote the novel: 'The eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of the valley into which the road into some abruptness wound.

'It was a large, handsome, stone building standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned.'

A costumed couple walk hand in hand in the grounds where the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film was created

Regency costumed guests participate in the Pride and Prejudice ball enjoying a glass of champagne at the welcome reception

A regal looking woman with porcelain skin is captured in a moment of thought (l) as ladies walk peacefully together through the grounds (r)

The beauty look mas mastered to a tee, with ladies sporting choker necklaces and pretty up-dos that were popular in the Georgian era

Siting down for the grand five-course dinner, the couple gaze into each other's eyes in the impossibly romantic setting

Canap?s
Smoked salmon and caviar on buckwheat blinis
Soft boiled quails eggs on toasted brioche         
Goat's cheese and pickled beetroot on sour dough toast
Free range ham hock tartlet grape chutney

Starter
Chicken ballotine, mini pigeon and leek pie, chicken consomm?

Fish course
Trout fillet beurre blanc en brioche croute

Main course
Chatsworth estate lamb noisette, fried sweet breads, broad beans and peas, potato and lambs tongue tian

Dessert
Lemon and raspberry assiette (little lemon tart, honey comb, chilled lemon & raspberry souffl?, lemon and raspberry posset)

Homemade petit fours
Chocolate bonbons, orange and rose water Turkish delight, pistachio macaroons

From across a candlelit table, the couple are captured in a romantic cinch. The lady's hairstyle is notably beautifully braided

The stately homes has been the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire since 1549 and is mentioned in Pride and Prejudice as one of the stately homes that Elizabeth Bennet visits before arriving at Pemberley.

Chatsworth also featured in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie starring Kiera Knightley.

Chatsworth, one of England’s greatest country estates, provided the perfect setting to launch the Peak District estate's Georgian Summer of events (27 July - 29 August), all of which are free to visitors with a house and garden ticket, celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of Austen's novel.

An exhibition in the New Gallery looks at Chatsworth in the time of Pride and Prejudice and compares it to Pemberley, featuring a display of Georgian era items as well as those of Mr Darcy from the 2005 film.

Georgian themed events in the garden will take place every Saturday including Sing Live, where singers perform in the garden dressed in Pride and Prejudice costumes.

Guests watch a display of regency dancing during the Pride and Prejudice Ball in the painted hall (l) and a costumed guest arrives (r)

The regency dancing provided some much-needed guidance for some guests unfamiliar with the moves of the 1800s

Like a scene from the film itself, the party have all clearly made an effort to look the part and fit in with the theme of the evening yesterday

Ladies clad in immaculately suited attire attempt to master the dance style of the Jane Austen era

An older lady drapes pearls around her exquisite hair style to match with her earrings and necklace

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Revellers in Georgian attire celebrate 200 years since Jane Austen's novel at Chatsworth House Pride and Prejudice soiree

Up to 100 Austen fans paid ?65 for tickets to attend the dinner and dance yesterdayChatsworth House is believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's residence
The stately home also featured in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie starring Kiera Knightley and Matthew Macfayden

By Deni Kirkova

PUBLISHED: 16:50 GMT, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:54 GMT, 23 June 2013

Regency costumed guests arrived in their dozens at the carriage house for dinner during the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire yesterday.

Celebrating the 200 years since the publication of Jane Austen's famed novel of the same name, the Pride and Prejudice ball at the stately home, believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Mr Darcy's residence, staged a costume evening to remember.

With capacity for 100 or more, the vast majority of Austen fans turned out in full Georgian costume - a key point of the ball, though the fancy dress wasn't compulsory. Tickets were ?65 per head.

A champagne reception in the Painted Hall was followed by a a tour of the North Wing, a grand five course dinner.

Regency costumed guests arrive for the Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House yesterday

Afterwards guests were invited to take part in period dancing following a demonstration by professional Jane Austen Dancers.

Attendees yesterday surely enjoyed themselves more than Elizabeth Bennet, who meets Mr Darcy for the first time at a similar event and takes an early dislike to him.

Chatsworth House is believed to be the inspiration for Pemberley, the residence of the novel's romantic hero Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy as Austen is known to have visited the home in 1811 while staying at the Rutland Arms in Bakewell while penning the masterpiece.

She wrote the novel: 'The eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of the valley into which the road into some abruptness wound.

'It was a large, handsome, stone building standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned.'

A costumed couple walk hand in hand in the grounds where the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film was created

Regency costumed guests participate in the Pride and Prejudice ball enjoying a glass of champagne at the welcome reception

A regal looking woman with porcelain skin is captured in a moment of thought (l) as ladies walk peacefully together through the grounds (r)

The beauty look mas mastered to a tee, with ladies sporting choker necklaces and pretty up-dos that were popular in the Georgian era

Siting down for the grand five-course dinner, the couple gaze into each other's eyes in the impossibly romantic setting

Canap?s
Smoked salmon and caviar on buckwheat blinis
Soft boiled quails eggs on toasted brioche         
Goat's cheese and pickled beetroot on sour dough toast
Free range ham hock tartlet grape chutney

Starter
Chicken ballotine, mini pigeon and leek pie, chicken consomm?

Fish course
Trout fillet beurre blanc en brioche croute

Main course
Chatsworth estate lamb noisette, fried sweet breads, broad beans and peas, potato and lambs tongue tian

Dessert
Lemon and raspberry assiette (little lemon tart, honey comb, chilled lemon & raspberry souffl?, lemon and raspberry posset)

Homemade petit fours
Chocolate bonbons, orange and rose water Turkish delight, pistachio macaroons

From across a candlelit table, the couple are captured in a romantic cinch. The lady's hairstyle is notably beautifully braided

The stately homes has been the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire since 1549 and is mentioned in Pride and Prejudice as one of the stately homes that Elizabeth Bennet visits before arriving at Pemberley.

Chatsworth also featured in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie starring Kiera Knightley.

Chatsworth, one of England’s greatest country estates, provided the perfect setting to launch the Peak District estate's Georgian Summer of events (27 July - 29 August), all of which are free to visitors with a house and garden ticket, celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of Austen's novel.

An exhibition in the New Gallery looks at Chatsworth in the time of Pride and Prejudice and compares it to Pemberley, featuring a display of Georgian era items as well as those of Mr Darcy from the 2005 film.

Georgian themed events in the garden will take place every Saturday including Sing Live, where singers perform in the garden dressed in Pride and Prejudice costumes.

Guests watch a display of regency dancing during the Pride and Prejudice Ball in the painted hall (l) and a costumed guest arrives (r)

The regency dancing provided some much-needed guidance for some guests unfamiliar with the moves of the 1800s

Like a scene from the film itself, the party have all clearly made an effort to look the part and fit in with the theme of the evening yesterday

Ladies clad in immaculately suited attire attempt to master the dance style of the Jane Austen era

An older lady drapes pearls around her exquisite hair style to match with her earrings and necklace

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National Trust Burlesque dancers, feather boas and vintage fashion liven up a rain-soaked Exeter weekend at Killerton House

Crikey It's Vintage events company host weekend at National rust property Killerton House this weekendSixty stalls of retro fashion, homeware, antiques and paraphernalia erected beneath marquees
Nostalgic festival features fashion shows, classic car displays, food, drink, live music and burlesque

The National Trust aids the acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings

By Deni Kirkova

PUBLISHED: 12:21 GMT, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:03 GMT, 23 June 2013

With rain-soaked summers like these, us Brits are lucky to have such glamorous heritage to brighten even the dullest days.

Dolled-up 1940s style singers and energetic burlesque dancers kept the crowd's spirits up as they huddled beneath their umbrellas in the garden at Killerton House, near Exeter.

Events company Crikey its Vintage and National Trust's Killerton House teamed up for the first time ever to put on the two day vintage experience. The House's parkland, garden and house were the backdrop to the blast from the past this 22 and 23 June.

1940s style singer Lola Lamour sings in a marque erected in the gardens at Killerton House yesterday

The two day event gave men, women and children the chance to step back in time and fall in love with vintage.

One of the largest vintage events undertaken by both Crikey its Vintage and the National Trust, the weekend featured up to 60 stalls of vintage and retro fashion, crafts, home-ware, antiques and paraphernalia.

With fashion shows, classic car displays, food, drink and music it was a real festival for nostalgia.

On the evening of Saturday 22 June, the gardens hosted top 1940s style vintage singer Lola Lamour and her blue light boys. She wore a vintage green belted dress with matching satin gloves which contrasted beautifully with her scarlet hair and lipstick.

She sang in a marquee erected in the gardens at Killerton House's gardens as crowds danced and even took part in the Charleston swing despite the rain and wind.

People dance as they brave the wind and rain to watch the evening entertainment in the gardens

Masked and corseted burlesque dancers performed at Killerton House yesterday. They accessoried their outfits with fringing, pearls, bustles and feather fans

A shopper in a fetching turban-style hat admires a vintage dress on display for sale at a clothes stall in the gardens at Killerton House

Defiant burlesque dancers performed fan dances as well as classic stripteases on the garden when the rain was at bay. Masked and corseted, the dancers accessorised their outfits with satin gloves, fringing, pearls, bustles and feather fans as they performed in front of an entranced crowd of vintage aficionados.

Fashionable shoppers turned out in fetching turban-style hats or silk headscarves to admire and try on the vintage offerings on the colourful fashion stalls. Quirky vintage homeware items were also displayed for sale under marquees to keep shelter from potential rain.

Felicity Boucher, Killerton's Visitor Services Officer said: 'It's been really exciting, we are so pleased with the turn out and the festival atmosphere of the event.

'Killerton is the perfect setting for a vintage celebration with the famous costume collection and stunning open spaces to help set the scene and get people into the vintage spirit.'

Quirky vintage homeware items are displayed for sale under marquees to keep shelter from potential rain yesterday

A burlesque dancer is photographed as she performs a fan dance in front of an entranced crowd of vintage aficionados

Another dancer whips off her purple gloves as she performs in a striking outfit

The crowd featured a mix of young women kitted out in vintage-style attire and more senior folk who remember it from the first time around

Stall holder Jeannette Redhead from record label Kitsch And Sync said: 'There has been a great English spirit as everyone has had a great time despite the weather, its been a real life keep calm and carry on mentality.

'The National Trust has been great and very hands on helping us through the wind and rain.'

The two day extravaganza gave vintage lovers a chance to explore the fashion and costume exhibition Objects Of Desire, which is open until 3 November, by famous interior designer Russell Sage and see historic fashion in the setting of the 18th Century House.

Crikey It's Vintage is an independent vintage events company based in Devon. Holding and organising quarterly vintage fairs and events in Exeter and across Devon.

People brave the wind and rain to watch the evening entertainment in the gardens at Killerton House yesterday

Vintage hats and trinkets on display beneath a marquee at Killerton House (l) while a defiant dancer brightens the gloomy day (r)

People brave the wind and rain to watch vintage 1940s singer Lola Lamour perform yesterday

Vintage men's shearling and check coats and jackets are hung up on display for sale against a brown van yesterday

A keen shopper with a chic scarf tied around her hair tries out a jacket for size at a colourful stall beneath a marquee

A vintage fox stole takes its place next to a retro dial up phone and striped wrapping paper in a chic case

Vintage crockery including tea sets and cake stands were up for sale, as well as framed embroidery

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