Retrosexual
On Saturday 17th September 2011: We brought you the best of everything retrosexy with our groovy kind of KSL love at
Kinky Salon: RETROSEXUAL
Hot Chicks, Hep Cats and Power Dressers,
It’s free love, ya dig? Be you baby boomers, children of the sexual revolution or born of the Second Summer of Love, we invite you take a tumble back to an imaginary time when the kink was kinkier and the bed-ins were three weeks long.
Whether you’re figuring out your position on the Kinsey Scale or falling in love with a second-wave feminist, this is your chance to explore the sexual highpoints of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. From Betty Paige to Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, from the Joy of Sex to John Holmes, from key parties to Quentin Crisp, from the Chippendales to Tom of Finland, we guarantee you all the groovy bits and none of the downers. Except, of course, for those old-fashioned attitudes to sexuality just crying out to be mocked and defrocked!
Dressup inspirations
Join the dots between “retro” and “sexuality” with a playful take on 50s-80s sexuality. We have a huge list of new inspirations on this updated page but for a flavour of what we’re thinking see below.
50s: Alfred Kinsey, Glen or Glenda, Some Like It Hot, Pinups, Greasers, Teds, Betty Paige, Diana Dors, Beehives…
60s: Playboy, Russ Meyer, John and Yoko, Valerie Solanas, Joe Orton, Sweater Girls, Androgynes, Twiggy, Merseybeat, Rockers, Beatniks, Hippies…
70s: Abigail’s Party, Leathermen, The Female Eunuch, Sexploitation, The Stud, Emanuelle, Boogie Nights, Quentin Crisp…
80s: Frankie Says Relax, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chippendales, The New Man, Judy Blume, Feminist Sex Wars, B-Girls, Yuppies, New Romantics, Goths, Brat Pack, 9 1/2 Weeks…
Cabaret and interactive
Reading from MARK SIMPSON (coiner of the terms Retrosexual and Metrosexual, and author of the book Metrosexy – buy it now!
Hannah Ballou
A real-life retro rollergirl
John and Yoko’s Bed-In
1970s buffet delights
“Tom of Finland” BDSM area
…And a shagadelic lava-filled hippie boudoir!
Music from our DJs Staxx and Tranny vs Fanny…
…plus selections chosen via Spotify by YOU – so add to these playlists!
50s
http://open.spotify.com/user/whitemischief/playlist/4rJImOUcP0G3oAYe7kQbUF
60s
http://open.spotify.com/user/whitemischief/playlist/74nqVvk86RfTGMrgclpSF6
70s
http://open.spotify.com/user/whitemischief/playlist/2y0Vgkiip7HqzBeq9ONe5X
80s
http://open.spotify.com/user/whitemischief/playlist/3hhYK8BfQMrg6KTFaI21mL
Dancefloor party tunes from any era up to the present day: http://open.spotify.com/user/whitemischief/playlist/3qpLsT166w1v4Z8YW4nT4o
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