Who Still Wears Their "Boy Clothes"?

[Allie24]

I feel like a bit of a minority on this site, seeing as how I have changed so little when I transitioned. My tomboyish qualities I have retained, with the addition of makeup and skirts/dresses for special occasions. Aside from that, I dress pretty much exactly as I did in high school (before my two-year stint of "playing it straight"). I have even kept a lot of my old clothes... the band t-shirts, and the big flannels...

Does anyone else continue wearing their "boy clothes"? Or is it just me? lol

[Devlyn]

I ditched all mine, and when I have a boy day he's outta luck fashion wise! 

Hugs, Devlyn

[KathyLauren]

I kept one pair of jeans and a T-shirt for painting and other messy work.  Everything else went into either the charity bin or the garbage.

[Denise]

I kept one pair of jeans and a T-shirt for painting and other messy work.  Everything else went into either the charity bin or the garbage.

Same, except two of each and my hiking shoes. 

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[flytrap]

I like raiding Primary's closet to blend his stuf with my outftits and always check out the guy's department when I shop for a cute hoodie or tee.

[Allie24]

Well darn, maybe I am the only one... here at least.

But I understand that clothes play a huge role in getting gendered properly.

[rmaddy]

Since I am tall and large, there are some specialty items that still make sense for me from the men's section--hiking apparel, for example.  Running shoes.  My life jacket.  Beyond this, I have a few items left over that seem to play well with my women's clothing.  I always look to women's items first, but I won't toss something I already own if I can make it work without feeling that it masculinizes me.

[Allie24]

The thing that I like about men's clothes is that sometimes they shrink me, so I look more feminine when I wear them... oddly enough. Also they're comfortable and I like them.

Though you could argue that my t-shirts are androgynous, as they are not marketed to men or women, specifically, being as they are band tees.

My flannels though are totally men's work flannels lol

It really does come down to what works best, aesthetically when placed on one's body. I feel awkward in a lot of super feminine clothing because I am tall and the smaller the clothing the bigger I feel look and I don't like feeling super big, so on goes the looser clothing to shrink me.

The shirt I'm wearing in my profile pic is a leftover from my pre-transition days.

[Josilyn]

I kept a lot of my "boy" clothes for a small amount of time.  I slowly started to get rid of them when I first started wearing skirts (thanks to website called skirt cafe.org, which is about men wearing skirts) and now I now longer no have a split closet and couldn't be happier as I can dress as myself full time.

[Allie24]

Just wanted to check to make sure that I was not misunderstood: I wear "boy clothes" (which is in quotations for a reason because clothing knows no gender) even though I am full time. So my "boy clothes" are a part of my everyday wardrobe and not a holdover from my pre-transition days. I'm still presenting as female when I wear them.

[judithlynn]

I only wear boy clothes when on the rare occasion that I have to meet an old client that doesn't know, then I have a few mens shirts and my new made to measure suit, but underneath I am all female as know male undies basically just don't fit as my buttocks and hips are too wide and with 44C bust  without a jacket its too obvious.

Basically I knew I had to transition to full time about 12 months ago after having the fabric  of my male trousers  rip from waistband to crotch when I bent down as I was presenting on stage to pick up a laser pointer. Basically  having increased the  size of my buttocks by 3", there was no longer any give in the trousers.

So I now have a made to measure mens suit to suit my womanly body. Mind you even the tailor was surprised as he hadn't seen me in a while commented also on how much upper body muscle I had lost so much so that OI now have soft sloping shoulders. - hence the padding in my shoulders in the jacket.

Judith.

PS Mind you I look great in a kilt!

[Tammy Jade]

I have kept most of my boy clothes

1: I have a lot of expensive Motorsport tops that I'm not willing to get rid of because I love them. Additionally in the group of people I am involved with in Motorsport several of the cis women own the same tops anyway. After all Motorsport tops generally come in one crappy women's option and 10 guys options so its quite normal to see women in men's Motorsport tops.

2: The above logic also applies to Nerd tops, I still love my Kylo Ren top and my Deadpool top and with the right jeans and accessories i'm more then happy to rock them, I also find with my boy shape mens tops fit quite well because of the longer waist which helps with my self consciousness about my stomach.

3: We have andro work uniform that is the same for both male and female field staff so I had to kept all of that.

4: I keep all my rough working on car/ getting greasy clothes as well, I wasn't about to by a new wardrobe just to ruin it the first time I had to change a gearbox, or lay in the mud at a event and check under the car for damage.

So all in all apart from going threw and throwing everything that didn't fit any more I basically kept everything and just started adding women clothes to my existing wardrobe but I have no issue in rocking guys clothes where suitable, there is no rule that says I cant be TomGirl sometimes.

[Julia1996]

I never had specifically "boy clothes". Mine were all pretty much gender neutral. The only totally boy clothes I had was a suit my mother made me wear to a stupid wedding when I was 14. As soon as the hateful wedding was over I threw the ugly thing in the trash and dumped wet coffee grounds on it to make sure it couldn't be saved if my mom found it in the trash can. When I transitioned I started wearing very fem clothes. Skirts, dresses, etc. But I do still have some of my gender neutral clothes that I wear if I'm painting or doing something dirty.

[sarah1972]

A big reminder to clean out my closets...

I never really liked my male clothes, I was blaming it on "not have found my style" - now I know why.

I still wear them for work on the house or the garden to protect the female clothing. In day to day live, I have only worn a few of my old t-shirts.

I also have many female outfits which could be read both ways. This to me is a good compromise where I do not take too much risk while still being female.

I will keep a minimum stock around for the case where I have to wear drab. Most of it will go in boxes for another year then given away. The bigger issue is that I still have to do so much shopping to re-stock my wardrobe. I do get better about it and since I mostly stopped shopping online the hit rate is a bit higher (online I often ordered too small or too big or I ended up not liking it).

[Sarah_P]

I still have to present male at work & around town, so I still have quite a bit. Even after I go full time in a few months, I'm keeping some of my favorite t-shirts (that technically are 'unisex' anyway). I used to have dozens of anime shirts, but over the years I just lost interest in wearing them (plus I really didn't get out much, so rarely had the occasion anyway). However, a friend of mine is actually making me a quilt out of them!
Everything else will get dropped in a charity bin.

[Allie24]

I never had specifically "boy clothes". Mine were all pretty much gender neutral. The only totally boy clothes I had was a suit my mother made me wear to a stupid wedding when I was 14. As soon as the hateful wedding was over I threw the ugly thing in the trash and dumped wet coffee grounds on it to make sure it couldn't be saved if my mom found it in the trash can. When I transitioned I started wearing very fem clothes. Skirts, dresses, etc. But I do still have some of my gender neutral clothes that I wear if I'm painting or doing something dirty.

Yeah my clothes could also be considered gender neutral. The shirts are unisex, and the jeans, though fitted for women, are no different than the jeans I wore in high school (which were also fitted for women). In a sense I feel like I have cone full circle. That's why I don't really mind my high school photos, because I still look like a girl in them, just a very butch girl. I'm sure if I showed someone they wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

[flytrap]

Well darn, maybe I am the only one... here at least.

But I understand that clothes play a huge role in getting gendered properly.

Our posts must have crossed in cyberspace, Allie24. I said right above this how much I rock boy clothes and nobody thinks I look like a guy when I wear them. I am 5'10" 146 pounds and totally get feeling awkward in super feminine clothing, how comfy guy stuf is, and how it makes me look smaller. It's not everybody's style, but I think a girl has to have alot of self confidence to wear boy clothes and not worry that people will think she is a guy.

[Bari Jo]

I rock boy clothes and nobody thinks I look like a guy when I wear them.

This is my goal.  I'm not presenting yet, and still have lots of boy clothes.  I want there to be no question even if I'm wearing boy clothes.  I want to be seen as Bari Jo no matter the clothes.

[Kara_Rae]

I am also only presenting male mode now since I am not out to anyone but my wife currently. I have lost so much weight though that I am now having to buy jeans and shirts that fit better and of course my wife only helps me shop in the mens clothing section. I am buying all the clothes used though since I don't want to buy anything new that is mens clothing. I am also not even close to passing so I don't want to buy any female clothes yet. I did try to grab some womens jeans from goodwill but the sizing was all messed up between brands so I couldn't find any that fit properly.

[rose]

Not by choice
I will burn all boy clothes I have as soon as go to better place