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transI need help on this from anyone with female experience who has had a difficult time finding clothes that fit their frame.
My wonderful female-assigned partner has a very difficult time with clothes. She has broad shoulders, long arms, long legs, and difficult-to-fit feet. She usually wears men's clothing, not out of a need to express masculinity, but because she despairs of finding clothing that both fits and reflects her femininity. Clothes shopping always ends in tears and self-loathing, and it hurts me to see someone so beautiful and strong hurt so much.
I know that a lot of people in this community have had similar issues, and I thought it would be an unusual but helpful place to go for advice. Any recommended brands, stores, or styles she might have luck with? More importantly, any tips on how to make the whole loathsome process of shopping for women's clothes more fun and relaxed, or at least less excruciating? Anything I can do as her partner?
(Side note/ background: I'm FTM, about four years into transition. It shouldn't have surprised me that I'm so unequipped to deal with this, but it did. Presenting as a girl/ woman for most of my life left me with nothing in the women's fashion department save for a fading memory of how awful bra shopping is and an unusual knowledge of women's clothing styles and terms for a straight guy. I never had the experience of feeling upset that my clothing wasn't feminine enough for me.)
My wonderful female-assigned partner has a very difficult time with clothes. She has broad shoulders, long arms, long legs, and difficult-to-fit feet. She usually wears men's clothing, not out of a need to express masculinity, but because she despairs of finding clothing that both fits and reflects her femininity. Clothes shopping always ends in tears and self-loathing, and it hurts me to see someone so beautiful and strong hurt so much.
I know that a lot of people in this community have had similar issues, and I thought it would be an unusual but helpful place to go for advice. Any recommended brands, stores, or styles she might have luck with? More importantly, any tips on how to make the whole loathsome process of shopping for women's clothes more fun and relaxed, or at least less excruciating? Anything I can do as her partner?
(Side note/ background: I'm FTM, about four years into transition. It shouldn't have surprised me that I'm so unequipped to deal with this, but it did. Presenting as a girl/ woman for most of my life left me with nothing in the women's fashion department save for a fading memory of how awful bra shopping is and an unusual knowledge of women's clothing styles and terms for a straight guy. I never had the experience of feeling upset that my clothing wasn't feminine enough for me.)