Club Shepway Bathing Beauties 08

Miss Club Shepway 2008 Bathing Beauty Parade at the Leas Lift, Folkestone, Kent on Sunday 20th July. Celebrating 100 years of Bathing Beauties, and re-living the dream where the first ever British Beauty Parade took place!

costumes by Lady Lucie
tiara's by Floozey
images Matt Rowe

performers

Evil Uncle Tony Compere for Club Shepway Bathing Beauties
Fleur De Guerre Crowned "Miss Leas - if you please"
Dangerous Dolly Crowned "Miss Gale Force 9"
Alaska Blue Crowned "Miss Seaside Modern"
Precious Isis Crowned "Miss Penny Lick"
Veronika Valentine "Crowned "Miss Funicular"

Miss Golden De Licious Crowned 'Miss-ing Routunda"
Debra Decay Crowned "Miss Duty Free"
Ivy Paige Crowned "Miss Club Shepway 2008"

© Matt Rowe 2008

© Matt Rowe 2008

Ivy Paige Crowned "Miss Club Shepway" 2008 with Alaska Blue (right).
© Matt Rowe 2008

film maker Mario Dazzara

Menargerie at the B&B Project Space

Menagerie

Featuring Works by: Haily Bates, Benjamin Flecture, Vicky Foster and Matt Rowe

Thought out the summer the B&B Project Space Presents Menagerie an exhibition platform for artists to explore kentish flora and forna from coast to countryside.

Uncanny exhibits include: reconfigured road kill, the retirement home for china dogs, a hand whittled furniture tree and a beach made from genuine imitation shingle.

pictured above Mark Dion emersed in kentish flora and forna at the B&B Project Space 2008
© Matt Rowe

© Matt Rowe

Shoddy Tempoary Tattoos At The Art Car Boot Fair 2008

Shoddy temporary Tattoo flash made for the the art car boot fair 2008

© Matt Rowe 2008