For me i would definatly say i prefer smaller venues, Lol i used to like really dark and dingy clubs, where your feet stick to the floor slightly and you can see the condensation on the walls- i loved it when it would get like that at around midnight, to me it signified that everyone was having a great time. Smaller venues, preferably when you knew lots of people in there made a top night for me back in the day.
When i first started to go out, it really did not matter as such what you would wear, i would just throw on a pair of jeans, or :$ anything with 100% lycra, stick my hair up in a bobble, chuck on some trainers and that was me set for the night.
This, and the other thread re: fashion in clubs really is quite an interesting debate. I remeber clearly in around 92 when things started to change, it became very difficult to just go out and have a good time as i often felt a 'new breed' of clubbers were on the circuit. I do not mean this in a bad way- its just for me there did seem a correlation between the music, infact the whole scene becoming more commercial, and a new tendancy to have to 'dressup' for a night out. That is purely mho.
For me, and all my female friends at that time it was purely about really getting sweaty from some 5 hours dancing to great music. Lol the only times i used to venture to the ladies was to stuck my head under the taps to get some liquid. I found it quite insulting that it was suddenly expected that as female, i should put on some daft garment to fit in with the new fashions. I know many of my male friends struggled at that time, it all became designer gear, shirts and shoes etc.
I think that if a club had a 'no trainer' policy on the door i would have to refrain from going. I can just about walk in heels (and then i have to clutch walls etc lol) let alone dance.
I guess its all down to personal choice though, but for me each and every time i would choose the club with lots of sweaty bod's , feeling the music phones: and not really giving a shite about appearance.
When i first started to go out, it really did not matter as such what you would wear, i would just throw on a pair of jeans, or :$ anything with 100% lycra, stick my hair up in a bobble, chuck on some trainers and that was me set for the night.
This, and the other thread re: fashion in clubs really is quite an interesting debate. I remeber clearly in around 92 when things started to change, it became very difficult to just go out and have a good time as i often felt a 'new breed' of clubbers were on the circuit. I do not mean this in a bad way- its just for me there did seem a correlation between the music, infact the whole scene becoming more commercial, and a new tendancy to have to 'dressup' for a night out. That is purely mho.
For me, and all my female friends at that time it was purely about really getting sweaty from some 5 hours dancing to great music. Lol the only times i used to venture to the ladies was to stuck my head under the taps to get some liquid. I found it quite insulting that it was suddenly expected that as female, i should put on some daft garment to fit in with the new fashions. I know many of my male friends struggled at that time, it all became designer gear, shirts and shoes etc.
I think that if a club had a 'no trainer' policy on the door i would have to refrain from going. I can just about walk in heels (and then i have to clutch walls etc lol) let alone dance.
I guess its all down to personal choice though, but for me each and every time i would choose the club with lots of sweaty bod's , feeling the music phones: and not really giving a shite about appearance.
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