Join Frankie and Scott as they discuss gear-based fetishes! A leather harness… A tailored suit… A pilot’s uniform
Leather and BDSM gear, businesswear, and aviation uniforms all have languages of structure, hierarchy, and transformation.
What makes these aesthetics so compelling? How dow they shape the body, signal roles, and create a sense of intention through ritual and precision?
We’ll explore how what we wear can create a kind of authority the can be performed, reinforced, and playfully subverted, whether through the earned gravity of stripes, the discipline of presentation, or a self-aware, queer take on institutional power.
Along the way, we touch on how these aesthetics aren’t only about dominance, but also about mentorship, aspiration, and learning how to inhabit a role.
Through personal experience and cultural observation, Cufflinks, Collars, and Cockpits invites you to reconsider what it means to “wear” power—and why something so visible can still go unnoticed.
Doors open at 7:00pm, Program begins at 7:30pm. Please help us make this program a success by volunteering!