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What do you do with your old clothes?

Started by Sarah, January 05, 2008, 11:56:18 PM

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Rachael

threw the teeshirts and stuff out, kept some of the jeans, made a  skirt out of one pair. kept my hoodies ^_^, made a scoopneck top out of one sweatshirt. kept my sneakers and boots .
most of my stuff was andro anyway, i did keep my favourite metalica tee, which once fitted, is now an oversize sleepshirt for the baby rock chick's beddybies :P
R :police:
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Ember Lewis

I did dressmaking for years and have period correct 18th century clothing made of vary expensive silk. I still have all that stuff but will never wear it again. Anything cheap I threw out, expensive stuff like a blue lamb skin jacket I still have. I really want to get rid of it but I want it to go to someone who will care for it. There's just one problem...I don't know of any guy who can fit into my old stuff. It's just too small, but I'll keep it for a bit longer before I give up hope.
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Cortana

I gave them away and threw them away. Actually it was my moms idea to do that. I had the lighter fluid and matches ready for them but the alternative sounded safer and more productive so I went with my moms idea. ;)
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gothique11

I think my old-old roommates still have them in a bag somewhere -- they were supposed to go through them, but never did. I might go back and get them and see if Trevor can fit anything (Trev is going to be my new roommate, he's FtM, so he'd like the clothes if he can find something he likes). I'll have to call up those guys and actually see if they did anything with that bag, or if it's still in the storage room long forgotten.

My one of my current roommates took one of my hoodies that I had. I tried it on a couple of months ago, and it's like a tent on me. LOL But she loves the hoodie. It's years old, but a good one!

I still have some pants, a shirt, and an old jacket around here that I intended to alter into girl clothes -- expensive, but cool ones. That never happened. Sometimes I put them on for fun, they are way to big now and it reminds me how much I changed and how far I've gotten.... it's good for those days when you feel down. I look silly in the clothes now. And, in a weird way, they excentuate my feminine features and show just how silly putting on old guy clothes looks. It gives me a laugh for a bit, and I visually see how far I've come, and I feel better about things.


--natalie


PS I now have the problem of trying to get rid of old girl clothes! I have a lot of stuff that I no longer fit. Some stuff I purposely tried to shrink so I could keep wearing it. Like my hoodie and a couple of shirts. None of my old jeans fit. I finally got a new pair of jeans that actually fits (it's smaller), and I have black cords that I always wear to work (cause I have to wear black pants). A ton of my clothes have stopped fitting in the last couple of months, and I haven't had time/cash to get a lot of new stuff. Although, I'm slowly building my collection up again. When I move on the 1st I'm going to have to go through all of my old stuff and figure out what to do with it, etc.


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siouxsie

goodwill.  several gar-baj bags

i kept some of my t-shirts and flannels and non-gender specific stuff, but otherwise it went bye bye.


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Cursty

I just throw my old clothes in the bin.
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Ember Lewis

That's so wired Natalie...cuz a while ago I put on my old suit from the 70's "no I'm not that old I just liked the tighter fit of 70's clothes" and It was so big and baggy. I don't think I've lost weight, but It just looked funny on me. But I remember I use to love that suit and though it looked so good, I guess I've changed :)
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Rachael

some things are fun to keep, i did keep my suit shirt and tie, mainly for lols.... i put it on once (recently) and 2 of my girlfriends just laughed thier butts off... apparnently i looked like a dyke at worst >< its nice to see the difference :D (ill get rid of it eventually)
R :police:
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Hypatia

Here's what I find about compromise--
don't do it if it hurts inside,
'cause either way you're screwed,
eventually you'll find
you may as well feel good;
you may as well have some pride

--Indigo Girls
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Jordan

I was gonna say find a FTM and trade for there old stuff if you two are around the same size.

lol
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Sarah

That would be a good idea.

Mara got me one of those jean skirts that people are talking about from old jeans-
Its really cute. I want to learn how to make one.
I'm not so great at sewing but I don't have a sewing machine so I don't know if I can do it by hand or not.

I think I want to take up quilting.
I like quilting.
Quilts are fun.

Sara
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lady amarant

Quote from: BCL on January 06, 2008, 04:22:10 AM
When I transitioned I ceremoniuosly cut up and burned all the ties, no man should ever be forced to wear them.

The most horrid article of clothing ever created.
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Keira

Hey, you lost out, 80's fashion could come back.

With silk ties, why not refashion them as head bands, or hair bands.
I still got some for that purpose.
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Sarah

Oh that's a good idea!
Headbands! I never thought of that!
Some of them anyway. I have no need for a plaid headband (yuck!)
But that makes me want to go to the thrift store to bus some ties for crafting!
Yay!
Go Keira!
Queen of Crafting!
:laugh:
Sara
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Rachael

im sitting here in one of my old teeshirts... its a DKNY... and i havent the heart to throw it out... its sortof cut like  scrubs, so its more andro, just huge :D
R :police:
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Ms Bev

Quote from: Sarah on January 05, 2008, 11:56:18 PM
maybe I should keep just in case I need to crawl in a basement or somthing.

Ever get a few jackets from those you love that you would no longer wear?

I think it would be interesting to make a patchwork quilt out of my old clothes. That would be nice..^_^
Sarah


We threw out or gave away all my old clothes long ago.  I didn't keep anything for 'crawling in the basement'.  After a long enough time with an all female wardrobe, you will have plenty of old GIRLS clothes (or in my case, old girl CLOTHES) to go crawling in the basement with. 
I recently had that very nasty opportunity.  But I'll tell you....I was the most feminine-dressed, pistol-toting pest control agentess you ever saw.  Better you crawl back out with your female tee and jeans mucked up, and still be yourself.  Where did all those work clothes comes from when you were sort of a guy?  From doing dirty jobs.  So, make new work clothes...female work clothes.

I never get jackets from relatives etc.........everyone knows better.

A patchwork quilt?  All I have to do is look over old pictures.  My life is a patchwork quilt.



Bev
1.) If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance. 
Bev
2.) The more I talk to my married friends, the more I
     appreciate  having a wife.
Marcy
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Berliegh

I've had mostly female clothes since 1984......so I can only throw those out..
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Schala

I gave my long winter coat to my brother. I gave many t-shirts to my brother's friends and brothers themselves, same for pants. I threw away my shoes (they were due to get replacements anyway), threw away my socks, threw away my underwear. I got rid of all boy clothes by around one month full-time.

For the very few pieces remaining, I traded them (mainly a pair of jeans I didn't have at the time I got rid of my clothes) with a FtM. Since he gave me way more clothes (and even shoes), I gave him a medieval cape I had bought for a nice price, to make the trade even.

I went full-time mid-April 2006. By mid-June 2006 I had no single 'male' item of clothing and a decent-sized female wardrobe. Now I feel my wardrobe lacks in size :P but back then that same wardrobe was bigger than my old one had been (and I got a bit more than then, now...I just want more hehe).
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Pica Pica

well if anyone has anything nice, 40inch waist, wide shoulders, medium legs....english size 20 I guess....

bring em in.
'For the circle may be squared with rising and swelling.' Kit Smart
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alisontaylor

I went from a 34 inch to 28 inch waist during transition so it didn't make sense to keep them. Off to Goodwill.
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