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How great does it feel to get all new clothes? I did last night and I feel super energized. My grandmother did comment that my style was "a bit masculine" but as usual I took it as a compliment/played it off like I just don't care. The professional world is masculine!

Since today I have jury duty for the first time, and soon I'm supposed to start a new job, I got some nice, business-casual men's clothes (including a sweater-vest, which is just my geeky style).

Still have to wear women's pants because of my waist shape, but I got some that look pretty neutral. No pockets, though, I hate that.

So anyway I feel great and may post pictures if I feel good enough about then later :)

Others feel free to talk about your awesome new clothes here too :)

I only got 5 new men T-shirts. I have yet to get new jeans, shoes and sweaters and won't be able to get them until possibly December.

Back early this year in January when I came out to my husband we went to the thrift store and got me some new clothes and I was in heaven finally owning some male clothes I could call my own.
About into March was really the fun part of throwing away all my female clothing. That was great turning point for me. Though I did feel a bit sad that some things like the $70 boots I had just gotten the Nov before would be going(gave to a friend) and I still have the wool coat my mother bought me 2 winters ago just because I'd feel awful parting with something she got me. (I'm weird that way)

I went shopping for men's clothes for the first time about 10 days ago, and I only bought a few shirts. It's weird now because they're all I want to wear but I'm pretty sure it doesn't make much sense to just cycle between 3 shirts.. I need to get me at least a pair of jeans but I was confused with the sizes so maybe next time..

This is really interesting for me because before I made the decision that I'm just going to dress the way I want to (at least on campus where my family isn't around) I didn't care about the way I presented myself one bit. My friend that came shopping with me had to comfort me at one point because I had gotten distressed over the fact that I didn't know how exactly I wanted to dress. It's like I walked in there expecting to come out with a newfound sense of style. So here I am at 20 years old with not a clue of how I want to dress myself, just that wearing masculine stuff makes me happy and more confident.

Dude, the other day I got socks. Like a friggin six pack of white ankle socks.

I'm still beaming about it. They are unabashedly men's socks and I feel like I've gotten away wih something slick as hell. It's awesome. New clothes are awesome.

Yay socks!

I remember the first time I got men's shoes, that was another really good time for me. Frustrating as heck to find styles in stores in a size 6.5 though.

i did the same thing today, with my grandma, who didnt talk about it much just mentioned "in the mens section again" and i got three new button ups and three new t shirts, along with new socks and other miscelaneous stuff

same thing, felt great. A little disapointed in the clothes because im more of a colorful popping person but other than that it was fun.

I've pretty much always worn men's clothing, or women's clothes made to look like mens. Then a few years back my sister commented on how saggy the butt of my pants looked. They sag because I have to buy a waist size too big in order to fit them over my stupid hips. So over the last few years, I've gotten more women's jeans, dress pants, etc. Now I'm conflicted. I only have two pairs of men's pants and I'm wearing them all the time. I can't decide if pants hugging my figure is part of me not passing....
Either way, I have to start hitting some thrift stores for "new" pants. Thrift stores are the best since you can grab a bunch of stuff and spend like, fifteen bucks. Ties are super cheap, only like $2.50 or so.
-Bear
P.S. I freaking love sweater vests!