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trans2006-09-28 12:31 am
seekingerin.livejournal.com) wrote in trans2006-09-28 12:31 am
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(I've posted a similar post in my own journal. The wording is different, but the ideas are the same, so this will be redundant for some of you.)
I've discovered something interesting about passing: I seem to pass better as a woman when I'm wearing at least one item of clothing that is overtly female. I pass noticeably better, for example, in a sweater and a skirt than I do in a sweater and jeans. I'm not sure why, though I have a guess: perhaps I look androgynous enough that I could pass as a man or a woman when I'm trying to pass as a woman. If I wear something obviously meant for a woman, people will accept me as a woman, but if I wear something more androgynous, people don't know what I'm supposed to be, and that makes people uncomfortable. Probably makes them study me too closely, too.
Ideally I'd like to have a somewhat androgynous style, with the occasional long skirt thrown in. Dresses don't interest me much at all. At this point, though, it seems I'm stuck being a skirts-and-dresses sort of woman. Maybe that will change once I've started actual transition; for the moment, I can only present as female very sporadically, and I haven't managed to take any permanent steps toward a female appearance.
It's not difficult to find overtly feminine clothing to wear in the summer, but I live in a part of the United States that gets very cold in the winter. Freezing temperatures, and often well below freezing. Last winter I just wore long skirts. It's not uncommon here to see women wearing skirts in the winter for religious reasons, so my skirts don't attract much notice. It's not the most comfortable option, though. Most women here wear very androgynous clothing in the winter, but I can't do that and still pass.
So, for those of you who've had more experience with creating a female presentation... any suggestions? Anything I can do with my clothing this winter to make it clear that I'm wearing women's clothing without freezing myself?
I've discovered something interesting about passing: I seem to pass better as a woman when I'm wearing at least one item of clothing that is overtly female. I pass noticeably better, for example, in a sweater and a skirt than I do in a sweater and jeans. I'm not sure why, though I have a guess: perhaps I look androgynous enough that I could pass as a man or a woman when I'm trying to pass as a woman. If I wear something obviously meant for a woman, people will accept me as a woman, but if I wear something more androgynous, people don't know what I'm supposed to be, and that makes people uncomfortable. Probably makes them study me too closely, too.
Ideally I'd like to have a somewhat androgynous style, with the occasional long skirt thrown in. Dresses don't interest me much at all. At this point, though, it seems I'm stuck being a skirts-and-dresses sort of woman. Maybe that will change once I've started actual transition; for the moment, I can only present as female very sporadically, and I haven't managed to take any permanent steps toward a female appearance.
It's not difficult to find overtly feminine clothing to wear in the summer, but I live in a part of the United States that gets very cold in the winter. Freezing temperatures, and often well below freezing. Last winter I just wore long skirts. It's not uncommon here to see women wearing skirts in the winter for religious reasons, so my skirts don't attract much notice. It's not the most comfortable option, though. Most women here wear very androgynous clothing in the winter, but I can't do that and still pass.
So, for those of you who've had more experience with creating a female presentation... any suggestions? Anything I can do with my clothing this winter to make it clear that I'm wearing women's clothing without freezing myself?