I'm going to a drag show this weekend and feeling lame because, technically, mens clothes are seeming less and less like appropriate attire (if I had the time, I would get a kilt--I know, still technically mens clothes, but...).  So I added a little eyeliner.  And was shocked by how it seemed to push me back into the 'is that a boy or a girl?' category.  So, honest opinion: what do you guys think?  Boy, girl, somewhere in the middle, how would you take me at first glance?

Maybe it's the eyeliner?


Or maybe it's the hips?


The glasses?


Or maybe I'm just being silly?  I 'spose I don't care all that much, since it is a drag show and my ideal attire would make people wonder whether I'm male or female.  I guess I just don't like the idea of strutting around looking like a butch lesbian (y'know--that whole 'it's harder to pass around queer people' thing).  I guess it's the wide, strong hips that are bothering me still.

I also have a practical question: does eyeliner go only on the bottom of the eye or on the top, too?

Rawr.

Eyeliner- you still look like a guy.

Your hips aren't that bad.

It's definitely the glasses that do it.

those boots are awesome, do you know how to properly blouse them?

Quote from: Becca on November 04, 2009, 04:33:26 PM
those boots are awesome, do you know how to properly blouse them?

Thanks.  They're actually womens' boots (my mom got them for me about 5 years ago) and I'm lucky they still fit--had to take out the insoles.  Blouse?  No clue what that means, I always thought that was a shirt.  Please enlighten me?

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Quote from: SilverFang on November 04, 2009, 04:25:02 PM
It's definitely the glasses that do it.

You can see why I prefer to take photos without them, then?  Lol.

I do think I look more masculine without the specs, even though they are mens' frames.

Blousing your boots is kinda what you have inadvertently going on, it's how the military gets such a crisp appearance in that department. Roll your trousers all the way down over your ankles, and put a hairtie around your ankle, over or under the cloth as you prefer the look. Roll your cuff up with the hairtie inside and put your boots on, then roll it down a lil bit to just inside or over, again as you prefer, the top of the boots. Your trousers look tucked into your boots but not forced, and stay put really well.

I agree on the glasses thing, contacts are definitely the way to go.

Excellent, thanks for the tip, Becca.  As you can probably tell from the photo, I more or less just stuffed my pant legs into my boots 

Quote from: Becca on November 04, 2009, 05:01:21 PM
I agree on the glasses thing, contacts are definitely the way to go.

I agree, though it's easier said than done.  I have tried contacts several times--3 or 4 different brands, each in at least 3 different diopters--all geared towards astigmatism.  I've tried this with two different eye doctors, but they're flummoxed and can get nothing to fit my eye.  It's kind of slow going trying things out, as the lenses are all special order.  I've kind of given up at the moment.

Get new frames. Thin black wire frames are masculine. Those flat square ones, you know?

I don't understand how people bear to keep contacts on their eyeballs.

you look like a little gay boy.   i think the eyeliner definitely gives you a "->-bleeped-<-gier" appearance, but i dont think it makes you look too feminine.

im not sure what to think about the glasses pic.  :/  have you tried thicker framed plastics?  your glasses look a little bent so that theyre an upside down u shape which makes them seem feminine.  if they really are bent and its no a trick of the camera, try unbending them so that theyre straight across on top.

Quote from: Josh on November 04, 2009, 07:54:27 PM
im not sure what to think about the glasses pic.  :/  have you tried thicker framed plastics?  your glasses look a little bent so that theyre an upside down u shape which makes them seem feminine.  if they really are bent and its no a trick of the camera, try unbending them so that theyre straight across on top.

Quote from: SilverFang on November 04, 2009, 05:17:56 PM
Get new frames. Thin black wire frames are masculine. Those flat square ones, you know?

Yah, I've tried both the thick plastic glasses and the thin wire ones, both with a square frame.  Neither seemed as masculine as my face sans glasses, unfortunately.  I decided on the ones I have now because they are a cross between the thick plastic/thin wire frames and eliminate the problems I had with plastic and thin wire: I would break the plastic ones, and the wire ones wouldn't work well with the thick lenses I need.  These are a heavyweight black metal.  Maybe the wrong choice, given the opinions here, though...

Good eyes, Josh.  The glasses are a little bent, but not as much as that picture makes them look.  Here's a straight on pic.  Any improvement?  I'd try bending 'em and taking a pic, but they can't be bent unless the metal is heated up (I can get hit in the face and these things won't break--yes, I've tried it ).

Quote from: Josh on November 04, 2009, 07:54:27 PM
you look like a little gay boy.

Lol, not necessarily a terrible thing.

I think it's the glasses that tip you over the edge, from any angle.

And to the eyeliner question, my gf wears it both on the top and the bottom, a thin line.

Dennis

from what i know of eyeliner (not much) it seems that about half of eyeliner wearing people put it on the top also and its usually only on the outer half of the top lid.

Kind of confused by what you initially said, mens clothes are seeming less and less appropriate attire? It's a DRAG SHOW BRUH! You're reg avatar pics, look good..but that guyliner, collar, and sleeves, screen girl........just my opinion though.

Quote from: SilverFang on November 04, 2009, 04:25:02 PM
Eyeliner- you still look like a guy.

Your hips aren't that bad.

It's definitely the glasses that do it.

Agree'd.

Get contacts dude. Thats what I had to do..

You can't even really tell you have hips and I had to look for them!

Jay

glasses do it

To me you have very feminine eyebrows, it's what makes the glasses look femmy. Bush them up I reckon.

Cindy

I woulda said dude in all pics but the one where you have your glasses on. Dunno what it is about them hey...
You're going to a drag show yeah?? ANYTHING goes if drag shows are anything like they are over here!!
Enjoy bruv
Jay

I'll agree that the eyeliner and hips are fine, but the glasses make you look more girl.  I also think you may want to re-think the vest, just because it visually narrows your shoulders, which also has a feminizing effect.  Can you get away with the shirt on its own?

If it makes you feel any better, though, having heard  your voice, I doubt anyone would continue thinking "girl" after talking to you.   

Quote from: Dennis on November 04, 2009, 09:07:30 PMI think it's the glasses that tip you over the edge, from any angle.

Yeah, for some reason the glasses look very feminine on you. It might be the square cut. I see that more on women's glasses than men's/unisex. I think the thickness of the frames is more feminine too. Of course I'm biased because I just like wire frame glasses, but I understand your situation about having heavy lenses.

As for the guyliner advise, can't help you there.

You look undoubtedly male to me, the glasses do add heaps of femininity though

Quote from: GQjoey on November 05, 2009, 01:37:25 AM
Kind of confused by what you initially said, mens clothes are seeming less and less appropriate attire? It's a DRAG SHOW BRUH!

Precisely, dude!  I'm a guy wearing mens' clothes to a drag show...  I normally wear those pants to go job interviewing in!  I think a skirt would be more in line with the whole drag thing, if I could pull it off (can't believe I'm seriously considering wearing one of those things...)

Quote from: CindyJames on November 05, 2009, 02:48:18 AM
To me you have very feminine eyebrows, it's what makes the glasses look femmy. Bush them up I reckon.

Huh, interesting but possible thought.  I don't know how I'd bush 'em up, though; this is kind of just how they grow.  I've never plucked them or done anything to them in my life.  I've never thought of my eyebrows as distinctly fem, because they look so much like my dads: natural arch and not very bushy.

Quote from: Jamie-o on November 05, 2009, 05:01:06 AM
I'll agree that the eyeliner and hips are fine, but the glasses make you look more girl.  I also think you may want to re-think the vest, just because it visually narrows your shoulders, which also has a feminizing effect.  Can you get away with the shirt on its own?

If it makes you feel any better, though, having heard  your voice, I doubt anyone would continue thinking "girl" after talking to you.   

Yah, I saw that about the vest (visually narrows shoulders), but I'm not quite comfortable running around in just the fishnets + wifebeater yet.  I still have just enough of a chest that something that skintight does not help me.  And yep, the voice thing does make me feel better.  Given the universal 'thumbs down' on the glasses, I was beginning to wonder why I'm passing without fail now--since I'm never seen without my glasses IRL.  Must be the voice.

Quote from: jaydle83 on November 05, 2009, 03:27:25 AM
You're going to a drag show yeah?? ANYTHING goes if drag shows are anything like they are over here!!
Enjoy bruv

Oh, I shall enjoy    Thanks


To the rest of you guys (and a couple girls): thanks for your honest opinion.  It kind of confirms what I was already seeing, but didn't know for sure.  I still don't understand why a very blatantly mens' frame would look so fem on me, but... there it is.  They don't seem to hurt my passing IRL, though, so I'll keep 'em a while longer (with the lenses I need, the damned things are expensive).  I'm actually very much in the market for laser eye surgery, once I can afford it.  In the long run, it should be cheaper than buying glasses for a lifetime.  My eye doc says I'm an excellent candidate for it, and it will be really nice to see with 20/20 again... my eyes have unfortunately gotten bad enough that glasses can only take me to 20/40.