I am OK wearing pants when my SO is getting used to me being trans. Other than that I just love skirts and dresses too much to wear them!
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I am OK wearing pants when my SO is getting used to me being trans. Other than that I just love skirts and dresses too much to wear them!
I have a few pairs of super cute super tight pants, skinny jeans and leggings, and I love them, but compared to skirts and dresses they’re in the minority. In fact wearing jeans in my profile pic. Not an antipanter.
I'll have to chime in here. Pants since I like to go out to straight and day time places I am a panter. I wear jeans skinny jeans(very sexy) and even a pant suit. Thats not to say dresses and skirts don't happen just seldom. If it is a night of clubbing and dancing short skirts and dresses are definitely the call
If you are emulating females then it is necessary to wear pants to blend in! That said, I saw a GG in a skirt and top today out shopping! I wear women's jeans most days with a "V" neck women's tee shirt(my male mode!)! I prefer when dressed to be in a skirt and feminine top! I have gotten a new peasant dress but have to shorten my slip to wear it! So, I guess I love any feminine clothes: dresses, skirts and pants! Hugs Lana Mae
>stands up Hi all, my name is Jodie and I am NOT an anti-panter!
I have a ton of girl jeans and (lets see... 5, 6, 7) seven pair of women's slacks.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are some situations where skirts and dresses are a little impractical. Ever try painting a wall, on a ladder, in a skirt?
Hi Becky Blue :hugs:, I have three closets full of clothes That runs the full spectrum of female clothes
I have a large number of all kind of pants and leggings . >Orchid...:daydreaming:...
:cheer: I love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by DaisyLawrence
This is true. As they say, there is the Queen's English, and there are mistakes.
I understand the urge to wear skirts and dresses,... I have tons of them!
But, I absolutely LOVE my wet look leggings! Whether they’re tight ankle or flare legs, I absolutely LOVE them and have them in all types and colors! I also love my faux leather pants and Lame’ pants! With a sexy pair of platform high heels, I think they look just as sexy as heels and a skirt! And I also don’t have to worry if I’ve forgotten to nair my legs for a few days! Lol
There is not much better than the feeling of wearing a well fitting dress or skirt.
However, in most venues, it is difficult to blend with a dress or skirt. The GGs aren't wearing them.
I did notice today, a few younger ladies wearing casual dresses out shopping as the weather warms up'
Thanks for sharing your views on pants/trousers/leggings/jeans girls... I would estimate there is a significant minority of you antipanters out there.
I was out today at lunch time in a reasonably affluent shopping strip.. today is the first cold day we have had in Melbourne this year (yes yes yes I know all you Northern Hemisphere people 10C 52F is not really cold) but it is cold for us.. I would say only 10% of the women were wearing skirts or dresses.
There's a little bit of continent-centricness (?) on display in this thread. Lots of claims that "the GGs just don't wear dresses and skirts." That may be the case in Ohio or Alberta, but I can assure you that in France, Spain (where my wife and I are currently living) and other European countries, well-dressed women wouldn't be caught dead in pants (or trousers).
I can see where a CD would only wear skirts and dresses. After all a lot of them do not dress up all the time, so take advantage of your opportunities when they happen. Pre transition I rarely wore pants en femme.
For the first 2 months after living 24/7 as a woman, I wore skirts and dresses only. I have now been living full time for about a year, and I am at about 60% skirts and dresses and about 40% pants. Not really sure what the future will hold. There are times when pants seem much more practical than a skirt or dress.
Crossdressers have always been criticised/condemned, even arrested, because men don't wear dresses. So we should be like other men and wear pants. Now we are being told that women don't wear dresses and we should be like women and wear pants! Very surprising to find on a crossdressing forum that there are people who are opposed to men wearing dresses.
Pretty amazing.
Jodie,
Yes been there and done the decorating thing in a flowered skirt , Tshirt and heels . I was decorating a friends house and forgot when painting the ceiling off a step ladder that the neighbours across the road had a clear view of me . I stick to male mode now , I hate spoiling my outfits !!
Isabella,
I agree they still have some style on the continent and they still love their lingerie shops .
Linda....They say when in Rome do as the Romans do.
Isnt the Queen German though :devil:
I have tried pants when in femme, but I just look male in them. (typical male athletic body gone to seed with a beer gut) By the standards of women's fashion I have an "apple shaped" body. Some pants would work, but I would have to choose the top very carefully. Martha Stewart is a fashion forward example of this type.
In dressy outfits I use hip padding to mitigate this, but the problem is still there.
I love the feeling of freedom and feminimity from wearing a skirt or dress, and it is most definitely my choice when dressing. However, I have gotten a few pairs of ladies dress pants, and they are nothing like those for men. they are loose and flowing just like skirts and dresses and feel very nice and sexy. So I wouldn't discount them too readily.
This type of thread is always an interesting one. And lots of good things being said & discussed! :)
Anyway, just a few random thoughts...
- Back in my 100% en-femme days, I was a staunch anti-panter. Or, at least in the earlier days of that. All about the dresses & skirts -- and *always* with hose or (American) tights. Heck, during one CD era, I had amassed a huge collection of those Ann Taylor type above-the-knee skirts. Loved those & wore 'em all the time! So, I absolutely get where the dress/skirt-wearers are coming from, on all kinds of points.
- As I got a bit older, something shifted in me. Started dabbling in non-skirt/dress things, like picking up a black opaque "cat-suit" one time for a Halloween costume. Couple pairs of jeans & cords? Sure, why not. GG dress-pants & "office" pants? Again, why not! Even got into skorts a little... Used to wear one of mine a *lot* for a spell, I really loved everything about it and how I looked & felt while wearing it. And I started seeing the allure of this kinda stuff, opening up a whole new world for me, with all kinds of wardrobe options & possibilities. Still wore dresses & skirts, but now it was like I wasn't "forced" to, that I could go a different direction on any given day, depending on my mood, on the weather, and on where I might be going & what I might be doing, and with whom. Pretty awesome, really. :thumbsup:
- Socially, I would tend to (but not always) wear skirts & dresses. But when I started doing more of a "mixed" presentation while simply running errands or whatever? The pants would come out. I just wanted to look like a femmy guy -- not an obvious CD'er. I just wanted to go about my business, like any regular person would, without attracting all this attention... Which undoubtedly, a skirt/dress *would* have done.
- These days, I no longer do 100% en-femme. Just not really in it in me anymore. That may change someday... Or at this rate, probably not. And since that time, I have discovered leggings. And oh, boy.. Did I discover them! :heehee: I can't be bothered to count how may pairs I now have, but it's reasonably estimated to be between 150-200 of 'em. :eek: Outside of work, I pretty much live in these things. Just presenting as a guy, wearing women's leggings. And yes, I wear them as stand-alone pants. More on that below...
- Many GG's in my neck of the woods, pretty much around my age & younger, wear these quite often. Typically just plain black ones (but not always, thankfully)... Whatever, I get that. Sometimes you'll see 'em wearing skirts & dresses, usually depending on the time of day/night/year, and where they are & what they're doing. And if they might look a bit "out-of-place" for the situation, you can kinda guess where they may have been earlier, or where they're possibly going to later, if you have a decent-enough eye -- simply based on their skirt/dress outfit.
- However... Leggings (as stand-alone pants), I believe, are here to stay. I know some of you may "complain" that pantyhose/tights are going out of style. Well, leggings are the *new* pantyhose/tights in this day & age, for many women & girls. Really, they're just thicker, and footless. GG's (and some guys :devil: ) are basically walking around wearing thick, footless tights, if you start to think about it. Seriously, if you find the right size/brand/variety/fabric blend for you? Some of these things can feel very silky -- like a pair of pantyhose. Only you don't have to be wearing a skirt or dress with them! It's kind of crazy, really, if you start viewing it that way. :)
- Anyway, there will always be a wide variety to choose from. Nothing is going away... Dresses, skirts, pants, jeans, leggings, etc. All here to stay. There may be times & places where one or more "categories" will be more prevalent, and it could possibly stay that way for a good while. But again, it comes down to having options & possibilities. I definitely wouldn't overlook *any* of these. Have a few extra bucks burning a hole in your purse? Throw caution to the wind, and pick up something cute that you *never* would have considered before... Because it may just send you on a whole new awesome path. :battingeyelashes:
If your goal is blending and most women where you live wear Jeans/slacks, it's advisable to do the same. If you prefer dresses, wear them!! but if you have the shapewear technology dialed in with the right hip/butt padding and corset..you can wear tight leggings and look 100% female from the waist down, and in my area that is actually a plus for blending..and feels pretty darn girly to me :-)!
Once I transition I'll be wearing skirts to work and avoiding trousers if at all possible (as it is an office environment a skirt is perfectly practical so lots of women wear them) but day to day out and about, it will be jeans and flat shoes/boots/sandals or trainers and at the airfield jeans all the way, a skirt is way to impractical to consider, dresses and pretty shoes will be reserved for going out on an evening, tights will only be worn with closed toe and non strappy shoes too (slingbacks excepted).
In my book, dressing like a woman includes pants. Women wear pants, look around.
I only wear skin tight jeans they show my little butt nicely :battingeyelashes:
When the weather gets cold, it's time for tights paired with a dress or skirt...of course it's a matter of preference...pants are ok, but for those of us who prefer dresses/skirts, a beautiful pair of tights (the colors, patterns and textures are endless) is our option to exercise!
Did I just see a post from the Queen of the Antipanters saying pants are ok??? what will we see happening next?
Im not super picky. I have dresses, I have skirts, and I have pants. I’m not going to limit my wardrobe by anything! I have several blouses that look fantastic with jeans.
I only wear skirts and dresses. I wear them because I really like them, not because I want to look like a "real" woman. At this point in my life it is more about fashion and what I enjoy wearing. I am also built like a big man, not a big woman, and it is just practical to wear things that don't make my body shape/figure stand out.
Do not really care for pants, however been out to the store in leggings with a top, pantyhose, womens tenni shoes. Purposely do not wear socks so my ankles expose my nylons. Definitely would wear a dress but not quite at that point yet.
Hi!!
I am fairly new to the forum, and I did not realize how "controversial" this topic was until Becky pointed that to me! :)
Of course, one should be free to wear whatever one wants. And I do love dresses... but I also like the look of jeans or shorts. As they mentioned earlier, some jeans come with enhanced lifting of the butt and added shaping of the legs. I have one such pair from a Colombian store... they are called "Levanta colas" ("Tail lifting") and they are extremely popular in the Latinoamerican community since we tend to like women with curves :)
If you combine trousers like that with hip padding, a waist cincher, and some high heels and you can get a nice effect and feel *very* feminine. Just do not do it in a hot day! ;)
Here are a couple of pictures with the Colombian jeans:
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Love love,
Val
Valentina I think you are so right - to look good in women's jeans you have to have the right body shape. Sadly for me that's never going to happen so I stick with skirts that are a lot more forgiving.
I wear both dresses, pants, jeans and shorts (the list could go on and on). I wear what I think is right for what I'm doing. When I go out I feel I have a better time when I blend in to my surroundings. If everyone is wearing pants when I do. If a dress is the right pick then a dress. You can look good of course in both (dress and pants). As we see everyday in a women's world. :):)
Considering that one of my favourite pieces of clothing is my red tartan pants, you can definitely count me out of the antipanters group. I love my skirts and dresses but you can't go past a good set of pants or shorts. Besides my butt looks way better in pants anyway :p
That's me, late to the table again. But I just had to weigh in on this one. We have talked this to death for years, but when I look at the many pairs of pants I have, from leggings, and legging Capri's to tight leg jeans, and all the floral's and prints, bright colors, tight legs to wide legs I see nothing masculine about my pants. I even have a pair of what is called Hollywood style, that have a old fashion side zipper, and they are hard to find. Just so happens I counted my pants just the other day, I gave up at 25 pair, not one that I thought was masculine, if I did I would trow them away.
Being retired, and having a great wife, I dress a great deal of the time anymore, one great thing about getting old, retirement, and lots of time to dress. I will wear a dress, or more likely a skirt and blouse for a day or two, but after that, I will change up to a pair of pants, just for the change of pace. and I get more done around the house in pants, than I do in a skirt, "but I STILL WANT TO HEAR MY WIFE SAY, YOU LOOK CUTE TODAY" and still feel just a fem.
Val all I can say is WOW. Stunning
I prefer dresses but will and have worn pants from time to time, but its just my preference.
Mandy
Hi!!
@Sasha: I completely understand... and I love dresses too :)
@Mandy: Thank you for your kind comments :)
Love love,
Val
What do the antipanters feel about torn jeans?
I would love to go out in a pair of jeans like these
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I hate them Becky. They should give them away as they are knackered already. Anyway, with holes that big and high up everyone would see your hip pads! :)
I love leggings and have a great collection. That having been said I also have dresses, jean leggings, and dress pants. It depends on where you are going and the type of setting.
Unless I am doing heavy cleaning or working a project around the house I prefer dresses and skirts.
I have nothing against pants but just enjoy my dresses and skirts.
Sorry Becky,
I’ve never liked the jeans-with-holes fashion.
Michelle.
Every morning, I go for a 5K run. Mid way through it, I sprint 7 large flights of stairs up a California cliff face. Then I go home and I do lunges and butt exercises so that I look fantastic in my Brazilian butt-lifting skinny jeans.
Oh, and I'm wearing compression tights while I do all of this, even in boy-mode.
... queue anti-panter retort.
Katrina, show us some pics... Interesting in winter downunder skirts with tights is definitely in fashion, of course many woman are in pants but more in skirts than usual.
Count me as one of the people who love leggings. I'll also say that as a practical matter, I like the way women's mid-rise jeans fit, although I don't wear them often.
i'm Anti-dress Anti-high heels. I wanna buy some heels but i simply can't do it for some odd reason.
jeans are really nice on girls so my fetish tends to lean towards them.
Course the ultimate high is short jean shorts with smooth legs.
American Eagle being the number 1 for me compared to other brands...
Not everyone dresses for self expression. I just do it because it scares me but after the fear comes a euphoria that only someone with anxiety can experience.
We all have our different reasons Redtea, but I think you are the first Antiskirter to post here (Sorry you can't be an antidresser clearly lol)
Hi!!!
I also like short shorts, in particular if they are Denim or the like... normally combined with tight top. Do they still call them Daisy Dukes in the US?
Here are two I got from an H&M sale... one green and one classic blue:
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Love love,
Val
Lovely pics Valentina, what do the Antipanters think about short girly shorts?
Why do you wear compresssion tights while running?Quote:
Originally Posted by KatrinaK
I dress as any woman would.
There is a time and a place for all forms of clothing and pants/slacks/jeans have their place as well.
I don't have the need to be in a dress all the time to feel feminine, and I have some very feminine pants that look dynamite.