Allure reports from the front lines of 1 Oak: “If you have to ask where it is, you probably shouldn't be there.”
The April issue of Allure contains a hard-hitting report about what it's like getting into - and being inside of - New York nightclub 1 Oak.
The club opened in late 2007, yet is just hot on Allure's radar now, in the year 2013. The writer calls it, "the apex of New York City nightlife."
So, what does it take to get in? Some choice excerpts from the article explain.
Aspiring 1 Oak entrants should, as this caption explains, "reveal the body."
"At 1 Oak, membership comes in the form of an incredibly short dress and high heels, lots of eye shadow, and hair — blonde, brunette, straight, wavy, whatever — that is long and very much on display," Allure reports. "Whether you love it, hate it, dismiss it, or aspire to it, this is the finely honed look of 1 Oak."
But keep your boobs somewhat away.
"'1 Oak is definitely a legs club, not a boobs club,' says Sam, an attractive 30-year-old pastry chef who goes to 1 Oak on special occasions. 'Too much cleavage wouldn't work.'"
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If you're going to fall because you can't walk in your shoes, don't do it in view of the doormen.
"A group of women make their way down the sidewalk, giggling that nervous giggle of insecurity mixed with anticipation... it's going to be a good night — they're feeling it. Suddenly, one in the group stumbles. The five-inch heel of her Christian Louboutin platform stiletto catches on a divot in the sidewalk. Bam! She goes down. Her friends rush to her side, as giddiness turns to panic. She stands up, wobbly, wiping the dirt off her knees. 'Fuck!' A look of terror flashes across her face. 'Did the doorman see me?! Do you think he saw?! He's never going to let me in! Fuck, fuck, fuck! Fuck these shoes!'
"...Luckily for our protagonists, no one saw the fall. They make their way to the box — nod, nod, nod, nod — and they're in."
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