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I have been crossdressing for about 10 years and lately I have been more detailed in my male choice of clothes. I spend alittle more money on my attire and I have been putting alittle more thought into my outfits. Anyone else feel like dressing makes you a better dresser in your day to day life?
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As a small petite middle age guy I found it very hard to find age appropriate clothes. When I was bigger I bought the smallest clothes Peter Manning had and they were still a little big for me. I've since lost five inches off my waistline. :)
My wife wanted me to dress better as she was worried about my being employed in middle age. We watched What Not to Wear together.
My best male outfits often used female clothes that looked like men's clothes to the unpracticed eye.
I Take Pride in my Apperance in Both Male & Female,
My male self is known as a classy dresser. Yeah, partly because crossdressing has made me more aware of clothing.
I found a great menswear shop in Pasadena that has clothes imported from Italy. The colors and the fabrics are wonderful. So far I must have spent $3000 on clothes for myself there.
When I dress up fancy in male mode, I do not call it drab. I have a black tie suit, light weight summer wear for weddings, a few bow ties, great shirts and slacks.
I never would have worn these colors and materials if I was not a crossdresser.
It does not really effect how I dress in guy mode.
I have very few pants and men's shorts, Mostly t-shirts and pants for me.
But when I dress up, I pick the dress I like the best for the day. Definitely more stylish
I like to dress smartly in both female & male modes, but choice in male clothing is more limited.
While I sometimes like to dress sharp in male mode, the vast majority of my time is spent doing things that are casual. Thus, cargo shorts and polos or nicer (pockets, no lettering or pictures) t-shirts are my standard male "uniform". I have one suit, one nice sport jacket, and some stylish (at least IMHO) ties. In addition, I have some dress pants and oxford shirts left over from when I travelled for work. That's about it. Even in Joanie mode I tend to be pretty casual unless I'm going out for drinks, dinner, or theatre. But my Joanie outfits are coordinated and tasteful (again IMHO).
My "drab mode", well more than half the time , is androgynous women's clothes, earrings and a ponytail. So, yes.
On the rare occasions I need full male garb that you couldn't work on cars in, I still have some sport shirts, jackets and chinos. Most of them over ten years old. they're not worn out , because I very seldom wear them.
About five years ago I found out that neckties are very important to certain people, and vowed to never wear one again for the rest of my life. It's been a ridiculously easy vow to keep.
No! The more effort I put into the smallest details of Sherry's looks?:daydreaming:
The more I appreciate how easy it is to just throw on whatever male crap I have laying around. Quick, careless, and comfortable! As u can tell I've never liked or cared about my male looks much.:sad:
Thanks for that, Natalie! I notice that men's clothes from Europe are very stylish and more colorful.Quote:
I found a great menswear shop in Pasadena that has clothes imported from Italy. The colors and the fabrics are wonderful.
Women fashions (not teens) from Europe seem to feature very classic styles.
At one point when I was still working, my desire for color pushed me to purchase lots of colorful dress shirts. Pink, purple, aqua all graced my wardrobe. Well ordinated ties to finish the look. I loved those shirts and still have some as I can?t quite let them go although I virtually never wear them now. That spills over a little bit into my current retirement clothing, but I have to say I find it way easier to go androgynous with some nice women?s clothes now.
When I was still employed in a professional office I found myself dressing up more than the other males in the office. Part of it was the position of perceived authority I may have had over our "customer base." Suit were not required. Any suit or sports coat would have been hanging in the corner to begin with. As a cross dresser I have always been drawn to colors and patterns. I owned one white dress shirt which had not be worn for decades and headed to the trash bin when I preened my closet. I always wore solid color dress shirts with pattern ties. Maybe, seasons had more to do with the choice of color, as pastels in spring and summer and darker colors in fall and winter. This would be the same routine in my dresses. My favorite dresses are floral patterns. My choices probably are rooted way back into my elementary school days when I did a lot of art. I also enjoy raising flowers. I think that does possibly mix male and female in my genetic makeup/preferences.
Without question. Yes. No problem either way.
It used to, a lot. I was very much the best dressed guy in our group at work. But since I retired, not so much. Don’t really care how the guy looks any more. Lol.
Fortunately NO.
Being retired means I have to dress only for myself on both sides of the aisle. We live in the country and it's mostly jeans and a t-shirt when drab. All my thought goes into my wardrobe and what I want to wear to please myself.
Nope, no impact .
I wear what most guys wear in my neck of the woods.
shorts jeans tees and polos.
Andrea has feminine versions of the above.
My crossdressing, other than what I am wearing underneath my male clothing, has no effect on my clothing choices.
It was not until the Internet became available that my CD style became presentable. I started reading fashion websites, eventually gravitating to a few that matched my developing style and personal preferences. I like those bloggers that show reasonably priced, high quality pieces for Over age 50 with helpful and educational explanations. I want to look like the best dressed, like I know what I am doing. As you might expect, my CD style has improved greatly. This overflowed into my drab style. Most male academics like me look like Sad Sacks, exhibiting marginal to poor choices in clothing. Not me. My guy clothes coordinate well. They are higher quality than most, so much so that one of the old professors in my office accuses me of running for Dean. I look like the guy version of the upper class fashion websites that I study.
Not for me - make clothing is for function and comfort. Also need to save my money for my preferred expression.
My wife almost always buys my male clothes. Historically lots of blues and grays. Now that she knows about my other hobby shes been on overdrive buying me more stylish guy attire that is more gender neutral. Its alot of fun connecting with her on this level. I think she?s determined to find a balance for me that will make me happy but isn?t totally femme.
My male presentation is t-shirts, jeans, and sandals. (panties underneath, of course. I've still got to breathe a little!)
Function and comfort are the rule when in drab. The word "drab" says it all, doesn't it?
I haven?t noticed any changes in my cross dressing affecting my Male wear. If there?s been any changes it started about 7 years ago when I started blackly wearing cargo scrub pants everyday. Extra pockets.
There is no such thing as fashionable male clothing. It is an oxymoron! The male suit is nothing but a uniform and a Tux is nothing but a Penguin suit!
My wife bought me a pink men's t-shirt that I'll wear once in a while if we're going out, does that count? All my jeans and colorful socks are from the women's dept, no one's figured that out. I have some women's shirts that I can get away with, all my tank tops (which I wear more often than not) are also from the women's side. As far as dressing full male, I was a Best Man about 7 years ago, that was the last time I wore men's slacks and/or a noose, I mean necktie.
In drab I would say I am more comfortable with louder clothes, pink and purple polos, colourful golf shirts and all my business socks tell a story. But my male side is getting to the point where I have a band t-shirt for everyday of the week. And Thankfully I share the same taste in music as him so would wear them out in a jean or leather skirt.