My wife doesn't have a need to dress in formal attire too frequently and never wears a girdle either.
but, she has purchased a new dress that will need to be tailored to fit her for a formal party. She wants to wear a girdle. She looked for a couple weeks and finally in disgust told me she was having trouble finding one. She wanted one with stays and all she could find were the "Spanx" kind that often tend to roll which defeats the purpose of wearing one.
The next time she went to the master bath, she found two of Karen's girdles with stays on her vanity. She is going to wear mine. lol.
I think it is funny that she is going to wear Karen's lingerie.
So, given the situation, when she wears Karen's girdles, is she cross-dressing?