I have always enjoyed the look of petticoats and a pretty dress and of course french maid uniforms and petticoats. I think it goes way back to watching movies with dancers and women in wonderful costumes I longed to look like. I do enjoy a nice dress and heels too. Wondering how may enjoy fun costume dress up when time allows?
My transvestism emerged and matured in a time when lovely slips and beautiful flowing dresses were more or less the norm. So, I love to dress that way and find those slips or petticoats to be outstanding works of decorative art.
There is a program on PBS called FATHER BROWN. It is a series of stories about a priest who is also a successful sleuth who solves murder cases. Light hearted stuff but well acted and in it there is a female character who dresses in 1950's styles with lovely flowing dresser/ frocks and in some scenes she appears in beautiful slips. I just watch it from time to time as I enjoy the fashions. I also loved to watch the character Mary in Dowton Abbey dress as she wore some really fabulous lingerie. By way of contrast, Victoria's Secret seems very boring.
So, I am with you. Dressing in slips/petticoats, dresses/frocks and heels and always with stockings not pantyhose is a favorite activity of mine.
I had a cute french maid outfit. The petticoat really completed the look along with rumba panties. The only time I actually enjoyed cleaning the house. lol
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I use to enjoy it a lot, but not as much now. I guess I've grown and now I enjoy being one who dresses to blend when I go out. Those kinds of clothes have such limits where I would never wear in public.
Still love those cute styles though
I think there is a need to qualify terminology. The general dictionary definition of petticoat is a slip. I am totally hooked on slips/ I love slips. I love vintage slips with lots of lace at the bodice and hem. I love the colors of days gone by; pastels, reds and pinks at Valentine's Day or Christmas; browns, greens..fall colors. Anyone for Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot in Roof?"
Some restrict 'petticoat' to an undergarment which is worn under the dress or skirt which 'poofs' it out, a multi layer of stiff fabric. Girls of the 1950's wore petticoats under their Poodle Dog skirts. Now petticoats seem to be restricted to French Maid outfits. Or retro attire for dancing.
I have several petticoats with multiple layers of fabric which 'poof out' dresses which have a large sweep at the hem.
Yeah when I hear petticoat I think of the poof kind not just a simple slip. And I don't own one but surely want to (they're quite cheap too). I'm very attracted to that 50s style of dresses both on GGs and to wear for myself.
Lol the wikipedia entry on petticoats (which is pretty interesting) mentions that they're popular with crossdressers.
This dress came with a fluffy petticoat built into it. However, it stopped at my knees. To create this wide bottom look I wore a hoop skirt, (Hopefully u know what those r?), with 2 very long petticoats over it. The petticoats r so long that I had to wear 4"+ heels to keep everything off the floor!
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I just love petticoats, crinolines and slips. I have 2 x slips, one black, the other white, and I wear them most of the time when I am dressed or underdressed. Just love the feel of them. Also have a black half-slip, and a short layered slip to go under a rock-a-billy dress. It’s a bit scratchy, but I guess will soften up with use.
Would love to get more, especially a long petticoat such as would go under a long skirt or wedding dress. One day.
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy them. Hardly anything I would want to wear daily, but for special occasions maybe - I like designs with a defined shape to them. They do actually fill out a bit of fullness for you regardless of their construction. While wearing a voluminous ball gown does have some appeal to me, it's quite inconvenient to say the least. But under a knee-length A-line skirt, a petticoat might just be the thing to give the skirt a little volume.
I have a question on this. Seems like the CDs know all the special tricks of feminine finery.
I got two petticoats/crinolines, one short and one longer, to wear under some dresses always around knee length.
I wore one for around Halloween time under one of my black lace Goth style dress. I don't do special costumes. It was stiff and scratchy on my bare legs, I don't wear anything but panties/knickers under my dresses. Does one need to wash or something to make them less scratchy.
Slept over at a friends and decided not to wear it for the taxi trip back to my car. Felt weird, just balled it up to hand carry home.
I love petticoats with long pretty dresses (the short maid outfits, not so much). Petticoats with pretty dresses signal femininity and beauty like nothing else. Well, at least to me, probably based on my 1950s upbringing.
I love myself in curves!
What you need is pettipants to protect your legs from the scratchy material. You can get them in all styles, colors and lengths to match your petticoats.Originally Posted by Georgette_USA
Also most petticoats are very bulky for storage. I save the zippered plastic bags that linens and curtain panels come in and stuff my petticoats in them. It doesn't seem to affect their fullness scrunching them up like that.
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Thank You for that idea. Didn't know they still make them. Found an ad for "MaleShapeWear Nylon Pettipants", not too long.
Actually Georgette it's likely the material used in your petticoats that makes them scratchy. The less expensive ones use a somewhat stiff material to give the proper volume to the petticoats, while the more expensive ones either use a large volume of soft material to give that same fullness or alternating layers of soft and stiff material. The extra material and extra sewing needed because of all that extra material can increase the cost quite a bit. An easy way to which is which is to look at the number of yards of material used to make the petticoats. Given the same fullness and length, more yards means a better petticoat.
For those looking for this style of petticoat and/or pettipants, for beginning shoppers, Resashay to the rescue. Quite fine products, too. Malco Modes and Sam's both make good products, and, once you know your size, can be found for a fraction of the price on your favorite auction site on the net.
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Some causes of crossdressing you've probably never even considered: My TG biography at:http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...=1#post1490560
There's an addendum at post # 82 on that thread, too. It's about a ten minute read.
Why don't we understand our desire to dress, behave and feel like a girl? Because from childhood, boys are told that the worst possible thing we can be, is a sissy. This feeling is so ingrained into our psyche, that we will suppress any thoughts that connect us to being or wanting to be feminine, even to the point of creating separate personalities to assign those female feelings into.
I have a few petticoats and love 'em. Mainly for fun and taking pics, not for regular dressing. I remember, years ago, being in the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid, NY. We were going hiking and stopped at a restaurant first. There was something called the "Flaming Leaves Square Dance Festival" happening at the time. All the ladies were walking across the street in their nice dresses and poufy pettis. All of a sudden I didn't feel like hiking, wish I could've went with them and dressed like them. ...Consuelo, I love the Father Brown series. The Dr. Blake Mysteries too.
Most of my favorite outfits involve me wearing a petticoat (or a hoop skirt), so I do love them. Was lucky enough to get gifted one from a friend, who knows I like to dress up, with one that I've worn with my poodle skirt! I'm hoping to add to my petticoat collection soon too as I got my eye on a really poofy one!
I don't know if I ordered the wrong one or they sent the wrong one, but I received a black petticoat with the English Maid outfit with apron from Glamour Boutique. I wanted white, so I ordered it and kept the black one. From the first time and since, I wore both petticoats with the dress. So full, I love it. I don't clean house wearing the outfit (even though I bought a feather duster as a prop for pics) and I don't role play with anyone, I just love the look, feel, snd sounds. I made a lace headband to complete the outfit.
So nobody's going to say it? Fine, I will... When do we get to see a picture, Nicole?
I think what you are talking about is called a "Crinoline". I have a pink one I wear under my Poodle Skirt. Love the look and feel.
The Crinoline Slips and Petticoats are starting to come back into style. it seems adding them to dresses from a certan seller is very popular. Can't remember the exact name, LuRa or something like that...
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Thank u for the correction, Anna! My Cinderella dress above, came with crinoline attached. The items I added were petticoats.
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U can't keep doing the same things over and over and expect to enjoy life to the max. When u try new things, even if they r out of your comfort zone, u may experience new excitement and growth that u never expected.
Challenge yourself and pursue your passions! When your life clock runs out, you'll have few or NO REGRETS!
Definitely love the feel of them. I love some of the costume attire. Is really fun to wear. I have my eye on a certain princess dress which my wife joked if have a daughter in the future we could have princess tea time. I couldn't say no to that!
The thing I don't like about them is how much room they take up.
My two wedding gowns take up as much space as thirty dresses.
"This is ME" I am not CRAZY, I'm just a GUY who likes dresses!
Since allot of men dress up in woman's clothing that makes it a manly thing to do!
Much more fun than fishing.
I do construction like house building and I love CD-ing, what's the difference?
Judy-S does hit on the one thing I do dislike about them. Even though I only have a few petties, I have to mash them up to fit the totes under my bed, and boxes in my closet so no one else sees them. I guess that all goes along with being a closet cd.
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