When we were asked to be part of Gabby Young & Other Animals’ Koko gig, we were absolutely thrilled! Big fans already of not just the amazing music but Gabby’s fantastic mermaid-esque style, we were super excited to see the band live for the first time. We popped up our stall and were warmed up by Marcella & The Forget Me Nots. Marcella “sings of monstrous movie starlets & manifestations of the devil in the Italian countryside accompanied by a six-piece rock’n’roll orchestra”, giving an energetic performance.
We had a chance to sample the face painting skills of Karen of Raingold Faces. She whipped up some mermaid make up inspired by Felicity’s Paperself eyelashes. We wish we could have Karen at Now, Voyager HQ everyday-she’s fantastic!
Gabby Young & Other Animals graced the stage. They were completely captivating-twisting & mixing up album songs and treating us with new tunes, accompanied by circus acts, 1920s flapper style dancers & a choir…You would think that this might overshadow the band but to the contrary, they complimented the music perfectly. We were enthralled and loved entering Gabby’s world, dancing along & enjoying the sing along to one of our fav songs ‘Whose House’.
Gabby had two outfit changes-fabulous dresses by Darkest Star & Inbar Spector. Her fabulous, sparkly make-up by artist Jennifer Nash. You can check The outfits & make-up out in the videos below!
After the show we were thrilled to finally meet Gabby-exactly as lovely as she seems! We snapped a pic with Felicity, Gabby & her stylist Katie, author of blog London Plinth, which is always a great read. We will look forward to her next London gig. Gabby Young & Other Animals are the type of band that you could see over & over, never having enough eyes to take it all in!
A whole night dedicated to glamour?! We didn’t need any convincing, we were there! Following the black & white dress code was a little tough for Felicity, her wardrobe being a bit of a rainbow!-but she found one black & white number hiding amongst metallic party dresses. The National Portrait Gallery’s theme was ‘NPG Film Studios’, inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood-a perfect compliment to their exhibition ‘Glamour of the Gods’!
We walked in to the cocktail lounge, greeted with tunes spun by fab DJ duo The Broken Hearts. It was lovely to see Amber & Nisha in action, dressed ultra glam as per usual! We ran into the lovely Maria, who you may recognise from recently modelling for us at our first catwalk show for Shoreditch Unbound. As we headed upstairs, we saw Illamasqua in full swing-offering hollywood alter ego make overs. We are slightly obsessed with their YouTube channel-amazing make up tutorials!
Walking into one of the rooms hidden amongst the glorious NPG, we stumbled upon Sarah Jane’s Vintage Twitter Bureau in full swing, convincing guests to reveal their most glamorous & scandalous aspirations to the vintage typewriter.
We next came across the ‘Walk of Fame’, where we were greeted and given our film star names. Felicity was re-named Claudia Drewes-a sophisticated lady & Anthony was Oliver Winchester-an action hero! Fake identities stickered, we added our hand prints to the ‘Walk of Fame’ and headed back to the cocktail lounge to watch some great performances, our favourite being Fabulous Russella’s ”40s take on a 21st century RuPaul”. Oh, what a glamorous night!
Now, Voyager is all about layering-why bother with one all-in-one crazy fascinator when you can layer up Now, Voyager hair clips to create whatever concoction your heart desires!
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