Drag could subvert the rules at male-only ‘gentlemen’s club’
One of Londonās last male-only private clubs has opted to keep a ban on womenā¦ but one member has come up with a fantastic solution.
The famous Garrick Club has been operating since 1831, and is one of the last venues to operate a āgentlemen onlyā policy banning female members.
A number of proposals to end the ban have failed to reach a required two-thirds majority ā with the latest such vote attracting support from 50.5% of existing members earlier this year.
However, one studious observer of the clubās rules might have cracked a workaround.
According to the Standard, Garrick member Clive Francis mooted the idea in the clubās magazine.
He wrote: āAll is not lost, there is a glimmer of hope at hand, a compromise.
āFrom what I can gather, although women may not become members, there is nothing to stop members becoming womenā¦ as long as theyāre wearing a tie.ā
The writer proposed a Garrick drag dinner, to āsoften the blow for those whose fervent wish to see ladies enter our ranks as members was dashedā.
He wrote: āI have had an occasional foray into fishnets, as an all-singing, all-dancing hag in D Potterās Lipstick on Your Collar.
āI am sure there have been many other worthy members who have at one time or another enjoyed the fragrant attire of the female undergarment.ā