Celebrate vintage-chic at the Queen Mary’s Art Deco Festival

(Image courtesy of the Queen Mary)

Pack your vintage duds and dust off your dapper suits for the Queen Mary’s 13th annual Art Deco Festival returning this weekend, August 19 – 20, 2017. Produced in collaboration with the Los Angeles Art Deco Society, the Queen Mary invites attendees to come aboard and drink, dine, dance, and discover the opulence of this by-gone era immersed among the largest Art Deco collection in the World. Daily festival activities include shopping for favorite vintage items, marveling at authentic collectables, and experiencing one-of-a-kind lectures by experts on the period.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Saturday, August 19th
- 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Shop vintage items, marvel at authentic collections, get your hair styled in your favorite era, and more at the Vintage Bazaar.
- 11 a.m. – Art Deco in entertainment Design, Lecture by Eddie Sotto
- 1:30 p.m. – The Bathroom of Tomorrow: How Hollywood & Art Deco Design Revolutionized the Restroom, Lecture by Anne Marie Kelly.
- 3 p.m. – Mystery, Myth and Legend: Distilling Truth in Absinthe: European origins and separating fact from myth about absinthe, Lecture by Damien Montanile
- 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. – The Art Deco Grand Ball is an exquisite vintage affair with a delectable 4-course historic menu, while famous Dean Mora Orchestra plays sounds of the era. A portion of the proceeds for this event support the Queen Mary art conservation project.

Sunday, August 20th
- 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Shop vintage items, marvel at authentic collections, get your hair styled in your favorite era, and more at the Vintage Bazaar.
- 11 a.m. – Deco, Divinity, and the Yellow Brick Road: The Art Deco period was one of the most significant and influential periods of religious diversity, Lecture by Christine Hoeffner
- 12:30 p.m. – Decadent Design: How department stores seduced shoppers during the Art Deco era, Lecture by Therese Poletti
- 2 p.m. – Art Deco use of line, simplicity and geometric patterning in fashion designs of M-G-M costume designer, Adrian, Lecture by Richard Adkins –
- 4 p.m. – Take a swing or two on the dance floor, and enjoy traditional tea service at yjr Swingin’ Sunday Tea Dance. Enjoy toe-tapping music provided by Grammy-award-winning artist Ian Whitcomb and his Bungalow Boys.