What made you crossdress for the first time?

[ZelenaCD]

Hello <3

As the title says "What made you crossdress for the first time?".

Mine was me going into my step-moms lingerie drawer, I guess of curiosity I picked up a pair of panties and yeah I was hooked and it only became more with time, so here we are 9 years later :heehee:


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[Teresa]

Zelena,
I finally told my full story in the TS section some time ago , we all have a slightly different beginning , most of us end up at the same point .
Underwear wasn't my starting point that came later , I'm afraid the three letter word SEX tied all the loose ends together !

[Lacey New]

I am not real sure about what made me crossdress for the first time. I guess it was really a progression over time. As an early teenager, I would "borrow" my mother's or sister's nylon panties for some quick sexual gratification and if i had a little time, I would put them on only for that quick incident. Later on in high school, I would see advertisements in the back pages of Penthouse or Playboy for a place called Michael Salem's TV boutique and it always intrigued me. Then in college, courtesy of a careless girlfriend, I acquired a pair of cute white nylon hipster panties and a pair of pantyhose and I enjoyed wearning them for a while. At that pont, I had still ot tried on a bra but I wanted to. I figured that if a little lingerie was good, more would be better. So after college and living on my own, i finally started to buy my own panties. That's when I wore panties outside of the house for the first time and I thought for sure that everyone had xray vision. Probably at that point, I was hooked and really was a crossdresser. No one noticed tha panties and, yeas I could actually buy them. So, shortly after that, I bought an underwire bra that was too small and eventually more and more lingerie. So, I guess that it was probably a period of 7-8 years from early teens to early 20's for me to really understand that I was in fact a crossdresser.

[Pat]

Wait, you say your stepmom's lingerie drawer made you crossdress? It was not an act of will on your part? I think what you're describing is the first time you crossdressed, not what made you crossdress. Just sayin'.

[Queen Bridget]

I went to a wedding and saw the dresses that the bridesmaids were wearing.

I was filled with confusion and jealousy. Which later manifested itself into my crossdressing habbit :daydreaming:

[Stacy Darling]

Possibly my natural attraction to floral patterns and colours, and having to have them close to me!

Such a Girl!
Stacy

[wendy]

when I was around 5, my mom had her panties drying in the washroom, and being curious I touched it and the first thing I noticed was how smooth, silky they were (compared to my own underwear). After a while, curiousity got the best of me so I tried it on. It was heavenly, the fabric felt so smooth against the skin. As I grew up, I raided my mom's wardrobe more and more, and eventually when I could afford it, I bought my own clothing and the rest is history.

[dana digs sweaters]

Can I blame Bugs?

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[NicoleScott]

I agree with Pat. You didn't become a CDer because you put something on and liked it, you put something on because you already liked it, and one could argue that you were already a CDer.
Remember the cartoons showing a character making a decision, a tiny angel over one shoulder and a tiny devil over the other. I picture myself with a tiny me crossdressed over one shoulder saying "put it on" and a guy me over the other shoulder saying "no, guys don't wear girl clothes".
Guess who won.

[bridget thronton]

Curiousity

[NewBrendaLee]

For me it was something I wanted to do to let the girl out that's inside of me

[dana digs sweaters]

How could I refuse? :daydreaming:

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[New_Wearer]

Not quite sure what prompted me on the first time as it wasn't really something I had thought about before my first time. But about 3-4 months ago I was housesitting for a few days when I saw some black nylon and black lace panties which made me somewhat curious and it's basically developed from there.

[Beverley Sims]

Some older girls when I was four.

[Asew]

I had a few catalysts. As a child I loved dressing my sister's barbies and cabbage patch kids in various cute outfits but my mom discouraged this. She bought me a male cabbage patch kid so I wasn't playing with dresses but I didn't like it. In middle school I grew my hair out like Kurt Cobain but ended getting lots of bullying about being a sissy. My older sister had a boyfriend who was gothish and owned his own skirt (which made my mom furious) which gave mixed messages about crossdressing.

In our front closet hung an old fashioned long length dress with a bonnet. So every time I used the vacuum I would see it there and feel it. I loved how it felt. Eventually I started thinking about wearing it. And finally it was the first feminine thing I ever wore. It was sad when I kept growing and could no longer wear it.

[candice.aihara]

I have and continue to admire the female form. Curiosity also played a role. It was such a magical time.

[krissy]

for me it was my sister she got treated nice while the boys got beat.also my stepdad made me dress in all her clothes and sit on our porch in front of all the neighbors to see i had to stay there all day he thought he was punishing me but i was on cloud 9 LOL:daydreaming:

[Robertacd]

I was in 4th grade when one of the girls started wearing bra and I remember thinking "I should be wearing one of those" not long after I was regularly wearing on my moms lingerie and step sisters square dance dress that was stored in my closet. But I remember even before that secretly longing for the ballerina tutu in the JC Penny's Christmas catalog.

[sometimes_miss]

The first time I did it to myself, was in an effort to get attention from my mom, who had been spending a lot of time focusing on making my sister pretty. This happened a lot, most often in the mornings before school, and I was feeling ignored. It might have been towards the end of the week, when it had happened on every other school day and I was just feeling exceptionally lonely.

The next time that I did it to myself was I think about a year after the molestation started, and I was trying to learn how to be a girl, so I borrowed some of my older sister's clothes from the attic to see how they would fit. Of course they fit. And looking in the mirror, I saw a little girl looking back at me. My fate was sealed. I believed that I was supposed to be a girl. And then all sorts of things, misinterpreting outside influences, seemed to confirm that belief. So I would continue to dress as a girl as often as I could, hiding it from the world because I knew that it was such a bad thing for a boy to want to be a girl. Even 50 years later, even though I now know that's wrong, there's still a little guilt about it that lingers in me to this day.

On occasion, that causes a great deal of sadness in me, as I know that I will likely spend the rest of my life, never finding a mate that will accept me. But I try to soldier on, doing the best that I can with the life that I've been dealt.

[michelleg]

Mostly being curious, I was about 12 and once I felt how wonderful a satin slip felt against my skin I couldn't wait to wear the panties and bra. From then on it was just incredibly exciting to feel pretty and see myself in lingerie and a dress.

[Confucius]

My mother wanted a daughter, so when I was born I was a disappointment. However she didn't have to wait long. I was just six months old when she found herself pregnant with my sister. When my sister was born, it was the happiest day of my mother's life. My sister grew up as my mother's pampered princess. I grew up thinking that all parents preferred daughters, because girls were just better and never caused any problems. So I grew up believing that my mother would love me better if I was a girl. I've been crossdressing all my life. I recall crossdressing when I was around 3 years old, but it may have started before that. Of course, my parents tried to discourage me, so I from about the age of five or six, I learned to hide it.

When puberty started, around 11 or 12, I tried on one of my mother's old special occasion dresses, and my whole body was shaking. A rush of sensations took over, and it caused me much confusion, but I knew I wanted it more than ever. Yes, puberty made it a sexually stimulating, but I know it goes beyond just sex. It's more about fixing my world, and finding a comfortable place.

I believe my brain has been hardwired to release feel-good neurotransmitters when I crossdress.

[Joanne108]

I was dared to wear a stuffed bra and a girls Halloween costume by one of my siblings for my first time. However it was the second time that hooked me. It was my choice. I was by myself at home and I dressed as a woman. Once I saw how I could look as a woman, all I wanted to do was perfect my look! I've been happily dressing ever since.

[Angie G]

I really don't know. I just remember trying on heels then clothing.:hugs:
Angie

[lingerieLiz]

My mother and aunt put me in panties by 4

[Trione]

Well i was in my 30s and always loved sexy lingerie as did my wife one day i saw these beautiful light blue butterfly panties and pointed them out to the wife, she liked them but were not her size told her i wanted them and she said if we buy them you are going to wear them. Things went from there to fully dressing at home. Have only gone out twice with wife's support. Now too old to pass. But still underdress 5 or 6 days week.

[Tracii G]

It was suggested by two GG friends I grew up with that they make me up and tease my hair so I said Ok lets do it.
They dressed me up and I didn't mind I just liked being around them I was 14 or so.
At 15 they made me up for the school prom so that was my first time out.

[Becky Blue]

She made me do it, really I promise!!

[nikinylons]

Sliding on my first pair of L'eggs Sheer Energy Pantyhose when I was young. And they say drugs are addictive! LOL

[SaraLin]

What MADE me to it? My inner identity as a girl - and a need to fine SOME way to express it.

the rest is details.

But - oh what glorious details...:GD:

[Ginni]

I started out of curiosity. I started wearing my mothers nylon stockings, I liked how they felt. They brought out the feminine side of me. Wearing female clothes feels soo natural.

[Georgina]

My school teacher's petticoats. When I saw what my teacher wore under her dress I was hooked. This was in the late fifties. I went looking through my mum's stuff looking for petticoats but couldn't find any. I did, however, find nylon slips. Once I held them in my hand there was no doubt, in my mind, I was going to wear them. I am so glad I did.

[lynnmcarthur]

I just wished I was a girl and everything followed from that

[jamienoir]

No idea. Been doing it almost my whole life. Weird.

[emma30]

Hi all
Thought id join in this debate. When i was going through puberty i was a lad with a lust for girls and all the normal stuff trying to be the male that appealed etc. But ! One day my sister and i were given gifts by some friends of the family and my sister was given a silk teddy, it was a peach colour with lace around the edges which was cream in colour and i dont know why but i loved it that much i wanted to wear it. I loved the way it covered the torso of the body. When i was at home alone i put it on and it felt amazing and it made me look like my sister in the mirror. I then started wearing her other clothes but not for long because i found ways of buying my own . I bought a lot of lingerie in my early teens i loved the roar fear of going to the shop to buy womens lingerie. After 2 or 3 months the fear went and i progressed onto skirts and tops etc. I had a lot of secrets and still do.

[NancySue]

I don’ have a clue. Around 5-6, I occasionally played games with our next door sisters. One day they decided to play “dress up” and invited me to join them. I initially thought it was dumb, until they dared me to try on some nylon stockings. BAM...that started it all. Nylons continue to be #1. Mom’s thinga came next. Heels and hose...like bread and butter. Now, total wardrobe and helpful, supportive wife. Life is good.

[Alice B]

I have no recolection of any specific event that made me want to dress. It was simply curiosity about it that got me started. Then all the other feelsings that are described kicked in.

[Richelle423]

nothing ever “made” me crossdress. It’s how my brain is wired. But going through my moms stuff in my teens helped me discover my inner self

[Cassandra Lynn]

Something in the very fiber of my being, or whatever that means in relation to being 5 years old.

Cass

[biancabellelover]

The first thing I wore was some of my wife's lingerie.

One word, begins with S and rhymes with...sex.


Opened up another dimension in me, and I CD for many other reasons as well.

Michelle

[t-girlxsophie]

I to this day can't think of a satisfactory answer,I sometimes say I just got nosey and curious,but it's a massive jump from that to putting on the bra,tights,maxi dress and pink cardigan I first slipped into

[Krisi]

Well, in her "story of my life" written by my mother shortly before she passed away, my mother admitted (to the whole world) that she really wanted a baby girl and when I was a baby and nobody was around, she would dress me in the dresses she got at her baby shower (in those days, nobody could tell the sex of a baby until it was born). Later, when I was five or so, she would sew dresses for her nieces and make me wear them to see how they looked and so she could mark the hems (again, back in the "old" days).

So, the first time I crossdressed I didn't do it myself.

[binair10]

I don`t know how it started at around the age of 12 or so, but it felt that it was something that I needed to do. Still doing it at 77.

Julie.

[Babbs]

there is no real one defining day for me...started undergarments first and over the years kept on movin on until I was the beauty you see today...HaHa

[dana digs sweaters]

there is no real one defining day for me...started undergarments first and over the years kept on movin on until I was the beauty you see today...HaHa

Such a burden to bear :^5:

[AshleyWalker]

Pretty funny actually, it was in a Hotel in Atlanta................

Not unusual but the fact is that I was about 9 or 10 and my family was on a family vacation, my parents were out to dinner, and my big sister thought it would be funny to dress me up like a girl in her clothes for when Mom and Dad got back to the hotel. They all got a giggle but I was hooked.

[sexycindy]

For myself I was curious about tights and heels, I was staying around my Aunts house and tried some of hers on. I liked it but never returned until I was with my ex as she wanted to try different things in bed. Then from what started as a few bits of lingerie and heels my collection grew.

[Robin777]

My mother used to tell me and everyone else that they were expecting a girl when I was born. I heard this all the time when I was growing up. I remember playing around in my mothers things when I was really young. I was always attracted to women's clothing in the catalogs when I was young. When I hit adolescence I started experimenting with my mothers clothes and found it to be a turn on. That evolved into dressing fully and realizing it was more than a turn on and it was fulfilling a need.

[DaisyLawrence]

Genetics. So, that being said, do I actually crossdress at all?

[LeotardMan]

Seeing my Mom workout to Jane Fonda videos in leotards. One day I was about 11 I tried on one of her leotards and that was it and that led to her panties, lingerie (Girl did she have a collection!!!) pantyhose and so on.

[Fiona Lindum]

I liked the clothes that the girls were wearing better than boys clothes when I was in my teens and after trying it when I was about 14, I have been dressing ever since.

[brittdoll]

Can I blame Bugs?

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[Lorna]

Having no sisters, the only girls I came across were at primary school. I had, at that age, no interest in them or their clothes. Secodary school was all-boys but, by the age of around twelve I was starting to notice how some of the girls I had known at primary school were starting to look more grown-up and a significant sign of this was when they started wearing nylon stockings (we are talking 1950s here). Of course, I knew my mother wore stockings and a girdle to hold them up but I was curious about what it was about stockings that made them such a big thing with young girls....and that led me to wonder what they must feel like to wear. On one afternoon a week I could come home from school at lunch time and so had the ehouse to myself for a few hours. I tried putting on a pair of my mother's stockings and thought they felt - and looked - good but that led to me wondering how those young girls kept their stockings up. Did they wear girdles? I tried an old one belonging to my mother but it was rather loose and didn't work on me.
That's how it started but it was then a gradual process to find out about other items of girls'/women's clothing and, by one means or another, to try wearing them. It was quite a few years before I ever reached the point of completely dressing.

[dana digs sweaters]

I second that!

Bugs had quite the run :)

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[chelyann]

its all bugs bunny fault

[ChubbyLeahCD]

So what I think got me was going to spend the night at my grandma’s and seeing her washes panties drying in the shower.
I’d end up putting them on. I also would try on women’s shoes.
My first time, thinking back it was crazy as hell, my mom and i had traveled to the US (I live here now) to visit my uncle in Miami.
He and his wife went to work and my mom and I were at home.
Mom had a headache and took a nap and I saw her silk robe, panties and her one piece teddy pajamas. I got all that and went to the bathroom and wore it. When I saw myself in the mirror I felt so excited that I touched myself.
My mom never noticed anything. That’s where CDing got in my head and never left though I did try to get rid of it

[Stephanie47]

In my mind just trying on my mother's slips which she usually hanged to dry in the sole bathroom or the long hallway to the bedrooms of our apartment was not cross dressing. When I brushed against the dry nylon slips I found I loved the feel of the nylon fabric. It was nothing like the boy clothes I wore. I first fondled the material. Finally I worked up the nerve to try one on to see how the fabric felt. I had zero desire to be a female. It was just the love of nylon. It wasn't until I started puberty that sexual desires joined in wearing the slips which led to her bras and terribly ugly panties too. I think there has to be more than just wearing one women's garment to be a cross dressing. There has to be a mind set connecting the garment to emulating a woman. To me a man wearing just a nylon panty would be a fetish dresser. Love of wearing a nylon panty and not wanting to emulate a woman does not equal cross dressing. My wife has tons of graphic tee shirts from the men's section of the store because she likes the cut of the tee shirt. In no way is that cross dressing.

[rhonda]

Curiosity opened the door to the world of fem and only the beginning of new lifestyle 😊

[RainbowDash]

Mine started when I began imagining myself as Princess Peach, and dreaming that I was her in a video game. I didn't even really consider myself a crossdresser, as I had no desire to dress in womens' clothing, I just wanted to live an alternate life as Peach I guess.
But what really got me started was when I turned down a dress shop manager's offer for a 10% OFF COUPON for womens' clothes. I began thinking about it later, and wondering what it was like to wear womens' clothes. Due to me being in the closet, I never did go into a store to try clothes on, but I did start buying a few pieces of lingerie from Walmart. From there I started buying things online, and the rest is history.

[Cherylgyno]

I would say that I was born a cross dresser. One day Mom and Dad were out for the night. As soon as I saw their car disappear I ran to Mom's dresser, grabbed clothes and got dressed
Parents came home early the next day. Mom entering my room to check on me she noticed the neck of the bodysuit I was wearing. Mom straight the bed then lifted the blanket and felt my legs wearing pantyhose. A day or two later mom had a talk with me. She bought me clothes for every day of the week. She told me that everything was cool. That I was to wear the clothes that she bought for me and not steal hers anymore. She did scold me for using grapefruits for boobage. I was to roll up tshirts for my boobage.
For almost 40 years now I have had my own wardrobe. Wife is very supportive.

[Brandie.n]

curiosity and halloween.I always wondered what it was like to dress as a girl to wear heels dresses and esp hose.When i was a teen my mom asked if i wanted to wear her elvira costume for halloweeen.I jumped slinky dress high heels and tights.I was hooked from that day on

[JenniferMBlack]

The simple answer. Curiosity I wondered what it felt like to wear a skirt, I had the opportunity and tried one on. Yes I knew I shouldn't be wearing a skirt and that battle was won by I really want to know how it is.

[Cdkym]

The first time was a babysitter who wanted to practice putting on make up, I was 8 or 9 and she was in high school. She did full 80s style make up on me and then put me in tights and a top with bra and rolled up socks. I looked like I was headed to a disco. I enjoyed it but it was no big deal. Two or three years later I was playing truth or dare at a sleepover with 6 other boys, I was dared to sneak in the sister's room and put on her bra and a dress. She was at a high school football game and so I had time and put on some make up too. The boys laughed and it was a big joke until she got home with the parents and she punched me in the nose for getting lipstick on the dress.... I didn't dress again until I was in my 30s. A gf asked me to dress as a cheerleader for a costume party and was wore a football uniform, pads and all. I went all out curly blonde wig, tight sweater skirt, stockings, panties with a team logo on the butt, saddle shoes. Had a great time at the party I only knew three people there, my GF, and her best friend and the friends boyfriend. I had a blast at the party and afterword I was rewarded for being a good sport. I was hooked with the dressing at that point but it's only for fun and not looking to transition. Hugs Kym

[mbmeen12]

simply for me puberty.............

[Helen_Highwater]

In truth I have no idea other than as a young child I was drawn to the feel of stockings. Over time one thing lead to another.

I've given up pondering why. I've come so far and reached a place where I'm comfortable with myself so self introspection seems pointless.

[Sherri_Christopher]

I was four years old and my sister had a crinoline petticoat that was hanging in a downstairs walk in closet and it was beckoning to "put me on, put me on". :) One day, I succumbed to the beckoning, went into the closet and shut the door (the symbolism!) and I put on that beautiful petticoat and felt overwhelmingly wonderful! Then my sister pulled the door open, as I tried to hold it shut, and caught me wearing her petticoat and disparaged me! It was humiliating and a pattern that repeated itself in my life until I accepted myself for who I am, a crossdresser. I was in my early thirties, married and a father. My wife knew of my predilection and was tolerant of it to a certain extent, but not really accepting. I joined a local CD support group and attended the gatherings and special events where we could CD and I did and bought dresses, slips, panties, bras, hose, heels, wigs, makeup and even a coat for when we'd go out to one of the gay/lesbian bars where we could go and not get beat up! This caused friction in our marriage, so I stopped going and reverted back to CDing in private, mostly wearing my slips, panties, bras, hose and heels. My wife got sick from cancer a few years back and I was her primary caregiver, so I stopped dressing altogether. She died from the cancer last year, which was devastating and the kids, who are now adults, and I have been trying to deal with her loss and the grieving process. I did start to wear my slips again when relaxing after work and on weekends and I also sleep in them. It gives me comfort wearing them. I don't know if I'll do more than CD privately as I'm not gifted with being passable. Back in the day when I was younger, I did go out with my CD support group members, but I'd always feel a bit nervous being out in public, so the jury is out for me ever doing that again.

[ShelbyDawn]

Not a clue.

I've wanted to wear girls/women's clothes for as long as I can remember. I have memories as early as 5 or 6 of me wearing my mom's slips as dresses. It's just always been a part of who I am. It has come and gone but it has always been there.
I have mentioned this before but I did some past life regression therapy a few years ago and had some very strong visions of me as a little girl and then a young woman. The feeling of happiness in those visions was very strong, so who knows, maybe it's a hold over from a past life.

[Karen RHT]

Simply put, I wanted a new and different costume to wear at Halloween. While looking through boxes of packed away clothing with my mom the idea of dressing completely as a woman came to my mind. My objective was to disguise myself so well I wouldn't be recognized by friends or family. At the tender ages of 11 and 12 and with considerable help from mom (and to a lesser degree from an aunt) it worked. :o


Karen

[Eryka1]

Hmmm, I'm not exactly sure but I have recollections back to my childhood about being fascinated with shiny skin tight clothes. Wetsuits, cat suits, latex and leather and other shiny garments, items that I felt accentuated the female form. The first time I really tried it was when my ex-wife had a short leather skirt and when she was out, I slipped it on. Of course it was incredibly tight and it just felt so sexy. I dreamed about wearing some thigh highs and heels and I almost had an orgasm just wearing the thing. After that I was hooked. Not sure if the latex/leather fetish if you will. made me feel more like crossdressing or it simply allowed me the fantasy of being more womanly.

[dominique]

Been reading this thread and racking my brain what caused me to start crossdressing. Well started about puberty and wearing my mum's clothes now and again. Any chance my parents and brother went out I would dress. It started in increments tights, then tights and panties you get the idea. Never done make up then as my mum rarely wore it. I had always loved looking at womens clothing on how pretty they were.

[Lygophilia]

I knew that I had a gender identity problem to begin with.

[ShoeziQ]

AS a young teenager (14 maybe) I found some sexy magazines and the girls looked glamorous and happy and I wanted that, I wanted to be the girl. I started squirreling away clothes then. When I found my first pair of heels I knew it was over for me, this is who I am.

[NicoleScott]

What made me was pretty women and their pretty clothes (actually, shoes, makeup, and hair had a greater influence than clothes). What made me do it when I did? When desire met opportunity. Most of my life, with some exceptions, I had more desire than opportunity, so I've always made the most of the opportunities.

[chrissyone]

Personally I liked the feel of the nylon panties

[dana digs sweaters]

Newspaper ads and catalog pages to pour through were quite the added motivators

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[NicoleScott]

Personally I liked the feel of the nylon panties

But how did you know that before putting them on for the first time?

[Nikki A.]

My mother made me do it LOL. Actually, my mother forgot to do the wash and I realized I was out of clean underwear. Rather than go commando for the day, she gave me a pair of panties to wear for the day. They were comfortable and different and from there I started trying on more and more of her clothing. I must admit I did have a fetish for the latex(?) girdles of the early 60s. I must have been about 5 or 6 at the time.
Almost 60 years later I'm still at it.

[ShirleyN]

For me it was, as a few others have said, originally out of a mild curiosity which then led me try on a lovely floral-patterned dress. When I got into the dress, it just felt absolutely wonderful. From that point on, I took every opportunity I could to dress. It quickly grew from there. Skirts quickly became my personal favourites as, I recall, at that time, seeing lots of women wearing long skirts, so thats how it all more or less started.

[Danielle_cder]

What’s that thing that killed the cat...? Oh yea curiosity :)

[Foxy Lady]

When I was 8 or 9 for some reason I tried on my mothers OBG, panties and nylons. Shortly after that it was bra slip and heels and I have been dressing ever since.

[Rayleen]

First, I seen pic of me with a dress as toddler. I was always fascinated with bras, girdles with garter belt.

I envied the ladies when visiting our house and wish I could dress like that.

First time shopping it was a bra and garter belt with stocking. It was a joy that will never forget to this day.

Its has never stop to this day.

[Diedre]

My mother did sewing and alterations for extra income. I was around 12-13 and got drafted as a dress form for clothes in my size range.

Many times to makes the dress hang right, I would wear all the appropriate under things - panty girdle, bra, nylons, slip and heels. It didn't take long for me to get hooked. Unfortunately my enthusiasm didn't go unnoticed and I got replaced by a dress form from a second hand shop.

[BrendaPDX]

I am not really sure what made me crossdress the first time it was so long ago, I would have to say the clothes just called to me.

[Veronica Lacey]

In my youth our family lived in a rather small house, small enough that my mother had to hang all her dresses in the bedroom closet of my shared room. By around age 7 I found myself drawn to reaching into the closet and touching those dresses on occasion. I felt perhaps a combination of loving the tactile feel as well as the comfort that they were my mother's. And the adventure began...