Clare Press
Clare Press is a writer and magazine features director and creator of the divine Mrs Press lingerie label - www.mrspress.com. She married Matt Press a year ago at Broughton Mill Farm in Berry, NSW.
A Friday night, three weeks before the wedding - I didn’t want a hangover for the big day.The bucks was the same night, in case the boys decided to shave off my husband’s eyebrows, so there was time for them to grow back.
My super-chic bridesmaids.
As our wedding was a whole weekend affair, the hen’s was for one night only, but I did have a kitchen tea too (never say no to a cupcake).
I’m known to be pretty squeamish about strippers and have a low tackiness threshold, so they avoided the penises/dress made of condoms etc. They had to be creative! When I arrived I was met with 60 versions of me, in black dresses – my friends were all holding up masks of my face. It was weird! Very Being John Malkovich. After that shock, it was just chic: canapés, champagne and a lot of dancing.
Lo Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney (www.lostudio.com.au, 02 92124118) then on to Lady Lux ,Roslyn St,Kings Cross, Sydney( 02 93615000).
Are you serious? Me of course! If there’s one night in your life on which you can be an attention-seeking diva and not get into trouble for it, it’s your hen’s night!
While we were sipping bubbles thanking god there were no strippers, my husband-to-be was playing lawn bowls dressed – inexplicably – as a clown complete with rainbow afro and giant shoes. His groomsmen kindly texted us photographic evidence.
I’m not the type to smooch a gigolo just because it’s my last night of freedom. What’s that all about anyway? Presumably you weren’t getting it on with hot toy boys before your hen’s night either, so what’s the big deal about forsaking that when you’re a missus?
It depends who the friend was. For a smaller group, a day on a boat or a weekend up the coast could be amazing. It’s just about hanging out with your friends really – as long you all get dressed up and have fun it doesn’t matter where you are.
