So, I sewed up a men's button down shirt of mine the other day to give it a more feminine shape. Since the buttons are on the wrong side, it still doesn't count as a women's blouse and the angles are sharp, not like the patterns I've seen for women's clothing like this. So, I guess it's kind of an androgynous cut? I was blatantly inspired by King of Fighters, as I was considering dressing as King for Halloween (if that seems like too many genders within genders, imagine if I went as Ash Crimson... which I would totally do). I guess my brain going into cosplay mode just registered that I used to change aspects of my existent clothes to fit very different looks.
Anyway, I messed up terribly, pulling it in 8 inches too tight in the waist, which other measurements were based on (not that it matters when the waist is 8 inches too tight 0_0), so I had to remove the stitching for the whole thing. Luckily, I'm pretty terrible at hand-sewing and was just getting an idea of how it looked before running it through the sewing machine, so lacking a seam ripper was a bit of a nonissue; just pulled the seam apart a little slowly after cutting it in a couple of spots.
For the most part, I really like the way it was turning out and I wonder if anyone would be interested in my making a tutorial when I get it down. Like I said initially, this isn't for making "women's" clothing, so I don't know how many people would be into it... It's still a lot more feminine than a traditional men's button-down and might be a good thing for people who can't afford new clothes (here) or people who might be shy about going shopping early in transition.
Always nice to be able to make your own style :)
and to make them fit we are not all as slender :(