At what stage?

[Bari Jo]

Hi ladies, I hope everybody is enjoying their HRT.  I sure am, loving the changes.  With the changes, at what stage did you purchase and be fitted for the next round of female attire.  I assume everybody started with panties, but when did you go further?  Socks?  Jeans?  Bra?  Skirt?  Full dress?  Jewelry?

I'm on six weeks and actually started with panties, pajamas, and a pair of jeans.  At six weeks I added perfume, which I love. This coming week, I plan on purchasing another jeans pair, and maybe some ladies keds.  I don't think I have enough changes to go further in dress yet.

What about you girls?  When did you go further?  What convinced you to go further.

Bari Jo

[Megan.]

As I was full-time work and home even before HRT,  I'd already built a full wardrobe. But to spread out the cost,  I tried to wait until I either needed or really wanted something before I brought it.  There were also alot of early purchases that I know now do not suit my shape,  build,  tones or preffered style; it's quite an exercise figuring out your style with the variety that women have to choose from. Time of year and seasonal weather were also big factors.  X

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[RobynTx]

Since I'm no where near ready to go out yet my wardrobe just consists of stuff that I wear around the house.  So underwear, shorts, yoga pants, tops and the like.  I do have a pair of Nikes that are for women but looks gender neutral that I wear all the time out in public. 

It just depends on what stage you are at.  It's good to buy things early to get use to wearing it but women's fashion changes so quickly that it can be hard to keep up. 

[Bari Jo]

That is a good point Robyn.  I'm not ready to go out yet either, but when I do find the need to buy an item, I'm finding myself looking for a gender neutral version.  My only real vice I guess would be ladies jeans.  Something about the snug fit.  Plus they don't necessarily call out that I'm dressing girly.

[Sluggy]

Yeah, honestly it's just your personal comfort, and largely your budget.

Though I will say, in my experience I've been holding out on buying things largely because I'm waiting on my body's changes.

Some pants don't fit me anymore as my thighs have gotten bigger, and some clothes are too big as I've lost weight. Also my breasts are still constantly changing so I'm waiting to purchase bras.

All this stuff is so expensive too that I'm just taking my time and buying a few items at a time

[KathyLauren]

I started wearing women's clothes as soon as I came out to my wife, long before I started HRT.  Underwear full-time, of course, and skirts and women's T-shirts around the house.  When I started dressing for the weekly support group meetings, I got a bra (to stuff, of course), skirts, tops, shoes, etc.  Wardrobe acquisition was a slow but steady process.

I continued this pattern after I started HRT, until my breasts became too painful not to wear a bra.  I wore sports bras under baggy men's shirts when I was in drag for comfort and to minimize them.

All that time, my wife and I were hanging out in second-hand and discount clothing stores.  The deal was that, since I had to get an entire new wardrobe, it was only fair that she should get new clothes too.  It's more expensive that way, but much more harmonious!  We both got some very nice threads at very reasonable prices.

After I started HRT, I started paring down my male clothes to make room in the closet for my female clothes.  Since I knew I would be full-time by mid spring, I got rid of all my summer men's clothes, and most of my cold-weather clothes as the weather got warmer. 

I went full-time exactly three months after starting HRT.  At that point, I switched from compression-type sports bras to padded bras.

[Nora Kayte]

I am just over a year on hrt. One of the first things I did was deodorant and body spray. Along with those were gel French mani pedi. I was having my nails done for over 5 years and been on hrt for just over 1. Before hrt I was wearing women's jeans and panties. Now I do have male undies, I have one pair of men's shoes and a pair of sandals. The undies and shoes are packed away. Just in case. I have so many pair of women's tennis shoes and Sandals I can't count. Lol. My typical dress daily consists of panties and a camisole. My favorite pink sketchers go walk 4 sandals. Pair of men's shorts and a unisex t shirt. Just decided to include a bra with that. OMG So stressful but necessary. So I ordered 3 more. And contrary to what others have told me the bra makes them more noticeable. I was walking in the wind while I was at a gas station and the wind was holding my shirt tight to my body. That was a tiny bit stressful. Oh my favorite watch has an all pink face. I wear bracelets and a necklace sometimes. Rings when I'm not bloated. Lol. And I have a few anklets. I wear those everyday. I have these skorts that are so comfy I have forgotten sometimes I had them on and have worn them out front and out back in front of the gardener. Lol. Getting ready to start electrolysis. Maybe I can get Bari Jo to go with as soon as I find the info I have on the ones who passed my research. I'll look today. I've went through a stocking stage while I was wearing mostly women's jeans. But I am over that now. I am trying to convert to women's shorts and t-shirts. But the cuts and necklines are still a little uncomfortable. Oh and my purse collection is growing. Bought most online. But the last purse I bought at a mall with a couple of women's tops. That I will wear once I drop a few pounds. My everyday belt I wear is pink. Never think about it anymore. Hopefully I'll get that way with my bras. Lol. Ears have been pierced since for ever. But I am going to pierce a few more holes myself. Today or soon. I have some piercing needles and I have done it before. Also think next time I go to my Esthetician to get some sugaring I will have my eyebrows slightly shaped. Or my next facial. My Esthetician is the only other person I am out to besides my wife. No matter what situation I will have on women's undies, camisole, socks and shoes. I have about triple the amount of women's clothes than men's. As I buy more women's I will be getting rid of men's. A wig will be on the list of next. It going to be fun/stressful going to Cabo in October and Aruba in February now that the girls are a solid B cup. And I just got re-upped on Estradiol pellets. And every time I do the girls get a growth spurt. Ok I think that's it. Lol. I know there is more. But that was a lot.


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