Quote from: Lilydev on December 29, 2010, 04:15:59 AM
I'm totally glad you guys mentioned that modifying the old boy shirts with a curve I just gave it a try on my sewing machine and it's not to bad. Although I'm gonna need some more practice the one I did dosnt look bad but dosnt look great.

another way is to corset shirts...get some ribbon and attach to the side seams so you can gather the shirt around the waist. it's a lot easier than sewing a curved seam.

@Helena ok cool I'm going to have to give that a try, thanks.

Btw cute picture. 

Quote from: Vexing on December 28, 2010, 01:52:29 PM
V necklines suit broad shoulders and minimise the broadness. Avoid square cut and boat necklines as they will accentuate the broadness of your shoulders. When you move to women's clothing, scoop necklines will be very flattering.

Wow..now there are some great tips!!  Thank you so much!

Here's what I have been doing until now :

-Wear not-so-loose pants ; not necessarily tight ones, because those will not make you look female ; it will make you look uber-gay, and unless I am mistaken, you do not want to be hit on by guys just yet. (<- I've had a couple experiences D:)

-Use female clothes for your feet, head, neck and hands : gloves, mittens, socks, shoes, slippers hats, beanies, scarves. Unless you go for the white, light blue or pink or with a fluffy texture, those should be pretty androgynous.

-Carry around a bag with stuff in it on your shoulder. Androgynous as long as you don't use an actual purse, practical (I cannot go out without it now) and kind of helps feeling feminine.

-You can use some girly stuff once in a while, like, uh, I don't know, a purple pen.

-I guess at some point you could start using girls' panties, but those will require you to tuck all the time (because an erection with that on is just... no), which also requires that you shave or epilate your pubic hair all the time. If you're as slow as I am, this would mean about 1.5-2 hours a day that is gone just for that. I myself will wait for SRS to wear those.

-When buying a sweater, go for the androgynous ones. These are generally the darker-coloured ones. It may sound strange, but colourful men's clothes are pretty different from colourful women's clothes.

Quote from: A on December 29, 2010, 11:48:41 AM-Wear not-so-loose pants ; not necessarily tight ones, because those will not make you look female ; it will make you look uber-gay

In my opinion that depends on your overall appearance and your figure

I think the first thing I did was to replace my jeans (it's getting hard to remember at this point). I just started buying women's boot cut jeans...and discovered that they actually fit me better! I followed that pattern for awhile, buying women's clothes (mostly online) that were fairly androgynous. Yoga/workout clothes also worked really well for me, as I was used to wearing jazz pants to dance class. The funny thing is, other than needing long inseams in my pants, with my body shape, women's clothing has always fit me better. Everything in my wardrobe just gradually acquired a subtle flare to the cut. After about six months or so, I started to wear more obviously feminine things (heels, more frilly bits), and at about the 1 year mark, I started wearing skirts, tights, and dresses.

Quote from: yin_haan on December 29, 2010, 07:13:16 PM
I think the first thing I did was to replace my jeans (it's getting hard to remember at this point). I just started buying women's boot cut jeans...and discovered that they actually fit me better! I followed that pattern for awhile, buying women's clothes (mostly online) that were fairly androgynous. Yoga/workout clothes also worked really well for me, as I was used to wearing jazz pants to dance class. The funny thing is, other than needing long inseams in my pants, with my body shape, women's clothing has always fit me better. Everything in my wardrobe just gradually acquired a subtle flare to the cut. After about six months or so, I started to wear more obviously feminine things (heels, more frilly bits), and at about the 1 year mark, I started wearing skirts, tights, and dresses.

That's exactly what I did, but I still have a few items (including the same sweater when my RAT TV photo was taken (as a male) and a more recent photo (as female)

2001 as a male

2011 as a female wearing that same exact sweater from 10 years ago

Others
Taken December 2010

Quote from: fwagodess on January 10, 2011, 12:38:33 AM
2001 as a male

OMG 15 inch CRT monitors! Nostalgia! 

Quote from: Helena on December 28, 2010, 04:50:50 AM
Ultra skinny spray on jeans are a good start...they don't even have to be female cut as long as the fit well. in fact i managed to mix up my super skinny boys jeans with the women's pair i bought and didn't wear the women's jeans for months be i thought they were too masculine. i then ended up wearing them when my other jeans were dirty and was like "oh...these actually have a really feminine fit".
fitted t-shirts are good as well, and buying unisex stuff from some where like american apparel is a good bet. and don't worry about spending money on in between clothes, they'll still work once you've transitioned or just buy a sewing machine and adapt stuff. you can for example make a really nice dress out of a couple of t-shirts, or just cut uo old t-shirts and sew the prints onto basic girls tops.

This is quite similar to what I am doing now and began to do the moment I decided to come out. I had never worn skinny jeans when presenting as male. I think the reason is I have extremely thin legs and I was afraid I would appear too feminine or weird in all but the loosest of jeans. I also used to wear quite loose tshirts, etc. I was in the closet nearly all my life except for random trips to the clubs so I was very afraid of anyone perceiving I was anything but male. The moment I decided to come out I headed directly to the mall. It happened to be approaching winter, this winter in fact. I got 3-4 long, kinda snug fitting button down sweaters and bought a few pairs of extremely skinny jeans. I added a pair of furry winter boots ugg type of style. Possibly a bit too feminine on the boots but I said to heck with it. I also changed the style of tshirts/shirts to very snug fitting unisex looking ones, and I got a sweet looking feminine fitted winter coat. When I had actually been out a few days presenting in this manner, I was like these jeans are hardly different than the womens jeans I have had for years but been afraid to wear anywhere. Now I wear either type of skinny jeans and even some jeggings as long as they are snug and rather tight fitting. The fit is extremely important I think and makes a huge difference in appearance at least to my eyes. Some look terrible others look fabulous. Some make my butt look nonexistent. Others make it look rather nice. I also changed the type of earrings I was wearing to something quite larger, added a few other accessories and there ya go. It has literally created a 180 degree change from the way I presented normally a few months ago. I love it and it gives me a huge boost of confidence without feeling like I am going overboard. I have reached a happy medium for the moment. I will say that I haven't been able to find any other shoes that I feel look 'okay' with these skinny jeans except for these boots, which I have since bought 3-4 different pairs of. It might pose a problem when it starts to warm up but I will deal with that in time. Great thread! =)