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Americana International festival hosts the Rockin fashion show this year, following last year’s successful debut show. Americana is Europe’s largest American lifestyle event, a weekend long event of classic cars, music, side shows & more!

Last year saw the debut of the Rockin fashion show, showcasing retro designers and companies from across the UK, this year is set to be even larger with U.S labels added to the show. With Miss Fortune, Lady K Loves, Bernie Dexter, Collectif & Glamour bunny already confirmed for the catwalk show.

You can also expect to find a selection of stalls, dj’s & bands after the show so can buy those wares straight off the catwalk!

The rockin fashion show will take place across the Saturday & Sunday at the show, held at The county showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire. For further details & to grab your tickets to Americana visit www.americana-international.co.uk.

Find a plethora of vintage attire from 40′s frocks to 80′s gowns, home wares & accessories amongst the Captain pickles roaming vintage emporium this June 3rd.

With plenty to pick amongst the stalls alongside vintage tea & dj’s throughout the day. Open from 12pm until 7pm with free entry at Bethnal green working mens club, Pollard row, London.

For further details & future events visit www.pgreen-vintage.co.uk.

A dash of afternoon tea meets burlesque for this June’s Dr Sketchy’s North Wales & Chester class, as we celebrate the traditional tea & cake with a touch of tease!

Ringing in the tea ceremonies for the evening burlesque starlets Kittie Klaw, Bexi Owen, Cherry Blossoms & Sherry Trifle will be guiding sketchers through decades of afternoon tea & scrumptious cake with a whirlwind of performance and the traditional sketchy’s posing. With tasty cakes provided by local tea room, Mad Hatters to round the evening up!

You can expect all the usual sketching mayhem & prizes and of course plenty of cake!

Class starts on June 21st from 7pm at The Laugh inn, Chester. Tickets are £9/£7 NUS advance, or £10 on the door on the night. To grab your ticket & find out more visit www.drsketchynorthwales.co.uk.

If you’ve been on the lookout for the cult U.S hair dye Special Effects to top up your barnet then fret no more! A fresh batch of the dye has landed over at Beeunique.

Well loved for it’s UV reactive shades & vibrant tones, Special Effects dye is one of the most sought after alternative dyes in the UK so you’d better be quick to snap up your favourite shades. In every tone from a gothic dark purple to a bright turquoise.

You can find the full range of Special Effects dyes over at www.beeunique.co.uk.

London Anime Con opens it’s doors this June 30th for a weekend of anime & gaming celebration.

Featuring an abundance of events, workshops, stalls & entertainment at The rocket complex. Whether your an otaku or a gaming geek there’s plenty to see & do across the convention.

Highlights of the convention include the Otaku fashion show, making a return after February’s successful show so you can show off your best cosplay or fruits attire!; alongside cosplay workshops, Japanese culture talks, a bring & buy stand, gaming tournaments, stalls & dj’s running well into the early hours.

Registration is now open for tickets priced from £7, to find out more & register for entry visit www.londonanimecon.com. The convention starts on June 30th at The rocket complex, Holloway road. Doors open from 11am.

The alternative & burlesque fair returns to Manchester this May for an afternoon of shopping with a good measure of tease!

Taking over Sound control with three full floors of stalls & performance stages for one hell of an event. Bringing together a variety of alternative styles from steampunk to vintage and fetish across their range of stalls.

You’ll be able to find the cream of Northern talent with the likes of Alternative footwear, Kalandra Jane, The black wardrobe, Dolly Cool, Rubber monkey latex and so much more across the three floors.

Topped off with burlesque & cabaret performances throughout the day including Diva Hollywood & compere Rosie Lugosi, free goodies & treats.

Just £5 entrance, doors open at 12pm running through until 6pm at Sound Control, New Wakefield street (off Oxford road) on Saturday May 26th. For further details visit www.thealternativeandburlesquefair.com.

You can buy virtually everything on the internet these days & most of the time we usually head straight to e-tailer Amazon to look up those precious things we’re after. If a spot of rockabilly or punk clothing takes your fancy whilst browsing on Amazon, well now you can find web store Egg & Chips clothing amongst their list of Amazon stores.

Egg & Chips range of mens & womens clothing, accessories & footwear is now available via their new Amazon store, so if you fancy picking up a pair of Iron Fist heels whilst browsing for some dvds or home wares you can grab them at the same time!

“The new Egg and Chips Clothing store on Amazon is set to offer our customers another way to easily and conveniently find alternative clothing. We offer everything from shoes to dresses and from jewellery to jeans” said Mister Jack of Egg and Chips Clothing.

Egg and Chips Clothing will be updating its Amazon store with the latest lines available in their stores on a regular basis. www.eggnchipsclothing.co.uk.

The vintage tea party & gift fair opens its doors this weekend at The boogaloo for a fabulous May vintage tea party celebrating a year of their fabulous vintage fairs!

It’s certainly going to be a busy event with vintage inspired hair & beauty make overs, a quaint vintage tea party & a fantastic array of traders selling goods from vintage clothing to retro sweets and crafted gifts.

The fair opens at 12pm through until 5pm at The boogaloo, Archway road, London. Entrance is free so what better an excuse to swing by! Visit www.vintageteapartyandgiftfair.co.uk to find out more.

Fancy something new for your wardrobe, need an outfit for a forthcoming event, or simply fancy a bit of a splurge.. why not treat yourself to something new over at Sohos & get 10% off your order!

You can find a wide range of alternative attire in their web store from rockabilly frocks to gothic corsets & punk tees. With plenty of new stock just landed including new Hell bunny dresses, Iron Fist heels, Abbey Dawn clothing & Disturbia tees.

Take a look for yourself & see what takes your fancy over at Soho’s, use the code SOHOS10 to get your 10% discount until May 6th.

Do you adore darling fascinators, headwear with a pop! & kitsch accessories, you may just love Cotton Candy Delights range of accessories.

Cotton Candy Delights create unique headwear & accessories inspired by 1950′s pin ups, rockabilly and burlesque. with a range of fascinators, hair clips, shoe clips and hair wraps to choose from with everything from faux animal fur and cherries, to nautical themes and of course the jubilee and Olympics.

Cotton Candy Delights was started by burlesque starlet Sassafras Sundae, after creating her own pieces for her performances to rave feedback Cotton Candy Delights was born.

You can find their range of unique headwear & accessories over on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CottonCandyDelights with plenty to tickle your fancy!