How to get the look

For those who want a little more glamour in their lives, there will be plenty of style in the Vintage Village - a dedicated area for all things vintage and an exciting focus to the Peace element of the Show's title. Discover the Victory Marquee (previously V Marquee) with all its elegance bringing the 1940s to life with the best in entertainment from the mid-20th Century, or explore the Market Place with its host of world class dealers in fashion, homeware and civilian memorabilia from that period.

Living history groups, dioramas and individual displays depicting civilian life from 1930 to 1970 will be given a dedicated area to show what life was like away from the barracks and the battlefield. Home Front re-enactors and demonstrators will show the hardships endured by both men and women left behind. Civilian vehicles, peace-time activities and re-enactors will all combine to create a vision of the social backdrop against which several 20th Century wars were fought.

Vintage fashion and lifestyle were a feature of Rex's former event for well over a decade - long before its emergence into popular culture and the current vogue for all things "retro". Period music, dance, entertainment and fashion were all firm favourites and these will feature in the new War and Peace Revival.

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Not sure how to get the look? Want some advice and guidance on what to wear? Well come along to the Victory Marquee each day of the War and Peace Revival where, with help from some of the specialist dealers featured in our vintage market place, top stylist Natasha Hall from Pretty Me Vintage will show you how to get that authentic retro look without breaking the bank. There will also be a selection of original vintage and modern retro-styled fashions from the 1940s and 1950s presented, with tips on where to buy the clothes and the all- important accessories.

Each day one of our lucky visitors in the audience will win a surprise makeover – will it be you?!

Do you already wear vintage? Well our fashion scouts will be out and about each day checking out your looks. If you’re tapped on the shoulder you could be our daily winner – one lucky pair will receive tickets to either the Friday or Saturday night evening entertainment