Attitudes, strategies and looks from nights at Berghain, The Box and private parties that won't have a chance to turn you away.
by CRITTER | 20.10.2023
Let's be real. Where you party isn't that deep. You can meet the most exciting people at a bus stop and have the best nights of your life at a random house party of your best friend Lucy's cousin's place. The status game of where you spend your Saturday nights has become quite insane with people spending thousands of pounds on tables or flying to one specific party capital six times in order to try to get into one specific club. Truth be told, that's not how to have the best night of your life. At best, you get in and watch a spectacle, but as a CRITTER you expect more than that. Your Main Character Energy requires you to be part of it, and fully immerse yourself in the experience, right? So, money and possible connections aside - how do you get into any club and have the time of your life?
The best way to start your way into any club is a tiny bit of research. Especially if you are not a regular or have never been it makes sense to get a bit of an idea of what the place is about (you might not even like it!) Go online and check what the vibe is, what the event is called and who is playing. Clubs pay enormous amounts of money, time and effort on their vision to create a certain experience. They hire art directors, performers and even partygoers to make sure they provide their guests with a specific experience. So the best way to get them to let you in is by helping them bring their vision to life.
(Little side note here: the only part that people in t-shirts and basic jeans play in any curator's vision is as high-paying guests - so do better)
A place that masters the curation of a unique night out is the Box both in London and New York. Here the person on the door decides, who gets in easily and who has to pay the equivalent of a car for a table to get access. Inside all types of magical creatures are dancing surrounded by wealthy patrons who are sitting on tables behind a velvet rope. This type of place is definitely one where you want to show up looking like you just came from a magazine shoot. If you bring the vibe here, they might invite you back on a regular basis, drinks and table included.
Certain clubs have cultivated a cult following and a specific look that people stick to and embrace: most famously Berlin's Berghain. Any time of day when this techno temple is open you see endless queues of people dressed in black, standing silently with the hope to be among the few ones who don't get the dreaded 'Heute leider nicht'. There are plenty of online blogs and videos about its infamous dress code. Strangely, once you are inside it appears as if the monotonous black has been broken up by people who wear whatever they feel like. Obviously, obeying the styles and codes of a club can really help, but breaking them by showing up with a twist - be it a monochromatic look that isn't black or a lycra gown - can be your ticket in. There is something irresist