I've seen a couple of threads discussing dressing and housework. I would like to take the conversation in a related direction for a moment. I think its entirely possible and appropriate to express femininity while engaging in the most mundane aspects of daily life. For example, these past two weekends, my wife and I engaged in a couple of marathon gardening sessions. It was just us two girls working in the garden and it was so much fun! We spent the better part of four days on our hands and knees, grubbing out weeds and roots, planting (and replanting), and top dressing with compost, manure and mulch.
I don't suppose it sounds like a very girly thing to do, but in my family, historically its the ladies who tend the garden and the flower beds. So, in some sense, I was channeling my mom and grandmother. Besides, I wore a straw hat, halter top (lots of sunscreen) and cotton crop pants, and clunky plastic garden shoes. Not the height of fashion, but appropriate for the job, and not much different than Mom might have worn when she was doing the same thing at this age.