Melbourne, Australia’s Ding Dong Lounge has banned clubgoers from entering the joint wearing “metrosexual” gear. According to the promoter for the Dorcia event, such clothing includes Ed Hardy and Tapout designs, shirts with numbers on them, pointed leather shoes, and such fashion styles such as blond tips or dyed rats’ tails.
The move is said to be to curb a trend toward violence centered on metrosexual fashion, though the article — and probably the initiative itself — fails to state whether metrosexuals are thought of as the instigators or the receivers of said violence. “We wanted to shed light on the problems with nightlife in Australia. We took everything that we disliked about going out to clubs and inverted it … no dressing up like David Beckham,” said party promoter Scott Mellor.
Will banning metrosexuals make nightclub crawls more or less fun? Part of the enjoyment for me is making fun of dudes who think they look good but don’t, no matter what they’re dressed in, though I will admit it’s a lot easier to spot these folks when they’re all frosted and shiny. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ding Dong Lounge — tee hee — starts losing revenue based on this decision. Who but metrosexuals go out enough during the week to make having a nightclub a paying proposition? Isn’t this like opening a catnip club and banning all felines?
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beef
November 16th, 2009 - 11:32:38 AM
probably just some hipster joint
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