National Fetish Day

NATIONAL FETISH DAY

“Perverts Wear Purple”

Monday 21st January 2008

What is it about and why should anyone join in? I’ll explain…

Back in October 2007, a discussion was started on an Informed Consent website forum board as to whether ‘fetish’ should be allowed to have a National Day, considering that so many other causes and/or beliefs were celebrated with their own National Day. The discussion developed and the people contributing to the thread slowly started to furnish the idea. No committees or focus groups were formed. No meetings were held. No positions of responsibility were allocated. Instead, like-minded individuals from all walks of life, from all over the country contributed their feelings towards the idea of unity.

Slowly the concept became more and more realistic. People decided that the vision of a National Fetish Day was something that could really happen. A date was chosen that gave enough time to spread the word of what the day stood for. The next big problem was as to how people with a fetish could celebrate their ideas and life choices; a slogan was born, “Perverts Wear Purple”.

Why purple? Purple is a colour that is heavily represented in BDSM/fet art, style and clothing. Purple is a colour that is still unusual enough to be different yet common enough to be deniable… so no-one wearing purple needs to be scared they are automatically outing themselves. Finally, it sounds good in a catchy slogan!

So what exactly are we celebrating? Let’s have a look at what a fetish is according to the Cambridge Dictionary: “noun: a sexual interest in an object or a part of the body other than the sexual organs.”(1)

So imagine it. You’re harming no-one by wearing an item of purple clothing on this day and you smile to yourself whenever you think *why* you’re wearing it…BUT…what will run through your mind when you see someone else wearing a purple item of clothing? Imagine this happening across the country at the same time on the same day. Everyone who contributed to the threads, everyone who secretly read it on websites, everyone who heard about the idea and thought it would be a bit of fun. All these perverts, all over, all doing the same thing at the same time for the same reason.