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Sex addicts
By Lauren Beckham Falcone
It’s the sex party even your mother would sanction. The premiere of the much-anticipated big screen version of HBO’s hit series “Sex and the City” has sparked dolled-up drink fests featuring stiletto-strutting, cosmo-swilling, cocktail dress-clad entourages out to make the movie the event of the season. “Some people stand in line to get into the ‘Star Wars’ premieres,” said Melissa O’Shea, 37, of Medford. “It’s like that, but more refined. After all, we can’t stand in line too long in three-inch heels.” O’Shea, the founder of Boston-based, 1,800-member Hello Stiletto Shoe Club, has two “Sex and the City” movie parties planned for next month at National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Lux Level in Randolph. For $10 extra, club members can screen “Sex” in style while sipping martinis and noshing on snacks in the VIP section. And the party is so popular, she’s thinking about renting the room for a third night. “It’s really an excellent fun night out and I think the show is directly responsible for the fact that I can run a club of this nature,” she said. “Carrie’s shoe fetish brought out the beast in all of us.” Manolo mavens aren’t the only ones planning big bashes. Shannon Lee, assistant manager of quality management and risk prevention at the Home for Little Wanderers, has managed to wrangle more than a dozen friends and co-workers for Friday’s 8:45 p.m. show at Boston’s Loews theater. And they all plan to sip cocktails post-movie. “We’ll dress up, too,” said the 29-year-old, who lives in the North End. “I mean, not like the characters. That’s a little ‘Star Trek.’ But you know, we’ll wear something nicer than what we usually wear to the movies.” Dressing the part is the point of Yolanda Cellucci’s bash. The owner of Yolanda’s, a high-end dress shop and spa in Waltham, is treating select clients and co-workers to a cocktail reception at her store before a limo whisks them to Boston to see “Sex” Friday night. There’s only one rule. “No pants allowed,” Cellucci said. Cellucci also is offering a Sex incentive: any client who brings in a stub from a showing of “Sex and the City” from any movie theater will save 15 percent on any cocktail dress during June. Andrea Pupek, 25, an executive assistant at the Boston Design Center, and three of her colleagues are doing the “Sex” thing the night of the premiere: enjoying cosmos at a local bar before heading to the theater. “We have to,” she said. “We can’t wait to see it. And I’m sure we’ll go out after the movie, too.” O’Shea said “Sex and the City: The Movie” is really just an excuse to break out her best heels. “I’m sure the movie’s not going to be intellectually stimulating,” she said. “It’s total fantasy for us. It’s like ‘Lord of the Rings,’ except it’s ‘Lord of the Manolos.’ ”
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