the boot code, with regards to leslie hahner

Music: Charlatans: Simpatico (2006)

One of my favorite coffee table books is Mel Gordon's deliciously fascinating Volumptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin (Los Angles: Feral House, 2006). From it, we learn various tidbits about prostitutes. Since prostitution was illegal, these skilled professionals had to signal their vocational offerings with their fashion choices. Of particular interest are the "boot girls," who were dominatrices that used the following "code":

black boots (stifling the impulse to write "highway broads"): Will crop your ass lying down.

brown boots: will try to choke you wearing boots or stockings.

blue boots: she'll get busy with a strap on.

scarlet boots: she'll humiliate you by making you wear a dress and then poke fun at you.

black laces: short-whip spankings.

gold laces: did you say you wanted poop on your chest?

white laces: ruff ruff, you get to wear a collar!

white ribbons on the top of boots: you get to start off as the dom, but the tables get turned by the end.

Of course, they couldn't have possibly known about my favorite: purple laces and a small padlock. And don't ask me what that's code for; if you don't already know, then there's no sense in telling you.