Soon it will be hot :-(

[Gwinnie]

An I won't be able to dress as much as I have hairy legs and can't wear a shrug or anything with my dresses as it would look weird. My car also doesn't have air conditioning. Maybe my tassled wig hair will look sexy. Nah, probably not.

Gwendolyn

[~Joanne~]

The heat is truly a downer. It's the only reason I do not like summer as dressing becomes limited. If I had air conditioning is would be different though ;)

[Beverley Sims]

Gwendolyn,
You will have to exercise a summer mode for dressing.

[RADER]

Yes this is true, the bra-less look will be coming out of me, as I can not hide it
under a heavy shirt or coat. But after the winter that would not die, I welcome spring.
Rader

[Cynthia Anne]

Shave those legs and bring on the heat! I'm ready to wear my sleeveless tops and skirts!

[AllieSF]

We have had a perpetual Spring since the beginning of January. Today we get a taste of Summer with the temperature at 92. No cold weather, no nylons, yippee!

[Jamie001]

An I won't be able to dress as much as I have hairy legs and can't wear a shrug or anything with my dresses as it would look weird. My car also doesn't have air conditioning. Maybe my tassled wig hair will look sexy. Nah, probably not.

Gwendolyn

Why not take a razor to those hairy legs? It is your choice. Once you remove the hair and enjoy the feeling you will never go back.

[I Am Paula]

Long flowy skirts are great in the hot weather. Tank tops, and glued on boobs look and feel great. I think you should shave those gams, but ultimately that's your call.

[Marcella Camira]

There is one in every crowd and I am it! I hate cold. LUv the heat. Bring it on.
80 yesterday and 50 today (yuk). But that's why I am a texas girl. Really wish it was a bit more tropical myself.
Visions..........I see beach, drinks with little umbrellas, sun on the skin, waves splashing.
Oh, guess the visions were from the drinks w/o the umbrellas. LOL.

[wilt575]

Shave those legs and bring on the heat! I'm ready to wear my sleeveless tops and skirts!

Hey don't forget chest and back for swimsuits and bikinis for getting tan lines !!!!

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

I've been shaving my legs since, umm, gotta remember. I think it was 1987. I started shaving my arms last year. The reason? I am a special woman! No one has challeged me or asked but being good at making excuses, I'm also getting older. My hair has stopped growing. (Ya right!), and besides it looks so bad and spotty I decided to shave it. And the biggest lie of all? My body hair irritates my wife's skin when we make love. How's that???? LOL!

I love summer for the nice tops I have, yadda, yadda, yadda. I can wear my denim capris and pink flip-flops. (I wasn't thinking one day and my mother in law saw me. Oh well. No one said anything.) I save my white fur shrug for cooler times when I can put on a dress like a bank teller and be comfy at home.

Cheryl Ann

[pink femme]

My legs are hairy so it's black opaque tights with black knee length skirt. It looks hot and I feel hot, but it's worth it for the girliness xxxx

[felicity84]

it's finally hot enough to wear those summer dresses and light skirts! but it seems today that spring is still here and wont let go. which is just fine for me

[CynthiaD]

Gee, I wish it would hurry up! I was thinking about sitting out on my patio in a skirt and slinky top to enjoy the evening, but it's in the 40's here tonight! In central Texas no less! I'm still sitting out, but in a black leather jacket and long pants. Well, I do have on my breastforms and a ton of jewelry, but it just ain't the same! Sob!

[Rachel Morley]

I don't mind the summer as I get to wear cute summer dresses and strappy open toed sandals with smooth tanned legs. :) Ok, it gets pretty hot when I first get in the car, but the A/C soon cools me down. Then again, winter is "boot weather" and love wearing my knee high boots!

[Alison Felicia]

There's nothing like the feel of silky hose on shaved legs.

[Jill]

I'm with you, summer is a bummer, less dressing, less outings. I tend to wear a couple of layers and I get way to sweaty in the summer for it.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Gwendolyn, I just can't imagine having hairy legs and not dressing all summer.

[Frédérique]

Soon it will be hot :-(

If it ever DOES get hot again, let me know! It’s late April, there’s snow on the ground (and on top of the grass that needs mowing), while I’m sitting close to a portable heater, letting the warm air blow up under my skirt. Oh well, at least I can keep wearing my cute sweaters for a while longer, and make believe its autumn, not spring. Here in Kansas, summer heat may break out at any moment, and that means I’ll be sitting in my storm shelter, listening for tornado sirens...
:worried:

[linda allen]

I love the summer sun and such, and stay outdoors as much as possible, but it does make crossdressing difficult if you want to leave the (air conditioned) house. Very, very few of us will pass as female in short shorts, tank tops, etc. You can shave your entire body (well some of us can), but you're not going to have the female shape that these clothes require. Dresses, skirts, and long sleeves cover a lot of maleness.

[aalynn88]

The only thing I don't like about the heat is perspiring under my wig, especially if it's windy and I have to wear a ball cap. The wind may help with cooling but I hate my wig getting all messed up.
I'm still wondering if I should go to my apartment pool in a bikini!! lol

[Jackie7]

Can't wait for hot weather! Just bought a fab new sun dress from Bettie Page Clothing .com, can't wait to wear it out. Maybe I will need a crinoline to fill out the full, knee-length skirt. Ooh!

[Acastina]

It's already unseasonably warm for April. What's "hot"? We usually see a few days on the far side of 100°F, and a lot in the 90s, through the summer, but it seems to be getting warmer sooner. Our ski season was truncated by about a full month this year, and the spring wildflowers and grasses seem to be wilting a lot sooner than they used to.

Effect on CD? Negligible. A bit of a project to tan the upper arms and avoid a farmer's tan for sleeveless tops: use 55+ spf at all times below the short-sleeve line and none above; spend some dedicated private time in the sun in tank tops so the upper arms and shoulders keep up with the slowly developing tan below the sleeve line; a little dark-beige makeup can work wonders to blend and blur the line.

A lot of golf takes care of tanning my legs, which get a lot of extra moisturizer in summer. Shave carefully and tan 'em up, and even my mid-60s veiny gams don't look half bad. Look around at women your age and you'll see few perfect legs. Kinda stuck with the white feet, though. Those foot tanners you see advertised in the golf mags are pricey; again, a little makeup can ease the transition.

I actually think the summer clothes are more fun, but I'm probably luckier than most here about shape and proportions and smoothness, so showing more skin works for me. I love tank tops, spaghetti-strap tops, girls' shorts, light airy skirts of many lengths, and I adore my skorts and sundresses. Cheap casual flat sandals from Payless. I've grown my own hair out to shoulder-blade length and only use a light hairpiece on top, so hot wigs aren't a problem.

I'm glad I live where there are seasons. I prefer the cooler months, but summer has its joys, like a cool evening summer breeze up one's skirt...

[I Am Paula]

Tommorow is expected to be our first real spring day. Winter dragged on a extra month this year. Prep list:
Check shaving job on legs√
Paint toenails√
Capri pants ironed√
Boobs glued on for wearing cami tommorow√
Spring purse found, and stocked√
Rope soled wedges dug out from under bed√
Lunch reservations for tommorow√
I'm ready, bring on some sunshine!

[Toronto Kristen]

I am like Gwinnie in that my opportunities to dress over the summer will be restricted. My kids are coming back from university. Although one has decided to do a summer term and the other will be spending time at her mother's, I will have less time to myself.

One decision I have to make is regarding my legs. Over this winter, I have been "introducing" a cleaner look to my legs. I started to shorten and thin out the hair. Then I started to shave the lower legs, with the intent of going completely shaved. Essentially I did not want to make a huge and obvious change. So far, I have received no comments from friends at my club of 12 years. One option is to let my lower legs match the upper legs. The other is to stay the way I am and answer any question from the kids with "I like it this way". As I have been keeping the tan from our Christmas holiday, I can use that as a (feeble) rationale.

[5150 Girl]

Well, I'm pretty much out for the most part... Shaved legs and what-not are not at issue for me. Only thing is, by the time one gets forms, and a hair piece, and some of the other "extras" it adds up on a 90 degree day.
Even at that, I'm fairly cold blooded, so it takes upper 80's before I start to even feel it.
I think the ones to be pitied are the people with the polar bear blood like my SO.... In the winter, I can always add another layer or two, in the summer, she can only take so much off!

[Aly Cat]

This is really the first time I have been looking forward to summer. Ive spent all winter losing weight and getting fit and Ive already started working on my tan. I sooooo want to shave my legs again, but my wife asked me not to. She said she found my tanned shaped legs intimidating and she was jealous of them and wanted me to have man legs :'( I dont know if I was offended or flattered lol. I have found a good compromise though. I take the hair trimmer to my legs and arms and keep it short. That way hair isnt so noticeable and yet Im not all clean shaven and looking like Im competing with my wife.

I still may ask over and over again to see if she'll cave and let me at least once.

[Lacey New]

For a closet cross dresser hot weather is a drag. In the hot weather it is either hiding out in the house fully dressed or when going out, panties only. No way to hide a bra under a t shirt or pantyhose under shorts. C'mon Fall!

[Stephanie47]

When summer arrives I pull out the floor length sun dresses. Last year I found several that were truly floor length. They came down to the top of my feet which I really did not expect since I'm six foot even. I have many tea length sleeveless dresses that work fine in the summer. I guess I'm fortunate because the average temperature in the Pacific Northwest's western Washington in summer is less than 80 degrees. The native born start passing out at eighty degrees. In the evening the temperature dips to the fifties which is refreshing. No need for air conditioning.

Since I'm an in-home dresser the hair on my arms, which is not thick and is light & fine, is not an issue. Most women throw on a shawl or sweater in the evening. I really do not miss those days of overnight lows in the 90's with high humidity when I was growing up in NYC.

The only downer for the summer is my wife is off this year from mid June to the first Wednesday after Labor Day.

Oh, don't forget, if you're soaking up the sun in that sundress the tan lines may raise some suspicions.

[Aly Cat]

Sadly Im not even a closet dresser anymore. But I take what I can get. If shorter leg hair is all I get, then by God Im having shorter leg hair! Id have no leg hair if I had my choice. Then again, if I had my choice, Id be wearing those cute sundresses Stephanie is talking about!

[rita63]

My goal this summer is to go out in a skirt and stockings fully dressed, hopefully at the trans march at PRIDE in Toronto in June. Only been out once befor at night in a cold November so it will be a thrill and if it goes well who knows where I will wind up.

hugs rita

[Daryl]

I'm not looking forward to the heat. I'll have to do my shopping early in the day so I can be in the AC. That's when I take off my jeans and get into a lounge dress and flats.
I can't take it when the temps get above 90 degrees.

[Eryn]

Shaved arms and legs are cooler than hairy ones in both senses of the term! A lot of men shave their legs for many reasons other than CDing.

I look forward to summer. I have cute tops, Capris, and warm-weather dresses that need to be worn, and my legs are my best feature!