Short skirts.. I have the legs for them, they are just not me. Odd thing is that I can happily wear quite short shorts..

But then, I'm happiest in a pair of jeans, a nice top and my Cons..

Quote from: Joanna Dark on April 04, 2013, 12:57:30 AM
We're so much more alike then different.

Sorry, Joanna, I can't agree with this.

It's been made painfully obvious to me many times that I have very little in common with most people here. Hence why I refer to myself as the Trans-Rebel. I continue to post here in the hope that my somewhat rebellious opinions will help those that are as different as me..

Quote from: Denjin on April 05, 2013, 03:12:40 AM
I hate that shoulder pads seem to be coming back. I needed some more suits for work lately and I'll need to take them to the tailor and get those things taken out.

Yeah, what's with shoulder pads for women? I never could wrap my head around that concept. What woman want's to look like a football fullback anyway? 

Quote from: Shantel on April 05, 2013, 09:49:01 AM
Yeah, what's with shoulder pads for women? I never could wrap my head around that concept. What woman want's to look like a football fullback anyway? 

I can't wrap my head around fashion, period.

Clothes that looked absolutely amazing last year are suddenly too horrid to be seen in. Seriously?!?

Seems just like a way for the garment industry to milk their market for a few extra bucks so we have to replace our clothes every year.

Quote from: suzifrommd on April 05, 2013, 10:16:58 AM
I can't wrap my head around fashion, period.

Clothes that looked absolutely amazing last year are suddenly too horrid to be seen in. Seriously?!?

Seems just like a way for the garment industry to milk their market for a few extra bucks so we have to replace our clothes every year.

Yup my lament, it's all about the money! Although I still want to have some color, style and choices in my wardrobe whereas before in man mode there was nothing that has changed in 100 years, same drab colors, same drab cuts, ugh!

suzi:
At least at work I don't have to worry about fashion trends. 　I just buy suits in classic cuts that look good for a while - however I don't think the single button jackets or the shoulder pads look good on many people in general.

shantel:
They don't look bad on tiny girls with sloping shoulders I guess, but all the women I work with have straight shoulders anyway so I don't see why anyone would want to wear this stuff.

I have recently grown a real fondness for short sleeve shirts with long lenghth body and a low v-cut neck or other low (for cleavage) opening, I am kinda out on the the sleeveless however, I dont like or dislike and am not really sure how I look in them I will have to ask some opinions here fairly soon

Quote from: calico on April 05, 2013, 11:35:19 AM
I have recently grown a real fondness for short sleeve shirts with long lenghth body and a low v-cut neck or other low (for cleavage) opening, I am kinda out on the the sleeveless however, I dont like or dislike and am not really sure how I look in them I will have to ask some opinions here fairly soon

Yes me too, I like the cap sleeves in long body V-neck cut with the clingy bodice like those from Victoria's Secret.

Maybe. I'm probably a lot more sensitive than Kelly is though. I'm also seriously considering stopping the HRT and just going back to try and live some kind of life as a man. I'm never going to look like a woman and I can't deal with being known as Trans so I don't know. Sorry.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on April 05, 2013, 09:26:53 PM
Maybe. I'm probably a lot more sensitive than Kelly is though. I'm also seriously considering stopping the HRT and just going back to try and live some kind of life as a man. I'm never going to look like a woman and I can't deal with being known as Trans so I don't know. Sorry.

No need to apologize.

I get ya, I think.  It's frustrating and disheartening getting clocked and misgendered while holding little hope yourself that things will ever get better.  I got reminders of that today in my own life.

You gotta do what's best or you.

I mean I'm not really presenting as female it's just that there's this voice in my head that keeps telling me you'll never, ever pass in a million years and will be clocked 100 percent of the time. Then there is this other competing voice that says once you get laser and whatnot and give the HRT more than a month and start taking full-dose spiro not a quarter of a full dose, you'll be fine. I'm not just going to stop now right this instant, I guess I'm just scared. It's perfectly normal I think. All I hear  sometimes in my head is my ex saying you're going to make the ugliest woman. Of course, this is the same woman who stopped me from plucking my eyebrows because she said she didn't want to go out with someone prettier then her. So...IDK lol The only thing I'm absolutely sure of is I am Trans and it is not going away.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on April 05, 2013, 11:58:43 PM
I mean I'm not really presenting as female it's just that there's this voice in my head that keeps telling me you'll never, ever pass in a million years and will be clocked 100 percent of the time. Then there is this other competing voice that says once you get laser and whatnot and give the HRT more than a month and start taking full-dose spiro not a quarter of a full dose, you'll be fine. I'm not just going to stop now right this instant, I guess I'm just scared. It's perfectly normal I think. All I hear  sometimes in my head is my ex saying you're going to make the ugliest woman. Of course, this is the same woman who stopped me from plucking my eyebrows because she said she didn't want to go out with someone prettier then her. So...IDK lol The only thing I'm absolutely sure of is I am Trans and it is not going away.

Bad comments always  stay with you the longest, especially when you have low-sefl esteem (which most tg do)
IMO if the picture in your avatar is you than you have no worries, you will do just fine.
Also if you are absolutelt sure you are tg, than realise this- if you dont transition and you put it off  have no doubts its going to come back later to bite ya in bum.... and realise starting younger is definately better... soo that is my opinion, do with it as you wish- and hapiness is never over-rated..... p.s. I used to dislike short skirts but now they are quite nice!!

Yeah I'm kinda derailing the thread into my own personal woe is me fest lol sorry. Yeah the avatar is me but with virtual hair. But it looks exactly 100 percent like me. If anyone who knows me saw it, they would know it is me in one second. Probably less than a second. it's pre-HRT so I'm hoping once my hair grows out I can post a pic of me without virtual hair. So, thanks so much for the comment I kinda needed it. I am starting to change face wise. But not enough for all the sir stuff to stop but it's HRT not some magic story from Fictionmania.

But if there is one thing I am sure of it is that I'm Trans. I knew when I was six. I really, really knew when I was about 11. When you're six you really don't understand. I understood full well at age 11 when I fist saw Quantum Leap and started dreaming I could leap thru time get stuck in a girl's body and then be happy. That's why I try not to entertain stopping transition. I know is it works I will be happy. I mean I'm not even on a full dose yet but after 30 years like this ya get antsy.

But me ex said a lot of hurtful things about it when she should really thank me since I could have just lied and not told her. I was 100 percent honest from the get-go after it got serious. She actually encouraged it until she realized she wasn't a lesbian which apparently took four years. I don't act uber-femme or anything I just act like myself which I guess would be considered tomboyish for a girl and girly girl for a guy. Anyhoo....sorry for the thread tangent. I feel like hijacked my own thread.

Yeah short skirts rock if you can rock them.  I always liked short cullotes as long as they aren't too wide my self and as long as they're short enough. I should design my own, if I could.

Quote from: Denjin on April 05, 2013, 03:12:40 AM
I hate that shoulder pads seem to be coming back. I needed some more suits for work lately and I'll need to take them to the tailor and get those things taken out.

No need to go to the tailor.

I own a tool called a "seam ripper" for cutting the threads that hold the shoulder pads. Mine is named "Jack".


But in a pinch, a pair of finger nail clippers will also let you cut the threads that tack the pads to your jacket or dress.

Just make sure you only cut the threads that connect the pad to the garment. Normally only the corners of the pads will be sewn in, so it is easy to find the right threads to cut.

Quote from: MadelineB on April 06, 2013, 02:28:52 AM
No need to go to the tailor.

I own a tool called a "seam ripper" for cutting the threads that hold the shoulder pads. Mine is named "Jack".


But in a pinch, a pair of finger nail clippers will also let you cut the threads that tack the pads to your jacket or dress.

Just make sure you only cut the threads that connect the pad to the garment. Normally only the corners of the pads will be sewn in, so it is easy to find the right threads to cut.

I'm having flashbacks to home economics class now.   I can tell that the pads (at least in one jacket, another one seems a bit more solidly attached) are loose and connected in the corner.  However, I'd still have to take a seam apart and get into it to cut the threads.  I think I'll stay lazy and pay the seamstress.

I found a top last night that I was not comfortable wearing. It was a thin, white, Egyptian style top. It looked great on me! The reason I am not comfortable wearing it is because you can see my nipples through it. You can't wear anything under it because it has no back, and does not fully cover my tummy because it is so short.

Anything sleeveless, my arms don't look right, pre-HRT.   But i am patient...

Oh, and low-cut youthful items that make me look like i'm having a mid-life crisis.

Skinny jeans....i have tried them with everything i can think of from boots with and without a heel, flats, heels, flip flops, or just regular skate shoes and no matter what they just make my legs look bigger then they really are.

I actually dislike wearing jeans these days. I mainly wear skirts, but once in a while I'll wear jeans.

I think it has more to do with the fact that I've been gaining weight, than anything else, lol.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on April 02, 2013, 09:32:39 PM
So, this seems like a fun topic. What clothes are you uncomfortable with wearing? I won't lay out any rule sother than lease don't say male clothes. We all might not agree on everything but I think we agree that drab, functional, droll male clothes SUCK. Maybe not.

Colored skinny jeans.

I just can't rock them. And it's not like I don't like bright colors cause I do. And wear a lot of brightly colored tops and tees. Fun colored combos are definitely in. Well I think so. But no colored skinny jeans for me. You don't have to say just one. That's just me.

Maxi dresses. They don't look good on ANYONE, I'll never wear one unless it's that or go naked.

For me, anything with an unnatural patterns or weird color combinations or bright pastels just feels / looks weird. When I go shopping, I have to get a certain vibe or its a no go.