The "HOW DID YOU BEGIN YOUR FEMME WARDROBE? slowly OR overnight?" thread
reminded me that it's approximately the 20-year anniversary of the signal event that
accelerated the birth of Sandy. Back in the mid '90s, I came upon a Usenet post in
which a crossdresser (who was approximately my size and age!) was looking to sell
his full complement of paraphernalia-- clothes, wigs, accessories, everything!
I felt some reluctance borne of potentially abetting a purge, but if someone (or some
dumpster) was going to be on the receiving end of this transaction, I was determined
that it would be me! I anxiously sent an email to the seller ("Dee," who I believe
was finishing up a graduate degree at a Big Ten university) with a proposed payment
amount, and got the response I was looking for-- Dee's closet would soon be Sandy's!
Mailing a multi-hundred-dollar check to this person I'd never met sure made me nervous,
but my trust was rewarded when I received a note from my landlord that a large box was
waiting for me in the office. I gleefully retrieved the package, skittered to my apartment,
and took inventory:
3 bras
8 dresses
2 garter belts
7 pairs of gloves
1 matching outfit
9 panties (clean)
1 pair of pants
2 purses
2 robes
5 pairs of shoes
5 skirts
1 slip
9 stockings/pantyhose (clean)
14 tops
1 waist cincher
3 wigs
assorted rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces
bag full of makeup
Of course, some items didn't fit, or were in poor condition (and I tossed the makeup),
but there were enough winners in that stash to bring Sandy into being! Two decades
later, much of that haul is no longer in my possession, but I still have a fair amount of it!
I know this sounds like a tall tale, but I have proof -- I kept the printout listing the items
(page 3 of 6 is attached, showing the items' original sale prices plus some notations I made
of their condition) along with a handwritten note from Dee, which brackets a makeup tutorial
with the following sentiments:
"Well, here's the stuff! I hope you get hours & days of enjoyment out of it!"
&
"Now get dressed, accessorize, do your nails, put on a wig and go out!"
I've sometimes wondered whether Dee rebuilt a wardrobe and resumed going out en femme
(or whether she might be on this site?). Wherever you are, you have my thanks, Dee, for the
invaluable kick-start!
Sandy