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I have been working on my Work Persona for the last several months.
I joined up with the company I'm employed by about 4 years ago.
About 6 months ago, I started wearing nail polish on my accent nail.
Then I started wearing 'cool socks'.
About 3 months ago I started wearing girl jeans to work instead of the generic 'man bags'
The office ladies notice, but the guys I work with don't.
I work with a bunch of 'typical guys', but they have all seen and silently acknowledged my changes and kept rolling. They are geeky and Very Male, but they seem to accept me.
I'm a lucky gurl.
- MM
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Funny thing about me is I am not one to blur the lines between the two. I don't subscribe to that at all. I believe there is supposed to be a difference in the two. The roles, the clothing, all of it. When I am in male mode I like to look that way. I just want the freedom to cross that line when necessary. To 'play for the other team' at times.
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I love bright colors - and have many in my men's clothes - a lot of pinks purples and greens, but no desire for the fit to seem feminine. Get a lot of really nice comments from both sexes on the colors I sport. I even have some very colorful saddle shoes (pink/purple; light blue/navy; orange/brown) and a pair of black oxfords with lime green sole... All masculine styles, but a step away from the blacks and browns everybody else is wearing.
Also, just ran the NYC Half Marathon wearing lime green/hot pink shoes, a men's pink compression shirt and a men's pair of tights with pink piping - again, much more colorful than everyone else's black, gray and navy.
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I agree with all your points there I think its just society that won't let it change as it has been this way for years and it is a hard thang for people to grasp
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Men's fashions take on some fem qualities sometimes, but the trends don't last. Pink was fashionable 20something years ago for men, as were silk shirts. I had pink and blue boat shoes at that time.
I remember men's underwear choices were limited to white cotton jockeys. Then in the late '70s low rise, colorful, silky men's underwear came out. Now days boxers are in (I guess).
Hip hugger pants in the late '60s didn't catch on with many guys. My friends and I bought them and got teased for wearing them to school. I've also received flack for wearing flower patterned silky shirts in the early '90s.
I think some women are be more accepting of fem fashions on men, but boys will tease and call those wearing them names.
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Hi Deebra, If crossdressing ever becomes mainstream that would take the mystic out of it.
