Aussie club promoter officially bans douchebags from event

Do you like Ed Hardy tops? Do you own a button-down with a number silk-screened on it? Is your polo shirt’s collar always turned up? In the U.S., you’re what’s known as a douchebag. In Australia, they still use the word metrosexual. (How quaint.) And for one club promoter, you’re not welcome. From News.com.au:

The promoter…warned punters they would not get in wearing trademark metrosexual attire – for example, low-cut V-neck T-shirts, skinny jeans and pointed white shoes. Scott Mellor said the move was made to end a “sports jock mentality” and a growing trend of aggression inside clubs and bars…

Posters advertising the Dorcia event hosted by city venue the Ding Dong Lounge warn patrons: “No metrosexual attire, no aggression, no problems.”

Popular brand Ed Hardy tops the list of unacceptable clothing, as does “fight fashion” from brands such as Tapout. Other faux pas include pointed leather shoes, shirts with numbers on them, tight T-shirts and polo shirts with popped collars.

Men sporting blond tips or dyed rats’ tails will also be turned away.

Management also warned that ejected troublemakers would be photographed for a “name and shame” wall just inside the entrance.

“We are not turning away people who look after themselves, wear product in their hair or dress with a degree of style,” Mr Mellor said.

“We are simply providing a venue for people who don’t subscribe to the standards of 90 per cent of other clubs.”

Not everyone agrees with Mellor’s method. While one Melbourne councillor agreed that nightclub owners have the right to refuse entry to certain patrons, she noted that antisocial behavior should the basis of such decisions. Not a douchey fashion sense.

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