This time, it was for a room full of Los Angeles socialites—dripping in diamonds paired with showstopping gowns—for a “strictly black tie” affair inside Chateau Marmont’s suite 64.

“I wanted to strip for all those ladies like I would for my boyfriend,” said the burlesque dancer Tuesday night in one of the suite’s bedrooms. “Everyone looks so beautiful dressed in full-length dresses. I saw a lot of sex toys out there. I’m going to check out what I don’t know about already.”

“A s.e.x. soirée,” noted the invite. “Sensuous seated dinner with Expert adult presentation and Xtraordinary desserts with toys.”

“I didn’t make it to the Met Ball this year, so I figured I’d have my own, little sex gala instead,” said host Christine Chiu, wife of Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Gabriel Chiu.

“I’m an overachiever by nature,” she continued. “I’ve been valedictorian all my life, and I firmly believe that we should be the best at everything—.”

“Hello sexy,” she said, turning to a guest walking in.

“Hi beautiful. You look gorgeous.”

“What was I saying?” she turned back. “I don’t believe we should be a 7 in the kitchen and an 8 in the bedroom and a 10 in the boardroom. I think we should be 10 all the way across and even better if we’re 20s. I love my girlfriends so much that I want to empower all of us. And sex is back. It’s back in a big way.”

Where did it go?

“It left for a little bit, because we all got busy with our careers, we forgot how important it is to dominate in the bedroom,” she said. “And in a town like L.A., where there’s always the next best thing lurking around—not even lurking, they’re very aggressive—we married women have to be on our A game. And if you’re single, damn, you really need to be on your A game, because L.A. is the hardest place to meet a man, and if I can help out with a couple of tricks and tips, I feel like I’m doing the world a favor.”

After the striptease, guests made their way to the large balcony, where a 40-person dining table—decorated with bouquets of deep red roses and purple tulips on an all-black table setting—dominated the space, filled with black and white candles.

There was Hope Dworaczyk Smith, wife of billionaire and Vista Equity Partners founder Robert F. Smith; TV personality Brooke Burke; Sydney Holland, former girlfriend of media mogul Sumner M. Redstone; Sarah Magness, wife of billionaire businessman Gary Magness; Julia Sorkin, former wife of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin; Irena Medavoy, wife of producer and executive Mike Medavoy; Sutton Stracke, wife of director Christian Stracke; Sylvia Chivaratanond, co-curator with husband and L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art director Philippe Vergne; and Lysa Heslov, wife of producer, screenwriter, director and frequent George Clooney collaborator Grant Heslov.

“Stunning dress.”

“I love that ring.”

They showered each other with compliments, as champagne flowed during the seafood themed “aphrodisiac” dinner—oysters, black truffle arancini, grilled striped bass, salmon in white soy-miso broth—by Chateau Marmont Executive Chef Dean Yasharian, while Martha Hopkins, the co-author of aphrodisiac cookbook “InterCourses” spoke of the correlation between food and sexual desire.

“I didn’t realize we were going to get a lecture,” murmured a guest. There were selfies galore, as the women nibbled on dinner, paying little attention to the speakers that followed.

A sex therapist then took the mic, followed by two sex toy experts, who discussed role and impact play. But the mood turned much more playful later, as the champagne kicked in and the ladies made their way back inside for bite-sized desserts—with names like “foreplay,” chocolate covered strawberries, and “climax,” yuzu and violet with vanilla cream set in oyster shells, created by Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Executive Pastry Chef Chris Ford—and a sex toy presentation.

“Who wants to explore what we have here? Are you curious about anything on this table?” asked one of the demonstrators. The table was covered in sex toys.

“I want to be spanked,” exclaimed Chiu.

“Spank her! Spank her! She sits front row at Chanel couture,” yelled a guest, as they laughed.

It was 10:30 p.m., and the room was getting rowdy.

“This one is amazing,” the demonstrator said of a toy she had in hand. “And only $14.99.”

“Ha,” exclaimed another. Speaking much softer, she added, “I charge my husband a hell of a lot more than that.”

“Please arrive no later than 7:30 p.m. this evening, as Dita Von Teese will be performing” were the strict instructions from my friend Christine Chiu. The invitation — delivered with a fresh black rose and lace — hinted of extravagance for a night juxtaposing black-tie attire and diamonds with sex talk. I was nervous and excited.

At 7:15, I entered the long black and white hall of Chateau Marmont’s Penthouse 64, turned out to look like a mini New York City gala. Christine is posing for a photographer in a slinky Alexandre Vaulthier gold gown, an homage to the glamorous decor. The outdoor table setting is filled with thousands of red roses in lavish creations by Christine’s favorite floral artistic director, Jeff Leatham. Also looking around in awe with me: Lysa Heslov, the documentarian wife of George Clooney’s producing partner Grant Heslov; Julia Sorkin, power scribe Aaron Sorkin’s lawyer ex-wife; art curator Sylvia Chivaratanond; third wife of Bob Dylan, Darlene Springs; and Sydney Holland, former girlfriend to Sumner Redstone, among them.

At the table, “Ring for Sex” bells stand in as place cards as Billecart-Salmon Rosé, seemingly endless amounts of caviar and cocktail shrimp are served. We put on black Chantilly lace eye masks as instructed to preview an aphrodisiac-centered menu created by Martha Hopkins, author of Intercourses — a book of sexual recipes that have been “couples tested”— and Chateau’s executive chef Dean.

Oysters, a well-known aphrodisiac, are our first course, followed by black truffle arancini, asparagus salad, grilled striped bass and salmon with white soy-miso broth. Christine grabs the microphone and introduces us to our first speaker, Dr. Holly Richmond, a well-known “sex-pert” (with a Ph.D from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in somatic psychology) who promptly introduces us to the details of what a Los Angeles sex therapist does and does not do. I am shocked to hear people who actually do have sex with clients to improve their sexual performance, just like the 2012 film The Sessions. Other topics: orgasms (from a clinical perspective), how successful women tend to like degrading sex, what’s next in sex–tech and more (all devices can now be controlled remotely via iPhone apps).

I look around at the faces around me, which as the program progresses are flushing a bit, as we all listen intently, unsure how to behave. I overhear Christine say, “We should not be a 7 in the bedroom or an 8 in the kitchen — we have to keep ourselves at a 10, 10, 10 across the board, right?”

Next we are introduced to two young ladies who work at the Pleasure Chest, a well known sex shop that the who’s who of LA frequent in confidence. The women are not shy, nor aware of the demographics of the audience, and they proceed to go for it, shocking and awing this group of well heeled women. Medical stimulation, shock therapy, augmented sexual reality —what?! Christine interrupts the discussion with a change of venue, and I feel relief to be able to shift positions and breathe.

In the living room for Dita’s performance, there was real magic. All porcelain skin and grace, Dita captures the attention of every woman in the room — I am unable to shut my eyes, not wanting to miss a minute of her dance. In a purple glowing light matching the colors of the final rays of sunset, she slowly tantalized the ladies sitting closest to her. That waistline! I feel the sexual tension mounting in the room as woman who normally would not be attracted to a woman are clearly enjoying her perfection. It was an “I’ll have what she’s having” moment for sure. As quickly as she entered, like a fairy, she exited and the fantasy was gone.

The evening finishes with an introduction to seductive desserts that beckons even the most determined dieter. The experience, created by chef Chris Ford, started with “Foreplay,” “Discovery,” “Sensual,” “Excitement,” and concluded with “Climax” — yuzu and violet ‘oysters’ set in shells and pearlized with caviar vanilla cream — and “Satisfaction.”

While savoring each bite, our fearless sexual leaders demonstrate the proper way to spank your partner while opening a case of electric shocking devices for stimulating your partner. I am overwhelmed by the evening and what has been an eye-opening experience. It has challenged the simplicity of my sexual existence.

Original article: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-happens-at-a-black-tie-sex-soiree-hollywood-wives-1000421