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Being very tall - Dressing sexy or bland to pass?

Started by Jaz, May 18, 2014, 11:21:44 AM

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LittleEmily24

I'm 6'1" and I favor those knee-short spaghetti strap dresses. I like flaunting my legs because they are one thing I actually like right now. I've never had much of an issue with pulling off sexy other than my lack of progress in the boob department and my still pretty broad arms/shoulders, but I don't attract a whole lot of attention. At least no more/less than I would any other day. Maybe I'm just early in, but a cis male friend of mine once told me "you need to start dressing more sexy, your outfits are so conservative" so I decided to go for it.

Of course, there's a time and a place for sexy :P not always. I guess it depends on your definition of sexy ~ for example: I wear short shorts and loose/low-back tank tops on a regular basis when I'm not at work :P doesn't really attract any extra attention.... However, I am in Miami :P
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Jaz

Thanks everyone for all your great advice and personal experiences so far :)
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Michelle G

Quote from: Michaela Whimsy on May 18, 2014, 10:27:30 PM
I like that style Michelle, looks good!  That's close to what I am going for on the weekends and after work.  Where I work now I couldn't wear that mostly because of the safety regulations, but partly because out of 120 people that work there 4 are women.  They seem to dress as much like the guys as possible when they are at work.

Thank you :)

This is my warm weather work "uniform" since I'm the boss (and only employee) I get away with it just fine ;)

Just a "California Girl" trying to enjoy each sunny day
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Debussy

If I'm 6 ft, does that make me part of the tall club?

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bubbles21

I am 5ft8' and I like to always wear a loose top with tight pants or tights. I tend to try and not brind bring attention to my abdominal area as it hasnt softened as much as other areas yet. I love scarves and low ankle boots or flats and sandals. I would love to design my own clothing but im hopeless with a needle and thread haha Fashion takes up alot of my thoughts though.
Blossoming with my Happy Pills :)
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Madi_Raye

I am just over 6'2"
and about to start h.r.t.
thank you for this topic,
I've been wondering how
I should be preparing my
future wardrobe..
Trying to live this life without the lies..
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Fizzletwist

Quote from: Sydney_NYC on May 18, 2014, 12:10:28 PM
Jaz,

6'7" Girl here and I usually dress in women's jeans and feminine tops and Tees. I get a lot of "wow your a tall woman", but never a "that's a man comments" fortunately. Being tall does attract attention and dressing more sexy will also. One thing I will say is that if you have any features that are masculine (and most cis-women have something that is), when you dress more feminine, it tends to make those stick out. I don't consider height being on of those features. Every woman that has commented on my height has said that they wish they had mine.

Oh my gosh! I'm so glad to hear from someone else my height! :D I have always been terrified of it giving me away! I just find it funny when you hear girls talk about how tall they are at 6'2" and I am sitting here at 6'7" wondering how to cope!

You words have actually really helped, thank you!
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Megan Joanne

I'm about 5'10". Not super tall, but enough that I get comments about it all the time. People are like, "You are so tall.", or heard from a distance to someone else regarding me "She's so tall.", or directly to me as a compliment for being able to reach things out of the average female's height range, "It must be nice to be so tall." Height has some advantages, certainly you can reach things in higher places perhaps without a stepladder. I have long slim legs to go along with that height, makes for walking easy and fast with long rapid strides. But, then I also get or hear comments from guys about liking girls with long legs. Uh-huh, I'm sure. But, for me I'd still like to have been shorter, maybe 5'5"-5'7", for ease of clothes shopping and smaller feet would have been nice too.

I dress what I consider 'normal' clothes, have never been into flashing or fancy, never been one to want to draw the kind of attention it would bring my way. I'm more for subtle but pretty look. In colder weather I almost always wear jeans, and simple, very basic long sleeved top. Hot weather such as now, tank top and shorts. Shoes, comfort wear only such as sneakers or sandals, I will not sacrifice comfort for pretty or stylish. And I tend to wear my shoes out very quickly, and even after they had long begun to fall about I still wear them until I can find another pair to replace them. I do wear dresses and skirts occasionally, but being a homebody, no point dressing up in anything too pretty, what, to the grocery store, Walmart, eh, perhaps, but who am I out to impress. I wear whatever I feel like wearing, but do take note of self that I look good before going out.
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Ms Grace

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Self-denial: 1991-2013
Transition 2.0 (Grace): HRT June 24 2013
Full-time: March 24, 2014 :D
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Nicole

I have a friend who is 6'2 and one of the sexiest females I've ever laid eyes on.
Standing next to hear I feel like a ugly midget.

Anyway, she wears shorts, short skirts & dresses all the time, even heels.

She does wears longer tops, apart from when she wears a bikini (oh what fun that is, you've never seen so many girls run & hide) I've never seen her belly.
Yes! I'm single
And you'll have to be pretty f'ing amazing to change that
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Sydney_NYC

Quote from: Fizzletwist on May 19, 2014, 06:47:01 PM
Oh my gosh! I'm so glad to hear from someone else my height! :D I have always been terrified of it giving me away! I just find it funny when you hear girls talk about how tall they are at 6'2" and I am sitting here at 6'7" wondering how to cope!

You words have actually really helped, thank you!

Don't forget that there are tall cis-women out there. At the Panera Bread by one of my clients that I'm at several times a week, the manager is a cis-woman that is also 6'7". In college I knew a girl that was 6'8" and she was on the women's basketball team.
Sydney





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Started therapy - Oct-15-2013
Laser and Electrolysis - Oct-24-2013
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Emily.T

Hi all I am 6' 5 and usually wear skirts or 3/4 pants I don't really pass but don't let that change my confidence very few ppl stare but I think that my confidence helps with that I have recently bought my first pair of leggings for the winter and usually wear them with a skirt camomile and a cute cardi.
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gretchenTG

Wow! it is amazing to read all the reply's to being very tall. I too am 6'7". I started HRT 2 1/2 months ago and am loving it. I have been asked a million times how tall are you as a male. I love being tall so I have expected too even  be asked more times "how tall are you" When I make it out as a woman or as my true self. I am very self confident for being older. My advise as many have said "Don't go out looking like a Drag Queen and you will be fine.

Gretchen
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Shantel

Gee, I just hope you tall elegant ladies don't look down on me. I always wanted to be at least 6' because tall, people always look so much nicer in their clothes, but alas I got stuck at 5' 7" and with a tall person's rib cage no less. "sob sniff"
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ashley_thomas

6'4" here officially (you can actually add 2 inches) and I dress the way that makes me feel confident. Early in my medical and social transition too so that tends to limit my choices right now but I think it's the right approach all the time. 

I think we have to own our height and be confident.  Many times that means dress our age, our height, and to our body. most cis women do the same. I'm also taken so being ultra sexy isn't really working for me.  My body is fortunately slim and well proportioned for a tall woman but I still am not super keen on showing shoulders, etc.  I have some decent cleavage so I show that instead.

All of that means nothing too revealing, flats or low heels and jeans, cute outfits and tops.  I look for tall options from retailers too.

I think most of the time other women want to look cute and attractive and some times they want to look super fab.  I think cute and attractive is a fantastic goal, it's what I'm reaching for.
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Joan

6'2" here, with another half inch that I used to round up and now round down :D

I dress pretty conservatively, three quarter pants, flats or low heels, and cardigans, although I like to wear skirts too.  I try to keep it restrained and unobtrusive. 

In my mid forties sexy is not really a viable option :)
Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away
Only a phase, these dark cafe days
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BeingSonia

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Ms Grace

Grace
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Transition 1.0 (Julie): HRT 1989-91
Self-denial: 1991-2013
Transition 2.0 (Grace): HRT June 24 2013
Full-time: March 24, 2014 :D
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Joan

Quote from: BeingSonia on May 21, 2014, 08:56:29 PM
Joan,

You have to graduate to classy.

Sonia

Sonia and Grace

I took your advice to heart and found this:

http://m.wikihow.com/Be-Classy

I plan to keep the swearing, the burping and the trashy clothes to a minimum from now on  :angel:
Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away
Only a phase, these dark cafe days
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Carlita

If you need a guide to how a 6'2" cis-woman dresses, check out the endless pics online of Maria Sharapova.

And for a 6'2" transgender woman who was born male carried it off, well, then take a look at Andrej Pejic (who now prefers to be defined as 'she' and so can reasonably be thought of as being closer to MTF than simply a boy who looks cute in dresses).

Of course, both these women are exceptionally beautiful. But that's how it works for all regular women: they look very closely at what the real beauties are wearing, and how they're styling and figure out how to adapt the look to their own, mere mortal selves.
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