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Women Only | Sexual Exploration
Ladies Only
Skirt Club is a social get-together or adult play party for ladies only. Think "girls night out,"
but with a Sapphic vibe. It hosts a private-members
network for curious women, both intellectually and
sexually. They seek to embolden women
at a time when sexual fluidity is embraced. Regarding
sexual adventuring, exploration, and experimentation, society is
turning a page in modern-girl thinking of what sexual
attraction can mean, and this project addresses that
fascination.
Skirt Club is the brainchild of Geneviève LeJeune, who
founded the group in 2013 in London, England.
Since its inception, it has spread to Miami, Sydney, San Diego, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Similar groups espousing the same concept have been
established in
New York and Los Angeles.
The original
Skirt Club, in effect since its inaugural party, remains exactly what it claims to be — a
dedicated space for women who are otherwise coupled with men, or whose
main sexual involvements are with men, to have sexual
encounters with
women. With no men around.
While the
events have been billed as sex parties that let straight
women be gay for a night, they purport to be more than
just a sex party.
In so far
as it focuses on straight people experimenting with
their sexuality, "skirt club" is the female version of
the male "down low" culture. As such,
skirt club activity, at least from a clinical
standpoint, would be more accurately defined as "women
having sex with women (WSW)" rather than lesbianism.
Likewise the down low experience is defined as "men
having sex with men (MSM)" rather than a gay experience.
Also, both
cultures are considered covert and sometimes referred to
as a secret society.
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Sapphic 101: Never Been With a Woman?
Here are Some Bits of Advice
Info: Down Low Culture
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Info: Sensuality and Seduction
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Skirt Club Commentary
Female Empowerment
While the ‘sex parties’ gain all the media attention,
Skirt Club is more than a female-only sex club. Skirt
Club’s mission is to build an exclusive all-female
community for empowerment and sexual discovery. A
network of professional women with common interests.
-Ash Jurberg, Sexology Magazine, 2022
Skirt Club is an underground community for girls who
play with girls. It was set up in 2013 by Geneviève
LeJeune, who had attended "play parties" with a male ex.
She soon realized she was doing things for his pleasure,
not her own. So she decided to make Skirt Club for
ladies only. It hosts a private members network for the
curious kind; both in mind and sexuality. Skirt Club
promotes glamour; free-flowing champagne, burlesque
performers and…much more.
Skirt Club is for ladies only. It hosts a private
members network for the curious kind; both in mind and
body. It exists to propel women’s sexual empowerment
at a time when sexual fluidity is embraced.
Society is turning a page in modern-girl thinking of
what "sexual attraction" can mean. Skirt Club encourages
that freedom of expression, and therefore our parties
are for women only, meaning members can explore safely
within their own boundaries and true to their own
desires.
[Source: Linsey G, Luna Luna, 2016]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Sweet Love All Night Long
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Info: Lesbian Community
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Info: Sensuous and Seductive
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Podcast Interview: Genevieve Lejeune and Hayley Quinn
Sexual Meet and Greet
What does a Skirt Club party entail? Are we talking
serious sex play, or more of a meet-and-greet setting?
We are talking about both. Women need to engage on a
cerebral level before any kind of sex play is in the
cards. We prefer the finer things: soft furnishings,
mood lighting, champagne, and stimulating, informative
conversation. The gracefulness of burlesque ignites the
first sensations of desire.
There are two types of events:
--Mini Skirt - A cocktail soirée to meet other members
--Skirt Club - The signature play experience
Both feature a short talk and a sensual performance. We
enjoy the educational element as much as the flirt and
tease.
Our desire is to build an exclusive all-female community
for empowerment and sexual discovery. A network of
career-minded women with a common interest. Confident,
more informed women are more successful.
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club:
Ladies Only
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Info: Down Low Culture
Podcast Interview: Genevieve Lejeune and Hayley Quinn
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Sapphic 101: Never Been With a Woman?
Here are Some Bits of Advice
How does Skirt Club differentiate itself from
established women-only, lesbian sex parties?
Firstly, we are not a lesbian sex party. In fact I could
count the number of lesbians in our community on one
hand. Skirt Club is very much about straight girls
experimenting, and bi girls finding a home where they
can meet other bi girls. I also refrain from the term
"sex party" unless we can envelope the senses and the
journey leading up to sexual interaction as part of sex.
Men often overlook the nuances that lead to making that
connection.
We specifically advertise as a safe place for bisexual
and bi-curious women.
Queer-leaning women and lesbians are welcome to apply.
But we often find that
they are not looking for what we offer.
[Source: Geneviève LeJeune, Founder of Skirt Club]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Info: Sexual Curiosity,
Questioning, Experimentation, Exploration
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Mermaid Tavern
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Talking with Skirt Club Organizer
Intimate and
Intellectual Interactions
No
Pressure... No Expectations...
Even though Skirt Club is about exploring
sexuality, it’s not just about having sex. Sex comes
last at these events. In fact,
attendees don’t even have to have sex if they’re not
comfortable.
For the most part, Skirt Club is really a place of
intimate and intellectual interactions. Many of the
members are lawyers or businesswomen and they’re all
intrigued by one another’s personal stories and desires.
"Skirt Club" is the signature play party for those curious
about their sexuality. It’s held in a private venue with
free-flowing champagne, burlesque performances, games
“and wherever the night may take you.”
"Mini Skirt," on the other hand, is a cocktail soirée to
meet other members. And because it’s held in a public
space, no sex is allowed. However, there are still
performances and drinks available.
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Sweet Love All Night Long
Sex Experiment: Curious Woman Has Sexy Fun With Other
Girls
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
"Sapience" is another type of experience. It’s a workshop
for members who seek knowledge. They teach you about
various things, from role playing to learning how to
spank properly. Women have an insatiable appetite for
knowledge, so having a workshop
makes complete sense. And yes, they’re turned on by the
end without having even touched each other.”
It's all about female empowerment. Because Skirt Club is
an environment free from any pressure and expectations,
women are left to do as they please. Organizers say that
women experience a confidence boost in all aspects of
their lives.
Not only that, but some of them have even experienced
some form of healing at Skirt Club. According to
organizers, some people have opened up to her about their
experiences with sexual trauma. Founder Geneviève LeJeune
says, “Skirt Club
is a soft, no pressure way of getting back into feeling
sexual. This is not therapy and we’re not
claiming it to be, but I think it’s a way to learn how
to get control back in a sexual environment. It’s a way
that gives you courage to go forward and hopefully have
a healthy sexual relationship with somebody.”
And because of such an open and safe environment,
Genevieve often receives many well-deserved emails that
say: “Thanks, I get to be me.”
[Source: Angela Pronto, Entity, 2017]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Info: Down Low Culture
Sapphic 101: Never Been With a Woman?
Here are Some Bits of Advice
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Info: Sensuality and Seduction
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Sex Experiment: Curious Woman Has Sexy
Fun With Other Girls
Inside Skirt Club
Secret Sex Party for
Bi-Curious Women
Reporting on-site from a Skirt Club event,
Cosmopolitan magazine writer, Alix Tunell spent a night in the exclusive sex party
where (mostly straight) women ditched their male partners
to explore their sexuality in private. "On this particular night in 2018,"
she explains, "I’m in
Manhattan with 100 vetted members who each paid $180 for
a champagne-fueled, masquerade-themed night of NSFW
experimentation."
Alix shared this observation: "The four women in the bathtub are so preoccupied with
going down on each other, they don’t seem to notice me
watching them. I’ve been walking around naked in this
stranger’s penthouse for several hours now, and tucked
away in every nook of the apartment, groups of women are
equally engrossed in one another. In a closet across
from the tub, a woman is using a vibrator and moaning
loudly. The rest of the master suite is crowded with
limbs and faces buried between legs. The air smells like
sex, but sweeter—perfume, plus sweat, minus men—and
marijuana."
Skirt Club is a members-only society of nearly
11,000 women around the world, most of whom are in
committed hetero relationships and identify as
bi-curious or bisexual. Started in 2013 by a woman who
saw a need for exclusively female sex parties, what was
once a small gathering of 15 friends in London is now a
full-fledged enterprise with approximately 50 parties
per year in 12 major cities around the world.
Five years ago, Skirt Club’s founder, Genevieve LeJeune,
was working as a branding consultant in London and going
to sex parties with her then-boyfriend. He was
interested in having threesomes; she was hoping to
explore her bisexuality. It didn’t take long for her to
notice how limiting those parties could be.
[Source: Alix Tunell, Cosmopolitan, 2018]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Info: Lesbian Community
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Info: Sensuous and Seductive
Sweet Love All Night Long
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Skirt Club Commentary
My Evening at Skirt Club
Skirt Club Review
As a sexually comfortable and confident
twenty-something, I’m always looking for ways to explore
what sensuality means to me. But in between bars and for
those who don’t do dating apps, where do you turn? This
is how I found Skirt Club.
Founded by women, for women, who like women, Skirt Club
is an underground community where girls gather to
explore themselves, and each other. After first finding
out about the club online, it wasn’t long before I
attended my first event – the Mini Skirt Club. Here
ladies are introduced to the circle with conversation
that’s as sparkling as the prosecco, and kinky party
games to break the ice. After kisses are exchanged,
cocktails are finished and cabs are booked, what next?
It’s time to lower your hemline and embrace the full
Skirt Club experience.
Hosted at a plush private home in West London marked
only by a distinctive doormat, you’d never know what
waits inside. I ring the bell and smirk to myself as
unsuspecting pedestrians pass by, unaware of the
stockings under my dress or the dirty thoughts on my
mind. Once inside I’m greeted by the gorgeous organizers
and handed a glass of champagne before I mingle amongst
the other beautiful women there with exploration on the
brain. I feel instantly at ease – there’s a shared
feeling of enlightenment, and we all know we’re there
for the same reasons. This is a secure place to
experiment without worry, and to flirt and indulge your
fantasies.
After the initial introductions and adventuring across
the townhouse, the group of fifty or so girls arrange
themselves for the entertainment. Tonight this comes in
the form of psychosexual and relationship therapist Kate
Moyle and Colombian belly dancing beauty Tahaty. Once
the acts have been applauded, inhibitions are stripped
along with clothing. Long dresses are shed in favor of
lingerie as the evening picks up pace, and I’m free to
admire the truly incredible women I’m surrounded by.
The sensual tease has meant my curiosity is at its peak,
and I want to play. Walking past several storeys of rose
petal sprinkled rooms I take to the terrace and sit with
a small group as we gaze across the sparkling rooftops
of London. I’m trembling, and I can’t tell if it’s from
the cold November night or the anticipation of what’s to
come. Locking eyes with a girl that I’ve been swapping
stories and shared glances with, she admits that she
can’t wait another moment to kiss me. We lean in, soft
lips and sweet breath colliding. This isn’t the first
time I’ve kissed a girl, but I know it’s the start of
something that could be so much more.
I remember a small snug inside a book-lined study, and
lead her there. As kisses turn more fervent, it isn’t
long until we’re joined by a passing party goer who asks
if they can join us. She’s beautiful – a brunette biting
her lip, with perfect breasts and a soft stomach. How
could I say no? In what seems like only a moment I’m in
between the two, our small snug made even tighter as
tongues travel across skin, my nipple gently tugged at
by the brunette as my other playfriend plants kisses
across my belly.
As incredible as this is, I’m eager to keep exploring.
Wearing only my lace suspender belt, soft panties and
stockings, I push the door open to another room and meet
more women- some kissing, others talking as they stroke
skin. “Does anyone know how to use this?” one giggling
girl asks, pointing at a silk swing suspended from the
ceiling. Never one to turn down a challenge, I help her
into it. Another girl joins us, curious about the
contraption and the two of us playing with it. As I
watch her kiss the girl in the swing, a need aches
inside me and I know I want to go further, and try what
I’ve only done in my fantasies before now.
Gently holding her hips, I guide the girl in the swing
towards me, kneeling in front of her. She keeps kissing
the other girl as my lips gently caress the flesh along
her inner thighs, and she breaks away briefly to gasp a
light moan as I reach the place I’ve thought about for
so long. The sound of her pleasure is a turn on enough –
knowing that I’m having this effect. As a woman I know
what we want, and I take great pleasure in slowly giving
her that.
The night continues into the early hours, with women
floating from room to room, exchanging fantasies but not
full names. Everyone is comfortable, confident and at
ease. It doesn’t matter if you’re there for sex or just
want to see how the experience makes you feel – Skirt
Club caters for everyone, with no pressure. The entire
night emanates sophisticated and class, they definitely
know what women want.
I get home at 2am with swollen, over-kissed lips and a
lot on my mind. I feel strong, happy and confident in my
sexuality – I struggle to stop myself smiling as I try
to sleep as the events of the evening play out in my
mind. I wake up the next day and log in to Skirt Club –
I already can’t wait to go back.
[Source: Miss P, Jo Divine, 2015]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Info: Sexual Curiosity,
Questioning, Experimentation, Exploration
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Mermaid Tavern
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Podcast Interview: Genevieve Lejeune and
Hayley Quinn
Mini Skirt Event
Cocktail Party for the Bi-Curious
A recent poll by YouGov found that almost a quarter of
the British public identify as something other than 100%
heterosexual, and increases to almost half for those
aged 18-24.
With more of us openly confessing our sexuality is
creaking ajar, exploring these feelings may become more
of a reality rather than a fantasy previously relegated
to the privacy of our own imagination.
Answering the call of our curiosity is Skirt Club, an
exclusive members club where women can explore their
Sapphic side in secret. Described as an “underground
community for girls who play with girls”, the idea alone
is enticing enough. As a woman who would consider
herself mainly straight, but open minded and admittedly
finds women attractive, it offers the perfect
opportunity to experiment.
After having my membership approved, I booked my place
at a "Mini Skirt" party. More of a cocktail evening than a
sex club, a Mini Skirt party allows interested members
to meet like-minded ladies in a laid back and luxurious
environment. Held at the Looking Glass Cocktail Club in Shoreditch,
England, entering through a concealed mirror was
exciting enough; and that was just the beginning.
Immediately you’re welcomed by smiling, beautiful women
who exude sophistication and sexual confidence, and
instantly make you feel at ease. A free tipple and a
card matching game soon gets you settled in and
introduces you to the others who have arrived, before
burlesque performers set the sensual theme for the
evening.
What’s perhaps most immediately recognizable is the lack
of pressure or awkwardness. Everyone there knows what
they want, and are open to discuss it whilst giggling
over glasses over wine. Although the playful and naughty
tone of the night didn’t quite descend into pillow
fights, it did include a round of spin the bottle and
body shots – so perhaps the male fantasy isn’t too far
off from reality. Soft kisses exchanged, lashes batted,
lips bitten, the excitement amongst the group of
empowered women was palpable as the evening went on.
As an introduction to Skirt Club, the Mini Skirt party
means that clothes (mainly) stay in place, so there’s no
pressure for those who are dipping their toe in to begin
with. By the end of the night, names and numbers were swapped so that you can stay in touch
with the wonderful women you’ve met that evening.
Promises were made to attend the next full Skirt Club
party, a secret event at a private location that could
potentially lead to much more than party games.
[Source: Miss P, Jo Divine, 2015]
Understanding Skirt Club
Skirt Club
Female Empowerment with Skirt Club Founder Genevieve
LeJeune
Info: Down Low Culture
What Are Skirt Club Parties Like?
Sapphic 101: Never Been With a Woman?
Here are Some Bits of Advice
Inside Skirt Club: High Glamour Sex Party for Women Only
Interview with Geneviève Lejeune, Founder of Skirt Club
Info: Sensuality and Seduction
Inside the Sex Party That Lets Straight Women Be Gay for
a Night
Canção de Amor Sem Nome
Talking with Skirt Club Organizer
Sex Experiment: Curious Woman Has Sexy
Fun With Other Girls
Sweet Love All Night Long
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