After a quick visit to my favorite Japanese restaurant, we went back to the hotel and got ready for the main event.
I wore jeans, t-shirt, a long apron, elbow length industrial gloves and goggles. All black, all latex. I looked like something from “Hostel“, the horror movie presented by Quentin Tarantino. The only thing there was missing was the blood.
We took off together with the rest of the Danes from the hotel and took the underground to Rubber Ball venue “SeOne” by London Bridge. When we arrived there where already a long line outside the main entrance. There where actually another entrance for people without bags or coats. A great improvement, compared to last year. We did not spend more than 10 min in line.
The SeOne venue consist of a series of rooms, all of them teamed to fit the “Screen and stage” theme set by Skin Two. From the changing area and cloakroom you could walk down the “Oscar Ally”, a tunnel of red draped silk. The rooms was named “The Sci-Fi Room”, “Casablanca”, “The Main Feature”, “Enter the Dragon”, “Hammer House of Horror Dungeon”, “The Interval” and where decorated accordingly. Almost every room included a huge bar and lounge areas, except “The Main Feature” there was a huge dance floor and the “Hammer House of Horror Dungeon” a huge playroom with various s/m equipment.
There where all kind of performances during the night. Midori and Kumi did a great bondage show and RubberDoll a naughty show with a girlfriend. There where many others performances, but nothing that really sparked my interest.
I was disappointed to learn that the biggest show of them all, the once so fabulous fashion show, had been dropped. It’s clear that the reason for this is lack of a single large room there could accommodate a stage and the lack of backstage area. Sad, but that’s how it is.
Instead people watched all the great dresses, suits and costumes the other guests was wearing. There was plenty of amazing latex fashions walking around; Nova and Atticus was wearing matching purple catsuits and hoods, Jane Doe was wearing a cool black and white gown with white markings, Martin showed up in his blue Elvis suit and RubberDoll appeared in stunning black dress with red flower prints.
As always I spend most of the night talking to old friends, meeting new people, dancing and having fun. I had a good time, but when I wanted to go home, I discovered that my wardrobe ticket (and one of my industrial rubber gloves!) had gone missing during the night. So I had to wait an hour until most of the other guest had left, before I could get my bag. I was really tired and just wanted to get some sleep. A unlucky end of such a exciting night.
(Photos by Mark Bennett)
@ 3xL: Nice gloves! :-) Kira