A naked dining fad is proving popular in New York. About 50 diners - whose motto is "no hot soup" - meet regularly for meals where the dress code is literally non-existent.
Organiser John Ordover, who rents city restaurants for the monthly dinner parties, told the New York Post: "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."
Diners are served by regular restaurant staff - forced by city laws to keep their clothes on.
"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.
The au naturel look is also catching on at a New York stand-up comedy club and in some of the city's yoga classes.
"I had such a transformative experience on my own when I did yoga naked rather than clothed," said Naked Yoga NYC teacher Isis Phoenix. "I wanted to share that."
The classes have about 10 devotees who have to obey two rules - leave your clothes behind, and bring your own mat.
-- NYPost
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