Belfast nightclub bans "jumpers with horizontal stripes"

Minder · January 26, 2008, 09:22:24 AM

Not everything in Belfast is changing for the better, a city that is becoming so far stuck up its own arse.....

Nightclub fashion police By Diana Rusk
26/01/08
Fashion victim: Ian Latimer was recently turned away from the newly opened Scratch nightclub because he was wearing a jumper with horizontal stripes.

Doormen at a Belfast nightclub have turned fashion police in a bid to ban striped jumpers from the dance floor.

Bouncers at the newly-opened Scratch nightclub on Lower Crescent have ruled that the popular jumper design doesn't fit in to their idea of 'smart/casual'.

Security staff have been told not to allow revellers wearing the familiar style of sweater through their doors at the venue, previously The Fly, as it launches a new image.

One customer, business director Ian Latimer fell foul of the new dress code during a recent night out.

The 31-year-old was only allowed in once he changed his clothes.

"I had got out of the taxi and went to the bouncer to ask where the nearest bank machine was and after telling me it was around the corner, he said, 'By the way, you won't get in with that top on, because it has horizontal stripes.'

"I think probably 99 per cent of men aged 25 to 35 in Northern Ireland got a stripey jumper for Christmas from their mother, sister or girlfriend and it is ridiculous to say that a 'certain classification of person wears it'."

Scratch duty manager, Damien Cole said: "We have a policy for smart/casual and striped jumpers are not considered to be smart/casual."

Smokin Joe · January 26, 2008, 10:02:06 AM

Ian Latimer - think I wmight have been at Uni with him.

Zapatista · January 26, 2008, 10:25:18 AM

http://www.nightmareonelmstreet.com/gallery/img0005.html

I thought he was well dressed.

The Watcher Pat · January 26, 2008, 10:30:01 AM

Just tell him it's not a striped top its a hooped top.....Lol

Guess i wont get in there with my Celtic top then....

What sort of name for a nite club is scratch anyway? Sounds more like a dose of something!

Minder · January 26, 2008, 10:31:27 AM

Dennis the Menace has been banned for life i hear.

pintsofguinness · January 26, 2008, 01:01:34 PM

Why would you wear horizontal stripes, it makes you look fat, everyone knows that!

The Gs Man · January 26, 2008, 01:26:52 PM

horizontal stripes should be banned everywhere, not just nightclubs. Flowery shirts are the way to go now.

J70 · January 26, 2008, 05:27:38 PM

Has everyone in the north started wearing horizontal striped jumpers?

Puckoon · January 26, 2008, 05:28:43 PM

Both the boys from belfast that went home for christmas came back here with horizontal striped jumpers. I have a couple from christmas 06, good job I dont frequent the nightclubs.

Gabriel_Hurl · January 26, 2008, 05:36:36 PM

Can you wear vertical stripes?

Puckoon · January 26, 2008, 06:40:47 PM

Quote from: Take Your Points on January 26, 2008, 06:21:58 PM
Quote from: J70 on January 26, 2008, 05:27:38 PM
Has everyone in the north started wearing horizontal striped jumpers?
Even I got two horizontal striped jumpers for Christmas!

That should sort it out as a fashion symbol fairly lively.

How do you know you are getting old?
Your dad asks if youd like to borrow his jumper and you say yes.

Maguire01 · January 26, 2008, 06:44:40 PM

I was actually in the place on the opening night, unintentionally. It's not up to much. Was a work night out, otherwise it's not the kind of place i'd go to. About 10 of us turned up at the door after being at a restaurant nearby and the door staff were telling us it was going to be packed and we hadn't got tickets, but we could try coming back in 45 minutes (!) Anyway, there were a number of females in our group and they persuaded them to let us in. I don't know where they were expecting the crowds from, but they never came! Was nothing special anyway, although Isaac Boss and Neil Best were in attendance - i'm assuming they had the golden tickets!

The Gs Man · January 26, 2008, 06:46:31 PM

Quote from: J70 on January 26, 2008, 05:27:38 PM
Has everyone in the north started wearing horizontal striped jumpers?

Have they f**k. (well, have I f**k.)

pintsofguinness · January 26, 2008, 06:59:31 PM

Quote from: Take Your Points on January 26, 2008, 06:21:58 PM
Quote from: J70 on January 26, 2008, 05:27:38 PM
Has everyone in the north started wearing horizontal striped jumpers?
Even I got two horizontal striped jumpers for Christmas!

I got one with Diamonds a few years ago $:-\$

Rav67 · January 26, 2008, 07:13:47 PM

Quote from: The Gs Man on January 26, 2008, 06:46:31 PM
Quote from: J70 on January 26, 2008, 05:27:38 PM
Has everyone in the north started wearing horizontal striped jumpers?

Have they f**k. (well, have I f**k.)

They were all the rage for a while I loved them, kinda died out unfortunately!

Belfast bouncers still nowhere near as bad as those in Dublin for being picky and ignorant about who gets in (apart from the tossers at the Odyssey of course).