Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Hii everyone! :)
Just curious how everyone dressed when you were in boy mode?
I just find this quite interesting due to stereotypes ect.
So how do you dress?  Normal,Metro, Goth ect?

This is how I dress :)
I'm not out yet, I'm not sure how to explain how I dress ect. I guess you would call it kind of metro. I usually wear tight fitted jeans (not skinny jeans), a bright V neak T-shirt, if it's cold a a hoddie without a zipm like a more fitted hoodie, usually Hitop shoes or just flat white canvas shoe and I always have my hair straightened with kind of a pushed over fringe ect.

  Normal, probably for a while yet.  I dress like a retiree, even though I was forcibly early retired.  Polo type shirt with jeans.  More formal when the time comes for it. 
  Joelene

Just jeans and a t-shirt. I like to blend in to the crowd.

Boringly. Tee-shirt and jeans, and I rarely leave the house without wearing my black jacket, including Summer time.

I have two boy outfits
one tshirt and jeans (girl jeans and trying to change from baggy tshirts to more tight)
and goth/metal style which I'm trying shift to more andro

I went through different phases in my earlier life but for the most part it was skate shoes, loose jeans and band shirts or skate brand shirts. The last year or so it was nothing but black polo shirts and black dress pants with dress shoes. It was what I wore to work but I just wore them all the time as I didn't want to have to think about it. If it was just around the house then band shirts and cargo pants or PJs. Blah so blah.

T-shirt and blue jeans, I did as little as possible for my appearance as I possibly could for most of my life.

Tracksuit bottoms, athletic shoe, and t-shirt if warm or hoodie otherwise. I had one jeans eventually at 22 to go along with a long sleeve shirt so that I had something to wear to places that ban tracksuits. I only started shopping for clothes after I started transitioning so there wasn't much to throw away. :D

I generally wear jeans and polo or button down shirts (pre-everything here) as it is easiest for me right now as a full-time caregiver to my wife who has ALS. When I was working, I pretty much wore the same shirts with khakis. Back when I worked in a more professional environment, I wore dress shirts and ties, which didn't bother me, though I longed to be able to wear outfits like the women I worked with did.
I see myself wearing more feminine clothing like skirts, dresses, cute shoes, pantyhose (fashion police be damned!) when I transition. I love the freedom women have in expressing themselves.

Paige

I usually wear collared tees and dress pants (closer to what women wear) and usually put on a sweater so no one can see the undergarments. I have not started HRT, but maybe in the near future. Though, I wish I could dress just like the girls do and express myself. But, limitations!!!

On a work day I wear a polo as an undershirt.  There's not really much choice of say for the rest of my wear. (I don't change outfits through the day, usually)
Off of a work day I wear a shirt I like and a pair of pants I like ^^  Sometimes I like to coordinate them, but its not really easy because I don't have a good variety of pants.
I used to wear this cheap but pretty necklace off work until it broke ;.; So I don't wear jewelery.  I don't wear a watch because my last one's batteries died, but I'll wear it on the left wrist upside down (at my work, it's usually easier to glance at the time with it that way.)

When I transition I plan to keep most of my boy clothes, because I think they're still good clothes.  I don't want to be wasteful about it... S:

Quote from: Muffin on June 16, 2011, 04:55:18 AM
I went through different phases in my earlier life but for the most part it was skate shoes, loose jeans and band shirts or skate brand shirts. [...] If it was just around the house then band shirts and cargo pants or PJs. Blah so blah.

This is what I did. What changed over the past year was the color and cut (pastels, v-necks mainly) of my boy shirts, and I switched over to girl pants. It was seamless

At work I was always issued a unisex uniform, not a problem.

I was considered "slightly goth" however I wasn't really I considered my body revolting and didn't take any joy in making it look good. I dressed like a leaper covering up my severely scarred body repulsed by the sight of it.
I wore all black clothing and it was extremely baggy like very large sweat-pants dark loose T-shirt and a very large black hoody often with the hood up. I had long hair worn loose tucked behind my ears. and heavy hiking boots.

I dress with jeans and large t-shirts, jackets always when the climate allows.

Reason: I am 3 months into hormones and people are beginning to have a hard time to tell if I am a boy or a girl. My body also is very different from what it was 3 months ago.
I have no name change yet of course, and haven't been out at work. So I have to hide these features for now.

Usually a band shirt and jeans or cargo pants... rarely combat boots, but normally my chuck taylors.

I guess if one were to put me and my dress style in a subculture, it would fit closer to the punk
subculture than anything else, as the local punk rock scene is what I grew up on.

Before college mostly band shirts and jeans.

During college it was mostly polos and jeans (and the jeans gradually got femmer towards the end :) )

For me I would say, hmm, the goth look, more or less. Any colour you like as long as it's black. Trousers, cargo pants, boots, shirts, t-shirts, ankle-length black leather trenchcoat when it's not too hot (and even occasionally when it is - boil in the bag human is an interesting feeling).  Although, if I really put my mind to it, I can pull off the Matrix reject look quite convincingly since when I'm out I'm usually in sunglasses unless it's night time.

Presently, my clothes are :

-3/4 pants (with pale or colourful designs) (3 pairs)
-Shorts (1)
-Men's t-shirts (all too big and faded, generally the "normal skater-ish style") (5)
-Very big men's jeans (too big, all bought when I weighed 50 more pounds) (3)
-Women's not-so-girly tight jeans (couldn't resist having some acceptably beautiful clothes, even though I look gay in them and lose them because I lack butt shape) (2)
-Women's not-so-girly skating shoes (they actually fit better, and NOTHING looked good in the guys' department) (1)
-Mens' pretty-girly black coat (1)

And for the colder days:
-Mens' too-big short boots (for the colder/wetter days) (1)
-Mens' just-hell-too-big snow boots (for winter storms) (1)
-Mens' too-big not-really-good-looking winter coat (2)
-Womens' fake pashmina scarf (one grey and one green ; love them, I can pass with them) (2)
-Womens' not-so-girly beanie (this was my first women's article :3) (1)
-Womens' really-worn-out grey wool mittens (1)

Here goes!

Back in the day (like... er... six months ago :laugh: ) it was usually just band shirts and jeans.  I was also fairly andro and wore makeup most of the time.  Kind of like this:

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Oh, and most of my shirts were female size, but I never switched to skinny jeans until i went full-time.  Back in the days when I really tried to hide my trans identity, I dressed as boy rocker as I possibly could with my short, spiked hair, always in sunglasses, tight shirts with jackets, knee-high boots (some steel-toed), spiked belts, bracers, etc.  Kind of goth/punk.  Why I like wearing pinks and purples now is probably a mystery to everyone. :laugh:

I do the goth thing, so I can put on tons of makeup and put my hair down. I have enjoyed very much that the subculture lets me be feminine a bit with my attire too, sometimes people mistake me for a woman in boy mode, and that makes me feel good.

In femme mode I will wear many more differing fashions, but goth is still there a bit, I just am a bit careful about doing it too much as I want a bit of differentiation between what I wear and I like the look of other female fashions just as much.

its funny, I was just looking over some pictures of when I was at college, and it struck me that i have been wearing basically the same shapeless clothes my whole life, basically jeans and baggy shirts.

Both my brothers are quite fashion concious but for obvious reasons I have never been interested in boys clothes but have been burying my true self for a long time. More recently I have started wearing girls jeans and shirts, tops etc when in boy mode, and the only
time I actually wear 'real' boys clothes are for some work commitments where it would be awkward to be too girly. I am finishing those commitments in the next month or so, in advance of going full time later in the summer.

The local charity shop will be getting a bumper stash of jeans, shirts and tees very soon...

A.x

Quote from: amybenedict on June 16, 2011, 05:37:02 PM
its funny, I was just looking over some pictures of when I was at college, and it struck me that i have been wearing basically the same shapeless clothes my whole life, basically jeans and baggy shirts.

Both my brothers are quite fashion concious but for obvious reasons I have never been interested in boys clothes but have been burying my true self for a long time.

In my case, I already knew that without looking at old photos. But I've just looked at all the photos other people took of me when I was at university. All I can say is, "OH MY GOD who is that person? There's no way I looked like that in the past!" :o

skinny jeans and random shirts

Oh this will be fun... as a boy I dressed very androgynous or feminine.  I was so small as a guy that I typically had to wear women's cloths anyway... so I wore a lot of women's button up shirts, I would pull the sleeves off some... I wore women's silk shirts, lots of scarves, peacoats, skinny jeans.  I really didn't wear much makeup, mainly just mascara or a little eyeliner if anything.  In some of these pics I had dyed my hair sort of auburn color... I'm naturally dark dark brown.  A lot of people thought I was a female to male. Some people would call me she and he in the same sentence because they had no idea what I was.  Honestly, being a stylish boy was one of the most fun times I had in my life.... people would stop me on the street and ask me what band I was in, who I modeled for and so on.  I miss those days... and digging through these pics made me kinda sad =)  I love my life now though, and I know I could always go back to androgynous... but something about these pics makes me happy.

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Heh,  I was just thinking about this

I never bought guy clothes.. except a couple of band shirts and stuff, the rest were given to me by my mom, so I basically just wore whatever for years.

I guess I usually just wear plain loose jeans/cargo pants and a loose t-shirt. They have to become looser like every month if I still want to hide my body. It has actually become a challenge and many are no longer loose enough to conceal my body :D

And well, now some days I get to finally replace them with my own clothes :)

very very androgynous!!

Before hormones I always went for a goth look, I loved the way I could wonder around in some sort of random bit of girls clothing, full make up ect and everyone just went, oh its just a goth. Now ive been on the hormones for 8 months I find im drifting away from that into more normal female clothes, tight jeans, t-shirts ect. One weird thing I found that when (which is now getting very rare) I do go out in my old male clothes I feel very weird Ive got so use to going round dressed on the outside as I feel on the inside.

Mostly jeans and sport shirts, occassionally suits. Rarely T-shirts or shorts. Never andro - trying hard to blend in with my nature imposed maleness. A joy when going full time? Packing all but a few useable articles of male clothes into a Goodwill package.

Susan Kay

There was a time in the 80's that I was into italian clothing. Linen slacks, silk shirts, etc. That didn't last long being a poor college student.

I couldn't wear the pretty clothes that I really wanted to so I just didn't care that much about my appearance. I wore jeans and tshirts. I really liked heavy weight shirts like the old school OP surfer wear and now Carhartt, it just felt more protective to me.

Through my teens I always dressed in a sort of goth/metal style with very long hair, calf length leather boots or combat boots, nearly all black outfits. Baggy or tight pants, band T shirts, spikes and studs and all. that was very unusual for the time in my area, but it soon caught on in the schools, and most of my female friends dressed similarly, and the wardrobe would seem androgynous, though to be more correct the girls dressed like the boys mostly. I was commonly mistaken for female and was typically a "pet name" among would-be bullies, referred to as the girl or something along those lines. Some of my female clothes are still taking from a more hardcore lifestyle, and a good amount of my boy clothes would fit, if they "fit". Generally however I dress more normal mainstream and feminine now than female friends.

Usually I'm in the standard black jean/pant and black shirt deal.  My nails are always painted with China Glaze black crackle.  Black creeper-like shoes.

I try to dress as nice as I can while still dealing with drab/outright ugly male clothes.

Tops are usually v-neck, solid colors or nice, simple patterns, I dont' like any of that stuff with logos or graphic tees or whatever.
Nothing baggy, form-fitting is nice, though my form was not destined for men's clothes, which causes fitting conflicts (my measurements have always been
more female than male-typical for whatever reason).
I love my white jeans and nobody could talk me out of wearing them! I also generally adore the monochromatic black&white look, though I probably do it too often.
And I always try to keep everything nicely coordinated, color and style-wise, within the restraints of my awfully tiny budget... shoes can especially be a pain
in this department, though at the least you will never catch me walking around in sneakers.

When i'm dressed as a man I would describe my clothing style as "I don't care what I look like"
I almost always wear plain tracksuit bottoms blue, black or dull khaki, for my top half I wear black t-shirts, my whole style (or lack of) screams that I don't care about my appearance (The only T-shirts I like are my 2 Iron Maiden ones).

I hate being a man so why should I make any effort in dressing as a man?

Boy mode?

Girl's jeans, or whatever guys jeans I had/have still lying around when I desperately need to do laundry... In male-mode, I exclusively wore T-shirts, with an open button-up shirt on top. However, after a while I just couldn't stand to do that anymore and went to just T-shirts. Then to just girl's shirts.

My clothes have been transitioning subtly - like my voice and appearance. It's amazing how it seems when looking back at all of it... I have changed so much, but I would not have thought so without being able to see the gradual steps taken across a large period of time.

I started thinking I could never be perceived as female, and I thought my family would never come to terms with me. Today, I went to buy bras with my mom, as well as several other items to prepare for fall. The attendant for the changing rooms showed us to the ladies' section and we lightly critiqued what each of us had picked out.

If I could tell that to myself-of-a-year-ago, I'm sure she would not have believed me.

hmm, pretty normal I guess, t-shirts with some kind of graphics (I think plain shirts are just boring lol)
Every now and then, I wear my Tripp pants which are just, awesome.

well generally just bootcut jeans and shirts (polos, game shirts, usually black stuff)

badly!

I was into boot cut jeans too, sneakers, and tshirts with pictures. I could not stand mail formal wear.

My "Boy" mode has changed over the years. In college it was denim everything. Then I had to adopt "professional casual" - slacks and button-down dress or sport shirts. Basic, boring colors or lack of colors. Occasionally an experimental impulse would break out, but my then wife disapproved me back into conventionality, and I always made getting along the priority. Except I always had long hair.

Now my boy mode includes earrings (posts), bright colors and occasionally a necklace. I was at a professional meeting once with over a hundred people and saw at least three other women dressed almost exactly as I was - red shirt or blouse and black coat and pants. Professional.

After work I guess I am shading into metro or "girl" mode well actually woman mode I am too old to be a girl (sigh).

Until I began my retirement and went slightly less than full time last March, and for forty years before, I dressed like a back office accounting geek. Target brand button front sport shirts, and Wal Mart men's slacks (with a pocket protector as part of the uniform.)

I used to dress pretty simple. Polo and t-shirts with jeans or khakis.

Nowadays, its a mix of nice tops, skirts, dresses, jeans, capris, shorts, slacks, etc. and always heels of course ;)

oh i dressed very androgynous. If there was any hint of masculinity in the outfit, i wouldn't wear it. The one feminine thing I will not wear are heels. I can't stand em.

If I do wear them it is because I HAVE to...like at a funeral or a wedding or something similiar. LOL, I view wearing heels as I did wearing ties!

i was pretty much the same as Annah. i just had a short haircut similar to justin bieber, and the only stuff i wore was plain, bland tshirts from mens area. i also wore sweatpants just about all the time, because men' jeans were not for me. i had a thing against jeans at the time. there was one set of clothes i would usually like most that was most androgynous, and i would wear it most often. presenting female is way better. i feel like i lived the lifestyle of prison when having to be male.

For me its not too dissimilar from me now......kind of relaxed, jeans, tops, trainers.....nothing too different!

blue jeans,t-shirts and band shirts,in winter a coat and hoodie

I've never really liked looking like a slob, so unless I am staying inside, or working around the house, it's usually my uniform for work, or Jeans and a nice shirt or a fun T-shirt. But even my uniform is carefully put together. It's all dark blue with the company logo/ name in a lime green. I accent that with a green canvas belt that is pretty closely matched. I'm the only one who has one, so I kind of stand out for my fashion sense :P

Hi,
Before I transitioned I was an engineer in outside sales and would have to wear a jacket and tie. But my business territory started 60 miles away from my house so I would always pack a small carryon with me. So after my calls were made for the day, I had several places mapped out where I could change for the ride home. I just did what I had to do & I survived.
Kim

Mostly T-shirts and jeans or something like that. I don't really pay attention to my male clothes, they are just something to cover my body.

How do/did you dress when you were in boy mode?

I used to wear girls jeans and girls T shirts and trainers in boy mode years before transition. I always liked to confuse people and girls jeans always fitted me better!

I've always leaned toward longer and more feminine hairstyles and often ambiguous clothing styles. Since I was a teen I've often worn tight jeans more like a girl might wear. I always found it easy to find surprisingly feminine shirts in the young men's departments-- tight knits, wide necks, bright colors and such. This actually made it easy for friends to adjust when I started wearing things like makeup, bras and dresses publicly. They were like "Yea. This makes sense".

jeans t-shirt , polo
liked to blend in
Khaki pants.

Often a little scruffy
Never any baggy stuff . No subculture stuff like goth etc

Girl mode I would:
still try to blend in somewhat
Appropriate for my age
I would probably be on the jeans line on the other side 90% of the time.

I am not really interested in fashion but I have noticed womens fashion has been going a little more to the feminine side over time. I think it swings back and forth. And everything had been long going to the other direction for a while. Tho I am happy the clothing is more feasible than what it was in the 1800s

Girl jeans would have always fit me better.  Levi's were cut for that incredibly tiny male butt so I could NEVER find a pair that fit right.  However, my parents are very conservative and my mom was known to take me into her and dad's bedroom for a "talk" (screaming at) if she noticed anything feminine on me.

As a result, I always dressed baggy to hide any semblance of my relatively feminine shape.

So for the last, oh, 5 years I had been rotating my 3 pairs of boot cut jeans (3-4 waist sizes too large so they'd fit my hips).  On top I would wear a medium sized t-shirt with a large button-up shirt on top, with 3 or 4 buttons buttoned.  This effectively hid my breasts for the last year+ since I started hormones.

Shoes were plain old new balance running shoes.

All this worked at both home and at work since work is business casual and allows jeans, but now I'm going to be officially full-time as soon as I go back to work so I can start branching out.  I'm going to start off with conservative/androgynous women's clothing at work because I work with a lot of conservative christian types and don't want to push my luck right off the bat.

I still am in it but I wear skinny jeans, converse shoes, flannel shirts, cardigans+shirts from H&M. Pretty much typical indie/hipster stuff.