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Hey all, I asked this question on another forum, but would like to get the dubstepper opinion on this, so I thought I'd post it here too.......

Whats your opinion on dress codes?
Personally I can't stand them.
No Trainers, No Jeans, No Hoodies, Not Hats etc etc etc....
Garage is already a hard enuff sell to a lot of party people, why then go and make it even more elitist?
My opinion is that promoters and doormen should weed out the trouble makers rather than make everyone dress up like they are going to work!

Whats your opinion?

Which places have dress codes?

I haven't been to a club with a dress code in about fifteen years.

Mind you, Bristol is a very casual town.

Cant stand em either, wots the point of having dress codes in clubs. Living in romford is a good example of why, just cos everyone is dressed in shoes an shirts dont stop em from stabbing, bottling an beating the fuck out of each other lol.

Uncle Bill wrote:Which places have dress codes?

I haven't been to a club with a dress code in about fifteen years.

Mind you, Bristol is a very casual town.

In London, if you wanna hear garage, LOADS!

tend to find in the big cities you are judged from afar by how you look, although in fairness my hometown (chester) doesn't have much of a dress code for any 'good night'.

like someone said though just 'cos someones wearing a shirt doesn't mean they ain't trouble. in fact from my experience its quite the opposite!

what about doing an enforced casual night. No Shirts no Shoes?

count me in! although im still rockin a trilby

Dom wrote:what about doing an enforced casual night. No Shirts no Shoes?

hehe yeh this is kind of what i was thinking you know, a night were if you have shoes on, or high heels for the girls, you can't come in

I like nightclubs with dresscodes up here 'cos it's a helpful hint that the night will be wank and full of dickheads

The night clubs that seem to enforce dress codes seem to think it makes to place more reputable, or gives it an image of superiority.

In the most expensive bars and night clubs (thinking really really expensive), there are dress codes etc. but the places are actually properly swanky, people who buy champagne will know what their doing - and wont just ponce about with a bottle of it in their hands.

Other clubs try to emulate that feel, but really their just the same old cattle-market, shirt and shoes, fight at the end of the night clubs.

I guess garage nights sometimes do that to try and give a perception of class and swankyness which is completely unecessary. If I want to go somewhere posh, I'll go somewhere posh (not that I have the money), but I don't expect to have to pretend to be posh when I go out to listen to music on a weekend.

why dont the promoters just stop booking shit DJs who play bait pop tunes and attract coked up wankers, that will solve the problem.... apart from the fact the same bait coked up wankers who sport a tracky in day time are the same pink shirt wearing dickheads complying the dress codes in the evening.

its really interesting to compare the replies on this forum to what peeps say on "traditional" garage forums

DJ Whistla wrote: My opinion is that promoters and doormen should weed out the trouble makers rather than make everyone dress up like they are going to work!

Whats your opinion?

Promoters have nothing to do with the doormen they are advised by nightclubs on what they can do and what they cant also doormen are generally employed by third party companies. who have their own rules and regs.

And this thing about doormen trying to weed out trouble makers after speaking to a few door companies the general view i got was its bloody hard to see who's a trouble maker when there just outside waiting to get in and the only thing they can do is if their is trouble is throw them out and bar them from the venue. also one security company owner simply said if you can do a better job please do. as most trouble kicks off after people have had a few drinks or people who bring in street issues to the club.

lol i suppose the dress code is there to assert a minimum level of appearance, with the intentions of makin sure everyone makes an effort to look good and presentable; there are no tramps who could turn anyone off the night for any reason, everyone looks more attractive and its a statement about the event and its importance....

however most places and probably ALL places ive been to that uphold dress codes are over the top and it goes way beyond the basic intentions of wanting people to "make the effort and be presentable". i suppose its partially because there isnt any way to attacking presentablilty without discriminating against specific clothing, but it definately strikes as discrimination towards some people and puts off this snobby vibe...


i say fuck dress codes, people should be free. just as long as you dont come literally like a tramp.

DJ Whistla wrote:its really interesting to compare the replies on this forum to what peeps say on "traditional" garage forums

its a funny thing, i think it just almost boils down to one of those little things that define the difference between a "clubbing mentality" and a "raving mentality".

most of my ravin of old was dun 2 breakcore and gabba so i fully kno th krusty side of things and appreciate that ppl dont hav 2 focus on being 'smart' and therefore feel liberated.
BUT this is another type of dress code in itself, ppl wanting to maintain an image. What I appreciate about dubstep is that Iv seen scatty techno heads, rudeboys, art ponces, hippys etc etc ravin side by side

all this said, I wouldn't mind ppl dressin up a lil bit jus coz a nite out shud b a special occasion and the dancefloor shud look dapper

spiderman wrote:i say fuck dress codes, people should be free. just as long as you dont come literally like a tramp.

what gets me is when you are on a busy dancefloor and some fucker near you hasn't had a wash for three weeks, and then there are the people that think it's acceptable to fart all night on the dancefloor.

i say dresscodes should be replaced by a sniff test and a questionairre about what you've had for dinner.

oh fuck i HATE when people fart or excessivly stink in a rave, its just a massive instant repulsion.

thats the one disadvantage to raves with no dress codes, that you may get some people who genuinely abuse it and come as a mess.

For my birthday last year I dressed as a Duracell battery, i rang the club up before I went and asked if i could come as a Duracell battery, the lady said it was ok. When I got there the bouncers wouldn't let me in so I had to run to a 24 hour ASDA as Duracell man and pick myself up some george clothing

spiderman wrote:thats the one disadvantage to raves with no dress codes, that you may get some people who genuinely abuse it and come as a mess.

wow not only is your avator the most cringeworthy thing Ive seen since Richard Madeley dressed up as Ali G you're also a massive bell end

are you seriously dissin people for dressing how they want to RAVES?

Raves? really?

Or am I just not down with the kids anymore?