Clothing question

[rocval2001]

If this is the wrong form - I apologize. The question is when you are wearing the female clothing - does it feel natural ? like you should have been doing this for your whole life ?

Hugs

Valerie:)

[janet54]

It feels natural to me but then again I have being do this a long time.And it does feel natural and drab doesn't.

[JamieQ]

Yes, yes, yes and another yes...very natural. I have been doing it all my life, openly as a child, but just not in the open and probably never ever 24/7 as an adult. Too bad Western society places this societal "unacceptable behavior" limit on us. Amanda

[rocval2001]

I know Amanda - Would be nice to go 24/7 - There are times I think I am a cross dresser - then when I can dress and put on some make up - feels like this who I am meant to be.

[Sam-antha]

It feels right, especially if it is "fitted" as an outfit, whether mini or knee lengthskirt attached.
~S~

[Bree-asaurus]

Before I admitted I was transsexual, the clothing was the only expression of myself my suppressed mind would allow.

Since I've accepted who I am and have been transitioning, cloths are just cloths. It doesn't feel like anything. I just wear what I like and that's that.

Being transsexual isn't about the cloths at all... so I dunno... maybe the wrong forum?

[Paulette]

Very natural in fact I am most comfortable while wearing the proper clothing and having it fit correctly. If I am wearing pants I find the need to make sure that they are pulled up and not sagging in the crotch area just like cis girls do.

[Bree-asaurus]

Very natural in fact I am most comfortable while wearing the proper clothing and having it fit correctly. If I am wearing pants I find the need to make sure that they are pulled up and not sagging in the crotch area just like cis girls do.

I don't find it comfortable or natural at all to cram all those genitals up into my abdomen to wear pants.

[Julia_in_Pa]

I never dressed prior to transition.

Right after I transitioned I wouldn't be caught dead without makeup on and a dress or a skirt on with heels.
With each passing year the need to dress to the nines became less and less a priority.

Now with over five years of full time living under my belt rarely do I wear makeup and the need to wear clothing that would be considered very feminine has pretty much disappeared.
Pant suites and flats for work and jeans and a t-shirt or shorts and running shoes on my days off pretty much dominate my wardrobe now.
I've accomplished everything I set out to do.
Now I'm like any other woman out there in public.
I wouldn't have it any other way.


Julia

[Traci Elizabeth]

...cloths are just cloths. It doesn't feel like anything. I just wear what I like and that's that.

Being transsexual isn't about the cloths at all... so I dunno... maybe the wrong forum?

I agree that wearing my clothes does not feel like anything as what else would I be wearing - my birthday dress?

But I do admit I like to wear nice looking clothes be they jeans and a T-shirt or a formal dress in the proper setting.

If you are a man, do you marvel over the clothes you wear? NO! So why as a woman, would I be any different. They are just clothes and I dare not go out in public without them.

[RADER]

Clothes are to keep you modest and protect you from the elements.
So weather you dress as a boy or a girl, it does much the same thing.
It is the image you project with what ever you are wearing that makes a
difference in todays society.
I have to wear some drab clothes out of the closet, while in the "Closet"
I prefer Female clothes. Would I wear them all the time, YES, However
the society at large is not ready for that. So I under dress as much as possible.
Rader

[STACY B]

You can wear anything realy an present as female ,, Just think about it ,,It you have some nice ear rings an light makeup an your hair put a certain way you can wear a garbage bag an look female . All the heels an dresses are just a costume , A T shirt any good fitting mid lenth shorts an flip flops is just as girly as any thing else ,,, If your hair is right an your body is smooth an your jewelry is on an your face is right an your smelling good an your nails fixed all that speaks VOLUMES !!!

[Laurie Ann]

I agree with Julia the early years are more about being the outward view of feminine grandeur eventually being comfortable becomes more important.

[Dethgirl]

I feel right when I wear girls clothes. My favorite thing to wear is a skirt and I can't wait to wear them all the time in public.

[rocval2001]

I understand where Bree is coming from - being a women is more than just clothes - it is an expression of who you are - I guess my point is that it amazes me how well they feel - natural - showing outward what or who you feel inside. Thanks girls - have a great day

[Bunny Girl Zoe]

100% natural to wear female clothes as we are female inside just in wrong body. So yes it feel natural.

[Lesley_Roberta]

Natural? Unknown as of yet (still an experience I have yet to go through).

Practical? well that will be the deal eh. Stuck in a male body means wearing things meant for a female, and thus designed with the female shape in mind.

Not sure I will want artificial breasts. But then you can forget wearing things that might just look dumb without breasts in them. And damn it, so many tops look killer great, and then I realize I have no boobs.

I wish the forum had some loud females (GG types), that were flat as hell, and thus could tell us how they cope. Because they must have a hell of a time coping.

[Cheryl T]

For me absolutely YES.
I'm most comfortable and most at ease and I'm not talking about high fashion or just sexy dresses. Even putting on my Lee Riders as opposed to Wranglers just feels so right.

[Donna June]

I agree with so many here that it is just not about the clothes, but when I am dressed as a woman it does feel natural, it just feels right.

[Jessica_Grl]

I agree with so many here that it is just not about the clothes, but when I am dressed as a woman it does feel natural, it just feels right.

i myself hate using words, my words never come out right, but yes, very much so do i believe the above quote :)

[jennifer24]

Very natural! been dressing for 30+ years and it has always felt natural to me. As the years went on all it did was confirm the fact that this was who I am and felt very confident in my feelings, putting on something manly just does not feel right for me, just feels wrong.

[JohnH]

I feel much more comfortable wearing a dress instead of a blasted coat-and-tie monkey suit! When the weather is warm I wear pants only for work and church - otherwise it's a skirt or a dress.

John

[cdkateinboston]

So although I do not classify myself as transexual, I wanted to just respond because this is a question, for all the spectrum of us, that has intrigued me. So yes, I feel very natural when wearing female clothings (as long as I bought the right size!), but interestingly enough I also feel natural when I am wearing men's clothing. This presented a difficulty for me in high school / college cuz what the heck did it mean? I think what I realized is exactly what Bree said, clothing is clothing, I believe it has more to do with how you express yourself as a person to others, and it just turns out, esp because a lot (not all of course) start young and that's the first way we encounter to express how it feels to be feminine. That being said, yes I love my female clothes and love how they look/feel on me! Maybe the natural feeling is how wearing those clothes lets you let yourself bahave :) Ok, sorry if I'm not supposed to post in this forum! Still getting adjusted to each forum's rules (saw this just on the new post option)

[Bree-asaurus]

So although I do not classify myself as transexual, I wanted to just respond because this is a question, for all the spectrum of us, that has intrigued me. So yes, I feel very natural when wearing female clothings (as long as I bought the right size!), but interestingly enough I also feel natural when I am wearing men's clothing. This presented a difficulty for me in high school / college cuz what the heck did it mean? I think what I realized is exactly what Bree said, clothing is clothing, I believe it has more to do with how you express yourself as a person to others, and it just turns out, esp because a lot (not all of course) start young and that's the first way we encounter to express how it feels to be feminine. That being said, yes I love my female clothes and love how they look/feel on me! Maybe the natural feeling is how wearing those clothes lets you let yourself bahave :) Ok, sorry if I'm not supposed to post in this forum! Still getting adjusted to each forum's rules (saw this just on the new post option)

Of course you are welcome to post in this forum. It's the transsexual forum which means the focus is on transsexual issues... but anyone can chime in. There is a private forum for transsexuals where we can discuss things amongst ourselves when we are wanting to share with, or get advice from other transsexuals who know what we are going through.

[KellyJameson]

Do you feel like a man who is expressing his feminine side by crossdressing but remain very much a man

or

Does crossdressing take you back in time to connect to a lost self that seems to have been put to sleep but now is awakening?

How do you feel about having been a man all your life?

It can feel natural but for two very different reasons, one female and one male.

[MsKelly]

I love to wear skirts and tights/thigh highs. They feel right on me. And of course. A dress always feels great to

[Frances]

I did not go out in public in women's clothes before transition. Now, I wear jeans and t-shirts 95% of the time. I am not sure if I am qualified to answer your question, but I am a woman.

[Aprilrain]

If this is the wrong form - I apologize. The question is when you are wearing the female clothing - does it feel natural ? like you should have been doing this for your whole life ?

Hugs

Valerie:)

It used to feel this way when I was CDing before transition now wearing clothes just feels like wearing clothes though I suspect I'd feel psychologically uncomfortable in male clothing, as I have no interest or need to CD theses days.

[Xrys]

Until recently, I never cared about my clothes. I just wore what I had to to fit in. I would dump them all together into the washer and as long as it got the stink out, it was enough for me. I hated being a man shoping for male clothes, especially at the mall. I felt that I was just being shoved into a corner to be out of the way of the rreal reason why they were there. But the day I opened myself to wearing women's cloths, the world changed. I wnet to the mall and I was in every store looking at styles and matching things together for outfits in my head. The first time I put on women's clothes, I'll never forget. I was at Kohls. I found a pair of denim strech capris with decorative buttons at the botom. I didn't know my size but I made a lucky guess. I suddenly didn't care who was looking or what they thought. I walked all the way across the store to the men's dressing room and tried them on. They looked so right, and they felt so right. Then I turned sideways and had the realization I never had before in my life. I had an ass, and it looked soo cute. I cried right there in the men's dressing room at Kohls. I changed back into my baggy men's shorts, wached my cute little ass dissapear, and bought those capris. Since that day, I changed my eating habbits, started exercising, and for the first time in my life, I cared about my appearance.

[Bree-asaurus]

I did not go out in public in women's clothes before transition. Now, I wear jeans and t-shirts 95% of the time. I am not sure if I am qualified to answer your question, but I am a woman.

Same here... but I figure... this is in the transsexual forum so I'd give them a tomboy transsexual answer :P

[Julia_in_Pa]

Same here. I just don't feel the need to wear anything else other than work.


I did not go out in public in women's clothes before transition. Now, I wear jeans and t-shirts 95% of the time. I am not sure if I am qualified to answer your question, but I am a woman.

[jennifer24]

Always have and always will feel natural to me.

[noeleena]

Hi.
Being intersexed, does it really make any difference to me. in many ways no. yet its what those male clothes represented to me over 64 years ago. in fact i hated with an all out hate male clothes its about what happened in our family to Mum & me,

i dont have any male clothes only womens so thats all i wear .& all ill ever wear.

...noeleena...

[April Lyn]

For me its always been more of an internal feeling of being female, and not so much a feeling I get from wearing the cloths themselves, but yes the cloths do feel very natural and right.

- April

[jillleanne]

yep. I have been doing it all my life.

[DeeDee1974]

Since transitioning I do feel more complete, but my insecurities will always get the best of me. I never felt comfortable in my male body and I was constantly reminded by others of my small stature.

But I do find myself over analyzing the way I look. My hairline goes too far back, my nose and jaw are not soft enough & small shoulders on a male body, might still be a bit to broad on a female frame.

Early in my transition my sister convinced me to borrow a strapless dress of hers to a family wedding. My breasts were too small and my shoulders too wide. I spent the whole night in my chair. My upper body was just too wide and I cringe everytime I see the only picture of myself from that night. And for some reason she told me to go for it.