its funny, I was just looking over some pictures of when I was at college, and it struck me that i have been wearing basically the same shapeless clothes my whole life, basically jeans and baggy shirts.

Both my brothers are quite fashion concious but for obvious reasons I have never been interested in boys clothes but have been burying my true self for a long time. More recently I have started wearing girls jeans and shirts, tops etc when in boy mode, and the only
time I actually wear 'real' boys clothes are for some work commitments where it would be awkward to be too girly. I am finishing those commitments in the next month or so, in advance of going full time later in the summer.

The local charity shop will be getting a bumper stash of jeans, shirts and tees very soon...

A.x

Quote from: amybenedict on June 16, 2011, 05:37:02 PM
its funny, I was just looking over some pictures of when I was at college, and it struck me that i have been wearing basically the same shapeless clothes my whole life, basically jeans and baggy shirts.

Both my brothers are quite fashion concious but for obvious reasons I have never been interested in boys clothes but have been burying my true self for a long time.

In my case, I already knew that without looking at old photos. But I've just looked at all the photos other people took of me when I was at university. All I can say is, "OH MY GOD who is that person? There's no way I looked like that in the past!"

skinny jeans and random shirts

Oh this will be fun... as a boy I dressed very androgynous or feminine.  I was so small as a guy that I typically had to wear women's cloths anyway... so I wore a lot of women's button up shirts, I would pull the sleeves off some... I wore women's silk shirts, lots of scarves, peacoats, skinny jeans.  I really didn't wear much makeup, mainly just mascara or a little eyeliner if anything.  In some of these pics I had dyed my hair sort of auburn color... I'm naturally dark dark brown.  A lot of people thought I was a female to male. Some people would call me she and he in the same sentence because they had no idea what I was.  Honestly, being a stylish boy was one of the most fun times I had in my life.... people would stop me on the street and ask me what band I was in, who I modeled for and so on.  I miss those days... and digging through these pics made me kinda sad =)  I love my life now though, and I know I could always go back to androgynous... but something about these pics makes me happy.

Heh,  I was just thinking about this

I never bought guy clothes.. except a couple of band shirts and stuff, the rest were given to me by my mom, so I basically just wore whatever for years.

I guess I usually just wear plain loose jeans/cargo pants and a loose t-shirt. They have to become looser like every month if I still want to hide my body. It has actually become a challenge and many are no longer loose enough to conceal my body

And well, now some days I get to finally replace them with my own clothes

very very androgynous!!

Before hormones I always went for a goth look, I loved the way I could wonder around in some sort of random bit of girls clothing, full make up ect and everyone just went, oh its just a goth. Now ive been on the hormones for 8 months I find im drifting away from that into more normal female clothes, tight jeans, t-shirts ect. One weird thing I found that when (which is now getting very rare) I do go out in my old male clothes I feel very weird Ive got so use to going round dressed on the outside as I feel on the inside.

Mostly jeans and sport shirts, occassionally suits. Rarely T-shirts or shorts. Never andro - trying hard to blend in with my nature imposed maleness. A joy when going full time? Packing all but a few useable articles of male clothes into a Goodwill package.

Susan Kay

There was a time in the 80's that I was into italian clothing. Linen slacks, silk shirts, etc. That didn't last long being a poor college student.

I couldn't wear the pretty clothes that I really wanted to so I just didn't care that much about my appearance. I wore jeans and tshirts. I really liked heavy weight shirts like the old school OP surfer wear and now Carhartt, it just felt more protective to me.

Through my teens I always dressed in a sort of goth/metal style with very long hair, calf length leather boots or combat boots, nearly all black outfits. Baggy or tight pants, band T shirts, spikes and studs and all. that was very unusual for the time in my area, but it soon caught on in the schools, and most of my female friends dressed similarly, and the wardrobe would seem androgynous, though to be more correct the girls dressed like the boys mostly. I was commonly mistaken for female and was typically a "pet name" among would-be bullies, referred to as the girl or something along those lines. Some of my female clothes are still taking from a more hardcore lifestyle, and a good amount of my boy clothes would fit, if they "fit". Generally however I dress more normal mainstream and feminine now than female friends.

Usually I'm in the standard black jean/pant and black shirt deal.  My nails are always painted with China Glaze black crackle.  Black creeper-like shoes.

I try to dress as nice as I can while still dealing with drab/outright ugly male clothes.

Tops are usually v-neck, solid colors or nice, simple patterns, I dont' like any of that stuff with logos or graphic tees or whatever.
Nothing baggy, form-fitting is nice, though my form was not destined for men's clothes, which causes fitting conflicts (my measurements have always been
more female than male-typical for whatever reason).
I love my white jeans and nobody could talk me out of wearing them! I also generally adore the monochromatic black&white look, though I probably do it too often.
And I always try to keep everything nicely coordinated, color and style-wise, within the restraints of my awfully tiny budget... shoes can especially be a pain
in this department, though at the least you will never catch me walking around in sneakers.

When i'm dressed as a man I would describe my clothing style as "I don't care what I look like"
I almost always wear plain tracksuit bottoms blue, black or dull khaki, for my top half I wear black t-shirts, my whole style (or lack of) screams that I don't care about my appearance (The only T-shirts I like are my 2 Iron Maiden ones).

I hate being a man so why should I make any effort in dressing as a man?

Boy mode?

Girl's jeans, or whatever guys jeans I had/have still lying around when I desperately need to do laundry... In male-mode, I exclusively wore T-shirts, with an open button-up shirt on top. However, after a while I just couldn't stand to do that anymore and went to just T-shirts. Then to just girl's shirts.

My clothes have been transitioning subtly - like my voice and appearance. It's amazing how it seems when looking back at all of it... I have changed so much, but I would not have thought so without being able to see the gradual steps taken across a large period of time.

I started thinking I could never be perceived as female, and I thought my family would never come to terms with me. Today, I went to buy bras with my mom, as well as several other items to prepare for fall. The attendant for the changing rooms showed us to the ladies' section and we lightly critiqued what each of us had picked out.

If I could tell that to myself-of-a-year-ago, I'm sure she would not have believed me.

hmm, pretty normal I guess, t-shirts with some kind of graphics (I think plain shirts are just boring lol)
Every now and then, I wear my Tripp pants which are just, awesome.

well generally just bootcut jeans and shirts (polos, game shirts, usually black stuff)

badly!

I was into boot cut jeans too, sneakers, and tshirts with pictures. I could not stand mail formal wear.

My "Boy" mode has changed over the years. In college it was denim everything. Then I had to adopt "professional casual" - slacks and button-down dress or sport shirts. Basic, boring colors or lack of colors. Occasionally an experimental impulse would break out, but my then wife disapproved me back into conventionality, and I always made getting along the priority. Except I always had long hair.

Now my boy mode includes earrings (posts), bright colors and occasionally a necklace. I was at a professional meeting once with over a hundred people and saw at least three other women dressed almost exactly as I was - red shirt or blouse and black coat and pants. Professional.

After work I guess I am shading into metro or "girl" mode well actually woman mode I am too old to be a girl (sigh).

Until I began my retirement and went slightly less than full time last March, and for forty years before, I dressed like a back office accounting geek. Target brand button front sport shirts, and Wal Mart men's slacks (with a pocket protector as part of the uniform.)