Sometimes clubs just want to keep their image in check. I remember going to Club Therapy around '88-89 and there were 2 preppy girls in front of us that got carded and could not get in. I was 16, probably looking 15, but me and the girl I was with both had long hair with an undercut and Doc Martins. They let us both in with no problem. It was obvious the club was trying to control the style of the place.
I've seen a few places that have strict dress attire codes, but that is nothing new. This club called "Avalon" in 1990 (which was replaced by City Streets) had a strict Formal dress code, which I thought was pretty cool. I still see places that raise the age limit for entry. Most egregious policy I saw was in the early 2000's when, for some reason, Asian people would take over a club. And by that I mean they would show up at a place in the 100's for a couple of months. This was shown to make the owners lose their regulars and a lot ended up closing. Due to this, once word was out they'd very slowly let Asians in, but anyone else was able to cut the line. Sounds bad, but it really was a problem. And then it went away as quickly as it came.
https://abc13.com/news/kung-fu-saloon-settles-racism-dispute-with-doj/819870/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...orts-bar-settles-suit-for-racial-12545140.php It seems like they regularly have issues. There was something a few years back where an individual sued a bar on Washington, and trying to Google it I kept running into other stories about clubs getting sued for racial discrimination like these.
They are able to do so only because of weak minded doormen who chose to follow orders and not speak up or racist door men.
No Jordans rule. My Asian close friend walks in with Jordans. My black coworker got refused with Jordans. mhmm.
