I was wondering if any of you girls go out to stores in your area and buy clothes. If so where and how? Buying clothing on the net is too expensive to do all the time, plus I get the 20 questions game whenever a package arrives at home.
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I was wondering if any of you girls go out to stores in your area and buy clothes. If so where and how? Buying clothing on the net is too expensive to do all the time, plus I get the 20 questions game whenever a package arrives at home.
Thrift stores are a good place to start. Check out my response in this thread:
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...ad.php?t=12899
no I shouldn't think so.
we all steal our clothes off the neighbour's washing line, don't we?
Never thought of that one... makes a lot more sense than breaking into people's homes and stealing them off of their floors....Quote:
Originally Posted by crispy
I guess I have to stop picking through dumpsters *sigh* :rolleyes:
charity/thrift shops are good , but evans, bon marche are good high street stores and next fashion is not to bad but a bit more exspensive
I usually go girlie shopping with my wife and make a fun day of it but if you don't have that kind of support, I find the the staff in evans and bon marche very helpful.
go on give it a go its quite fun although quite nerve racking the 1st time.
big hugs for support
joanna
Ebay is my shopping mall, I get very easily embarrased, so I like the anonymity it offers. Just be careful a friend of mine, started asking all kinds of odd and leading questions, to which i was puzzled at the time, and then it became clear he had looked through my ebay feedback, which led to me being outed, a bout of feeling like rubbish and a freak, and a purge, hoping that would make me normal in the eyes of my friends. I know now i purged the wrong things.
if I didn't know you better I would say you are joking ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tristen Cox
sorry to hear you were outed in such an unexpected manner Sophie. How did you're freind handle what he learned ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sophie_A
I know it's bolting the door after the horse has left for you , but for others the way to avoid this happening would be to get another eBay identity for your femme self. The only way this could still go wrong of course is if you end up actually buying something from a freind and they see your postal address when sending it . If this happens though , you can ask them why they were selling it in the first place ;)
Personally i do a bit of both , shopping on the high street and on eBay.
He didnt very well, it was seen a source of ridicule and belittlement, so I no longer have anything to do with them, seemed to be the best answer for both of us.
if you chose to go sshpping as a man just try to get people to think you're getting it fo someone else
I'm one of those annoying people who has no problem buying on the high street or for more bargains, market stalls.
Julie
Hi,
My spouse Angel goes shopping anywhere and everywhere for women's clothes. It really isn't a problem. I used to work in retail myself and I never thought it was odd when men would come in and buy women's stuff.
The only possible issue you might have is with dressing rooms....some stores have to look at everything you are trying on before they let you in.....but in most department stores the attendants are not paying any attention at all.
I know that Debenhams has an extremely TG friendly policy when it come to changing rooms. I'm trying to find a website that i came across a while ago that all major uk high street stores replied to with their policies .
original link http://rosesforum.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=9093Quote:
Originally Posted by girly sara from rosesforum.tv
Lane Bryant is very CD friendly. The other day I went in to buy some bras, a new clerk asked if I had "her" size right? I told her they were for me, she asked if I wanted to be measured, to be sure I had the right size. She said it could be done in a changing room, for privacy. It don't get no better than that. IMHO
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Originally Posted by Billijo49504
They're the plus size store aren't they? Please tell me so as I am about a size 14
i go shoping at its fashion realy nice clothes and shoes at deciant prices and the fashion bug luv it when they have there reduce sales
I shop at brick and mortar stores mostly in guy mode. On a few occasions, the cashier will ask for whom I'm buying the item. I'll mumble something, and that's the end of it.
Today, I bought a pair of heels at Ross in guy mode. The pretty young cashier asked who the shoes were for. My usual mumble...then she playfully asks.."For you?"..I thought what the heck, "Yeah, for me", she insists "No, seriously, who're they for?" "They're for me", she finally gives up.."Well whoever they're for, hope she likes 'em". Gee, can't even pass as a CD.
Mitzi
Yeah, lane Bryant is for fat chicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by nylonfetishist
I've got well passed worrying about what the shop assistants think when I buy things, bought a short denim skirt and some very short shorts in my local New Look sale today, £10 for both! Its a great place to shop, I agree Debenhams is too, as well as M&S. Most shop assistants don't really care, its just a job! But then I haven't got the nerve to go out dressed en-femme yet, but the only area where I might be obvious is footwear, otherwise I'm a normal'ish 14-16 girl size.
Yes, I do buy some clothes in stores around me. It usually doesn't bother me if people look. If I feel that someone is trying to read me, I head to the card section and look at birthday cards, or toss a thing of birthday wrapping paper in. Hopefully that throws off anyone that maybe looking. If the cashier gives a look, I ask if I can bring stuff back that doesn't it my girlfriend (weather I have one or not) if it doesn't fit her right. I then state that I am not very good about buying her clothes.
Lane Bryant rocks. Yes they sell plus sizes, but they also sell smaller sizes, I'm a 14 skirt, but my chest/shoulders are size 18/20. They also sell unusual sized bras. I'm a natural 40C and that can be kinda hard to find in some stores, but not at LB. I've seen alot of odd sizes there, 42B, 44B and others.Quote:
Originally Posted by nylonfetishist
As far as shopping in drab, don't worry about it. Stores are there to make money, and your money is just as good as anybody elses. The truth is nobody cares. Mcdonalds doesn't care who buys their hamburgers, all they care about is the profit margin. Besides, I highly doubt you'd be the first guy buying womans clothes the clerk would have seen. They certainly won't say anything or make comments, not if they wanted to keep there jobs. As for other customers, they're probabily thinking your buying for your wife (you can always buy a cheapo $10 psuedo wedding type ring to wear if you like, I did that before I got married). If your worried about someone you know seeing you, just go over to the next town. So go out and go shopping.