A new era

[RoseReve]

Hello everyone,

I'm starting this thread to share a vision I had recently...I don't know if it's just a fantasy of mine, or if it's really a thing, you tell me, and the future will tell :battingeyelashes:

I'm living in the center of Paris, France, which certainly is not a conservative area and is known to be a city where people are generally rather free to choose the life they want. Except that for biological men to be dressed with women clothes is not something I witnessed so much in the past, even here.

Yet recently, I noticed a number of persons being obviously men but wearing some elements of a female wardrobe: rocks or skirts with pantyhose, black tight leggings with a pink sweater...Sometimes with only one part of the body being rather feminine, the other part obviously looking like male clothes...I must add that all the cases I noticed were men in their 50s or 60s, with grey hair, no make up, an absolutely not giving the impression that they intended to pass as women.

As if these men had decided to include in their male wardrobe some clothes designed to be worn by women...And act as if that was completely common place.

And then, in my mind, which is frequently jumping to long-term prospective, I told myself that maybe we were at the beginning of a deep change, similar to what happened at the beginning of 20th century, when suddenly for several converging reasons (war, work, empowerment...) women did massively wear men clothes...

This written, once more I know that maybe I'm overthinking things, but at least it's funny to imagine a world where lots of men would like to go to work with a nice skirt and sexy pantyhose over a pair of ballerinas or heels...

So, did you notice things like this in your respective areas?

[Bea_]

I live on the Texas gulf coast and I fit the category you're describing. I have been increasingly fitting more feminine cues into my appearance for running errands, etc... I'm totally male with a feminine aesthetic and don't care to present as a woman. I've heard my preferred style defined as "freestyle" and the term fits. It is hard not to overthink the issue since there seems to be a general suspicion for those who are not supportive of traditional masculinity as a requirement. I'm finding that most people ignore me with no direct confrontation but some odd and disapproving looks at times.

I have no idea which way the world will end up going concerning acceptance. I've been diagnosed with severe ADHD and suspect that I may have some high-functioning autism traits so I've never really been able to gauge how other people feel and I tend to avoid any conflict by staying isolated for the most part.

[Sometimes Steffi]

Ah, Gay Paris. I used to work for a French company in the US, and I made several week-long trips to Paris. Once a couple of colleagues and I decided to experience Parisian night life. We signed up for Tour X de Paris. The English translation is identical to the French. We went on a guided trip to Montmatre. One of the venues we went to could only be described as a live pornography play. After that, I just assumed Paris was the Vegas of the Old World.

[RoseReve]

Hello Bea and Steffi,

Bea yes it seems your are fitting into this new way of seeing things. Regarding your ADHD, I think each person taking part to a new sociological trend has his or her own reasons. If this trend was to develop, I would surely be more confident to wear women clothes everyday in the streets, and in my case it would be because I am a trans woman.

Steffi I don't live in the "gay area" which is more towards the very geographical center near the town hall. And the guys I'm talking about are not "looking gay" at all. I would say they look like ordinary working executive men, just that they are wearing rocks or skirts and pantyhose or girly leggings. Hence my surprise :heehee:

All the best,

Cheers,

Rose :rose2: