Nude dining the hot new craze

Metro UK

Friday, July 25, 2008

As temperatures rise New York's summer diners are foregoing pesky clothes and joining the Optional Clothing Diners club.

The group, whose motto is "no hot soup", boasts a membership of 50 and regularly attends restaurants in the city for healthy, clothes-free meals.

"We're just more comfortable nude," said John Ordover, who rents city eateries for dinner parties with a strict dress code - no clothes allowed.

"We're not out to shock or put on a public spectacle. We want only to do things that other people do in the way that we are most comfortable doing them. That, for us, is without clothes," he said.

"We've never had a restaurant say no to us, and the waiters think nothing of it," said Ordover, 46, who works as a Web marketer when he has his clothes on.

"If you work in a restaurant in New York City, the chances are you've seen a lot more shocking things than a room full of naked diners," he added.

Like any nudist club the OCD has its fair share of eccentric members. A naked stand-up comic and naturist yoga teacher are among the regular diners.

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