The Sunday Times - UK (2022-05-22)

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The rise of the woke sex party

Last year everyone predicted we would have a hot vax summer,

but this year is set to be the real deal. Yes, after all those months of

being locked down and zipped up, the sex-positive sex party has

arrived. Eschewing BDSM and fetish play for something more ...

thoughtful, events organisers such as the Fox Den (above) are holding

talks and workshops on topics including Japanese rope bondage and

polyamory. It’s about community as opposed to orgies (even though

full sex is still on the menu) and the Fox Den’s dinner party-styled

dos, where courses of homespun dishes like lasagne are interspersed

with “sexy” icebreaker games, are an example of that. “After spending

years in front of a computer screen and connecting with others on

Zoom, our members are craving real-world human interaction,” says

the party planner’s founder, Sinead Mac Manus. “And single people

are finding it increasingly difficult to meet people through the dating

and kink apps. The emphasis is on bringing people together to

connect.” Great, but can we pass on the lasagne, please?

The Barometer

ON THE COVER TALULAH RILEY PHOTOGRAPH CLAIRE ROTHSTEIN STYLING PHOEBE SCHURINGS. SATIN BODICE, £215, RAQUETTE. EMBELLISHED BRIEFS, POA, DOLCE & GABBANA. CAPE, POA, LOUIS VUITTON. SHOES, £1,075, MACH & MACH.

DIVISSIMA TOPAZ, RUBELLITE AND DIAMOND EARRINGS, £9,500, SERPENTI DIAMOND BRACELET, £23,100, AND SERPENTI VIPER RING, £6,250, BULGARI. BEE MY LOVE DIAMOND RING, £2,040, AND HALF-PAVé DIAMOND RING, £2,950, CHAUMET

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Edited by Priya Elan

Clockwise from

top Paul Mescal,

Jessie Buckley,

Dan Stevens and

Ashton Sanders

Meet your new tachefluencer

(yes, it’s Mr Pringles)

Sorry, Monopoly guy, our current facial-hair inspo is Monsieur

Pringles, aka the chap with the hazy, lazy moustache on the side

of the crisp brand’s packaging. His Tales of the City-style tache

has clearly been on the mood board for the actor Dan Stevens’s

recent glow-up, Timothée Chalamet in The French Dispatch, Paul

Mescal’s top tache, plus all our faves at the Met Gala (the actors

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ashton Sanders, as well as Marcus

Mumford and, erm, Jessie Buckley). Best worn droopy and louchely.

Alamy, Getty Images, @seren.sins

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