The Shellac Sisters are four glamorous retrochics who dress in all things vintage and play 78rpm records on 1920s wind-up gramophones. They’ll be spinning the sounds in the Lobby Room, the main portal into White Mischief and the hub of our most eccentric entertainments.

Boasting a vast collection of 78s covering all styles of music from the twenties through to the fifties, the Shellac Sisters play big band swing by Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters, classics like Tea for Two and The Lambeth Walk, novelties by Noel Coward and cheeky music hall acts, 1920s flapper favourites, Hollywood movie classics from Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Marlene Dietrich, jumping jive by Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan, 1950s rock’n'roll from Elvis and bombshell hits from Marilyn Monroe, latin exotics by Carmen Miranda and Perez Prado… Not to mention tea dancing foxtrots, quicksteps, blackbottoms and cockney knees ups!

The Shellac Sisters launched two years ago and have been thrilled to find so many people who enjoy the original retro sound!

They have entertained at all sorts of fashion and art events, weddings, private parties and night clubs. Some of our favourite events include the BBC’s 1930s party at Simpsons, milliner Stephen Jones’s birthday party at The Dorchester Hotel, Amazon.com’s Christmas party at Fulham Palace, Time Out Magazine’s Christmas party, a 1940’s party at the South Bank’s National Theatre, The Arts Council’s Knitted Wedding in Battersea Park, the anniversary of the Beyond Retro vintage emporium, 1920s-themed Klub Dada, The Vibe Bar, The Notting Hill Arts Club, The Old Vic Theatre Bar, Viva Cake, The Secret Garden Party and Bestival!

The gramophones don’t need any electricity (just lots of wind-up action!) enabling them to play in parks and gardens or just about anywhere we like! For large events the Shellac Sisters have had unique electrical attachments custom designed so that they can plug their grams into an amp and turn up the volume!

“They’ve got wind-up gramophones and they know how to use them” - Guardian

“Four ladies in fabulous frocks with wind-up gramophones…no electricity necessary means it’s a case of ‘have gramophone, will travel’” - Time Out