closet space conundrum

[kariann330]

So just wondering when did you start cleaning out your closet of all of the birth genders clothes to make room and open hangers up for all of the new clothes? Im still part time but but am having a hard time deciding which gets priority over hangers, the boys tops i mostly lounge in or reluctantly pull on when around people im not out to, or all of the cute tops, girly t shirts, skirts and dresses I'm getting now....plz help.

Thanks in advance.
Kari Eber.

[Devlyn]

Bigger closet, you're going to need it eventually, anyway. Throw someone out of the house and use their room! Hugs, Devlyn

[Sara Thomas]

Closet Makeover!

(... or buy more hangers...)

Re-doing our closet is on my long list. Right now it's configured for a mehherside/mehhisside - but it needs to be an awesomeherside/awesomeherside!

[JoanneB]

So just wondering when did you start cleaning out your closet of all of the birth genders clothes to make room and open hangers up for all of the new clothes? Im still part time but but am having a hard time deciding which gets priority over hangers, the boys tops i mostly lounge in or reluctantly pull on when around people im not out to, or all of the cute tops, girly t shirts, skirts and dresses I'm getting now....plz help.

Thanks in advance.
Kari Eber.

I'm also part time and the reality of being a guy says you basically need few clothes that warrant closet space. About 7/8 of my primary closet is devoted to the real me. That big faker me needs just a little bit of space for a few pairs of slacks and about a dozen dress shirts for work

The plus side (?) is I also get to see all the real stuff every day and dream.....

[Mohini]

It depends on how you feel. For myself, I never really cross-dressed in my life, and would have never considered it. When I decided to go on full-time,  I had to do so even before my hormone replacement therapy, as requested by my doctor, to showcase my seriousness and dedication in being myself!

So I bought myself some clothes, informed my workplace, and went full-time from then on as possible.

Eventually your closet clothing will grow; I've noticed that when my womanhood came out, my amount of clothing also grew along with it!

Of course, being a Hindu, I had a few devotees tell me that I had to change everything, up to my underwear, lol. Since I consider myself one gender only (female), I dress only in that Western idea of binary.

[Lesley_Roberta]

The amount of space a guy will require, is simply NOT going to cut it for a woman.

So even if you turf the guy clothes, you will still need more space anyway.

As I see it, guys don't ponder 'what do I wear?'. They have only 2 questions to ask while dressing.

1. is it clean?

2. if it isnt clean, is it the least dirty?

I can't imagine a guy asking of themselves, does it match my top? Or does it go with my wallet? or does it make me look fat?

90% of the males I see enter Tim Horton's don't even look like they know how to put on pants at all

My wife uses more of the closet than I do currently. I would love to radically change that though.

I loath wearing anything twice. I despise that I can't afford more clothing. I also dislike shopping for male clothing. It's so 'male'.

My mother likely is going to treat me to a new spring/fall light jacket for my birthday end of the month. She was looking in the Sears catalogue. "how about his one?" nope, nope nope nope, that one is ok. I refused all the ones that were so obviously male patterns and male colouring styles, and picked out one that was mono coloured and not in your face not something a girl would normally wear.

I hate looking for new clothes. The colours are so male, the patterns are so male. They scream out male.

[Anna++]

So far my solution has been to buy more hangers .  I'm not going to start throwing things out for a while.

[sneakersjay]

Once I said that I was transitioning, I literally took EVERYTHING (seriously everything!) and took it to goodwill.  Underwear, socks, bras, and stuff like that went into the trash.  That was that.  And that was how I knew I was serious.  If I even had a hint that I would have wanted those things in the future, just maybe, I would bagged them and saved them in the attic.  Even now I get rid of clothes that remind me of that early awkward stage of transition ie some of the first male clothes I bought.


Jay

[lydia_s]

Go through all your mens clothes.
a) What conditions are they in? Any that are really bad?
b) Is there anything you simply would never wear?
c) Do you have a ton of the same article of clothing?

This weeds out your wardrobe a bit and will free up some space. Like deleting internet cookies.

I stopped buying mens clothes entirely about eight months ago. Every so often I retire an article of clothing either due to condition or lack of interest. In the meantime I'm buying womens clothes a couple outfits at a time.

[Megan S]

When I transitioned from part to full time, I tossed my clothes by season. I started my transition in fall by gotting rid of all my summer male clothes, in winter, I got rid of all my fall clothes. You get the idea. I simply replaced what I threw out with clothes I was purchasing during transition for full time, which were often on sale due to being either the end of the season or out of season. This way when summer came around again and I went full time I was ready to go and had a decent collection of clothes. It was also a way to free up space in the closet. I did basically an 8 month transition from part time to full time. Now shoes, that is a different story!