Tips for Appearing Over Age 12

[insideontheoutside]

I'm kinda sucky at putting "outfits" together myself but I'm trying. I get a lot of ideas of the Urban Outfitters site cause that's got a number of things I like.

As for hats - I see a lot of dudes rocking these now (they're smaller than a reg fedora so they look good on even if you're small usually):
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=20012050&parentid=MENS_ACCESSORIES&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=18&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=MENS_ACCESSORIES&popId=MENS&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=

I'm not as into their scraves. I'd go with plain ones are maybe a plaid if you can pull it off.

I've actually scored a number of fly leather jackets in the chick's department. It's taken me a while to find ones that are "just right" that don't have to much of a female cut going on. I'd had other dudes compliment me on my jacket collection   

I was thinking of snapping this one up:
https://www.attitudeclothing.co.uk/product_19395-72-1098_Fitted-Leather-Biker-Jacket.htm
It looks like it's way more fitted than the guy's ones I see in the states here and it does come in small. That's not a bad price for real leather too.

[PandaValentine]

I've been to urban outfitters actually, though I usually go to thrift shops now just because I don't really know if they get their clothes from sweat shops, that's always kind of bothered me. Yeah, those hats are not for me either. But I went to check out the guys clothes on that site and was like "What the ->-bleeped-<-, 135 dollars for a shirt?" The clothes look like they are five bucks yet sell for fifty. Are they name brand or something or is the store just nuts? I hate spending a lot of money on clothes, but I HATE shopping around for good deals. Thrift stores are easy, it's cheap, I can grab what I want and go, everything in one store, plus they have awesome retro stuff!

I've actually passed better wearing girls clothes than I have wear guys clothes actually, just because they look well fitted. The only thing that I do own now that is girls clothing are a pair of jeans. I hate clothes though, I avoid spending money on them at all costs. My mom will see that and offer to buy me clothes because of it. I own one pair of jeans because the thought of shopping makes me want to bring a gun along with me so I can off myself in one of the 'female' dressing rooms since very few stores have a unisex area to change, and I never know what size I wear in pants, only in tops.

It's actually a really nice jacket, I'd want it if it wasn't leather.

[Renard]

I haven't seen it mentioned, so I figured I'd ask - have you experimented with shoes?

Both boys and men wear running shoes, but boots and dress shoes are largely exclusive to men, at least from what I've noticed. A pair of non-clunky boots (ie. ones that don't look oversized on you) might be worth checking out. Maybe even cowboy boots, if you're so inclined?

[PandaValentine]

I haven't seen it mentioned, so I figured I'd ask - have you experimented with shoes?

Both boys and men wear running shoes, but boots and dress shoes are largely exclusive to men, at least from what I've noticed. A pair of non-clunky boots (ie. ones that don't look oversized on you) might be worth checking out. Maybe even cowboy boots, if you're so inclined?

Hmmmm shoes. I have to say I don't see many kids in boots, unless they are rain boots. ;P I'll look into shoes more, see what I can find that looks more adult than just wearing simple high tops. Thanks.

It probably doesn't help I drew all over my shoes!

[Padma]

It probably doesn't help I drew all over my shoes!

Um - yes . Just don't get any of those daft shoes with the golfer's tassles on, that's just humiliating.

[TheAetherealMeadow]

One thing that may help with looking older is to make it so that your sideburn hair has a defined boundary, like this:


Try experimenting with make-up to simulate the appearance of sideburn stubble. Start with eyeshadow as a base, and then with an eyebrow pencil, draw over the area with a large number of small, light strokes. I draw my eyebrows on, and I've found that the key to making it simulate the texture of hair is to make plenty of small, light strokes, instead of drawing one line. If your hair is dark enough, for extra effect, you may even try applying glue stick over the area before applying the eyeshadow and pencil, and applying coffee grounds afterwards. A girl I know did that once when she dressed up in drag and it ended up looking pretty realistic. I wish you the best of luck!

[Espenoah]

On the subject of female dressing rooms...most stores don't care which dressing room you go to. I can't tell you how many times my dad has used the women's dressing room just because it's closer, and he's a bearded, balding, hypermasculine man. No one has ever kicked him out or anything.
That said, he's never been to one who required an attendant, that would be a different story methinks.
Just thought I'd throw that in.

[emil]

i'm pretty much in the same boat (pass as ~16 due to height, though, but i'm 27, and even dressed as a girl i could always ride on kids' tickets), here's a couple of tricks that help:

1- if you have a rather round face, grow your hair out about an inch, make them cut the sides somewhat shorter than the top with sort of pointed bangs(creates the appearance of very slight widow peaks)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v_XmFldezKE/TAbAbGFD78I/AAAAAAAAAh4/S-HV8h7GuPg/s400/Latest%2BHairstyle,%2BHaircuts%2Bfor%2BMen.jpg
that's the best picture i found, of course you don't need to make your hair stand up like that

2. apply colored (!) eyebrow gel to eyebrows and surrounding baby hairs; the gel only sticks to the hairs, not the skin, so it will give the appearance of thicker, darker, longer eyebrow hairs.

3. if you want to use a bronzer, you can make your cheekbones stand out more with that, i found a youtube tutorial for guy make-up that shows you how to do that but i lost the link,...if you care to know how that works i can make a tutorial. i also made a tutorial on how to make your jawline look more masculine, but i know most guys don't like to use anything that falls remotely in the make-up category, however you really might want to try the eyebrow gel, because thick eyebrows help more than most anything!

4. no hats. women generally have smaller heads than men, hats make your head look smaller still, if your head appears small than people will categorize you as someone going through puberty.