Last night AllieSF and I were have a debate about a post I made. I am firmly in the "age appropriate" dressing category. Allie's position is that there are no rules and anything goes.
So, I thought this would be a good debate for the group. I hope that the women here jump on this thread as they are the best source of real information as they live it every day.
My thesis is this: dress as you like in the house, whatever makes you feel good. This is true for men and women. But when you go out, if you want to blend or not attract negative attention, there are "rules" that exist and dressing age appropriate is the only solution. Hemlines go down as we age for example. Cleavage is more covered, and so on. To me, even if she has a great body, a 50 year old GG in a leather miniskirt is just sad and most of us would notice and not in a positive way. In the same way, a 30 year man with pants belted below his ass and boxers showing is equally sad. Both scenarios are the portrayal of what they are obviously not.
So what do you all think? When part of the public, does anything really go? Is age appropriate just "old" ? Now please do NOT respond with how things "should be" just the reality of what is and with the caveat that the cross dresser is out in public. Should we cross dressers aim for age appropriateness or let it fly? And what is the consequence of each?