I've also seen some episodes of what not to wear so I went looking for dresses that I think would suit my body shape. And I found this.



I like the style and the colors. I'll also post a full length picture of myself, sorry it had to be taken in the bathroom at work. I just dont have one here at home. But I'm pretty interested in it. It's not like I'd get to wear it much because of work but you know, I'd like to say I at least have one in the closet. Opinions?

* Opinions?*

Gorgeous dress --- BUT, it stands and falls with a small waist line. Practically all these types of dresses do. They are one dead give away if you don't have a waistline, and in your pic it shows you do not.

I have only one such type dress, tried it many a times and it JUST does not work. It is a CRYING shame, could even give me GID to see how much 'our' apple-build makes these beautiful things NOT work for us!

For your consolation --- they also do not work on 'waist-less' natal females and make them look just sooo wrong too.

We have to play over our lack of waist-line which works best with anything two piece... but that's another enquiry, eh :-)

Go well,
Axélle

Hi Keaira,

Gorgeous dress. Love the style and colour. Although halter necks have never been a favourite of mine. Give me headaches.

As your transition proceeds, hopefully you will lose a little muscle mass on the top half of your body and your breast will grow a bit. Those changes should assist in developing the waistline Axelle eluded to.

A further trick you can perform with this style of dress to emphasis a waist line you may or may not have is. Wear a slip or petticoat underneath, preferably one with at least one layer of tulle, if not 2 or 3. If you know a dressmaker, or you could even do it yourself, stitch an extra layer of tulle round the waist line, about 8" long. this should push the skirt out, creating a false waist line.

Pity to waste such a lovely outfit. You'd look lovely in it. In the meantime, be safe, well and happy
Lotsa huggs
Catherine

Don't mind your head about whether it "suits you" or not)Other than in size, ofcourse), but just wear what you want to wear- That is the point of transition, to be able to live in harmony with yourself, not to move to another restricting prison.

If you want that dress, then buy it.

I think the whole point of wearing this dress would be to give the illusion of a female figure? It's skin-hugging at the waistline, and the belt pulls it tight, below the waist it gives the illusion of an hourglass as it flares out.

Thing is, sleeveless dresses work best with thin arms/shoulders, so if you lose the bulk it should look good.

Quote from: Bishounen on January 14, 2012, 10:26:50 AM
Don't mind your head about whether it "suits you" or not (Other than in size, of course), but just wear what you want to wear- That is the point of transition, to be able to live in harmony with yourself, not to move to another restricting prison.

If you want that dress, then buy it.

This.

Very pretty dress.
Wear whatever you want, btw.

In my personal opinion, this dress will not fit well with your body type, unfortunately.
Lovely dress.  Nonetheless, to reiterate others - wear it if you want to.

Well hips I can fake with this dress. just add a  petticoat like the model had on and as Catherine said. I've not seen a lot of modern styles I like and this is a classic style.  But my ample chest [ LMAO!] wont be falling out of it. And if I don't look right now then it doesnt mean it wont further on down the road. ^_^

It's pretty, but I'm not sure. Your arms/shoulders/tatoo might be made more prominent by the fact they're nude. That dress looks like it's specifically made to fit very narrow shoulders best. I don't know, you can try, but I sadly don't think it will do.

I think its adorable.

I'm going to get alot of hate for this, but here goes..

Dont do it.

For 1 you have biceps.
For 2 your hips appear to be AWFULLY low to match that dress and your waist high. It's going to probably hug you in the wrong spot, negating any positive effects that the loose skirt will give to your hips
For 3 your upper chest muscles are going to show, and let's be honest: do you have that area lookin like that mannequin?

In short that dress was designed for a girl with very little upper body mass and a short rib cage. Unless you can get it tailored to lower the waist for you, it'll look terrible on you. Even then, I can see your upper body hanging out of that dress in many unflattering ways.

But then again, I've been wrong before and it is your money. If wearing the dress makes you happy, buy it

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on January 15, 2012, 01:31:09 AM
I'm going to get alot of hate for this, but here goes..

Dont do it.

For 1 you have biceps.
For 2 your hips appear to be AWFULLY low to match that dress and your waist high. It's going to probably hug you in the wrong spot, negating any positive effects that the loose skirt will give to your hips
For 3 your upper chest muscles are going to show, and let's be honest: do you have that area lookin like that mannequin?

In short that dress was designed for a girl with very little upper body mass and a short rib cage. Unless you can get it tailored to lower the waist for you, it'll look terrible on you. Even then, I can see your upper body hanging out of that dress in many unflattering ways.

But then again, I've been wrong before and it is your money. If wearing the dress makes you happy, buy it

Nah, it's just my pants sit kind of low. [ Thanks walmart for your crappy clothing selection]. I like boot cut best. I don't have to fight to pull my socks up like I do with other styles, but I can never find them that don't just sit low. But I'm going to wait and see how my body develops I think. I hope I lose some of this muscle but my job isn't going to make that easy. It's only been 10 months on HRT and most of it was low dosage. ^_^

Quote from: Keaira on January 15, 2012, 01:42:03 AM
But I'm going to wait and see how my body develops I think. I hope I lose some of this muscle but my job isn't going to make that easy. It's only been 10 months on HRT and most of it was low dosage. ^_^

Probably your best bet... those upper chest muscles are sucky sucky.. I've lost a ton of muscle going full blast on HRT for the past 4-5 months and those are among the last bits of noticable muscle left on my body.

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on January 15, 2012, 01:46:57 AM
Probably your best bet... those upper chest muscles are sucky sucky.. I've lost a ton of muscle going full blast on HRT for the past 4-5 months and those are among the last bits of noticable muscle left on my body.

I had some belly fat come off but I apparently have some big abs underneath. But my arms are going to be pretty hard to shrink down because of the tools I use daily. I've lost about 1/3-1/2 my upper body strength already though. So here's hoping.

Quote from: Keaira on January 15, 2012, 01:57:28 AM
I had some belly fat come off but I apparently have some big abs underneath. But my arms are going to be pretty hard to shrink down because of the tools I use daily. I've lost about 1/3-1/2 my upper body strength already though. So here's hoping.

Just start complaining about not being able to lift crap anymore, that worked for me!! Now all the guys just automatically assume I can't even open a bottle of apple juice. But I think that gets easier to sell when the muscle starts falling off. I'm sure it will, especially since you're losing strength. But watch out.. that muscle has to turn into some type of mass, and I doubt it'll be water....

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on January 15, 2012, 02:04:46 AM
Just start complaining about not being able to lift crap anymore, that worked for me!! Now all the guys just automatically assume I can't even open a bottle of apple juice. But I think that gets easier to sell when the muscle starts falling off. I'm sure it will, especially since you're losing strength. But watch out.. that muscle has to turn into some type of mass, and I doubt it'll be water....

Yea, there's no such thing as a free meal. I'm not too worried though. weight I can work off. but how the heck do you get rid of muscle?

I wish I knew... I unexpectedly just lost about 7 lbs and it was all muscle in my chest area. My chest went from 37" to just under 32" in 3 months. Diet? Shoot.. I ate Micky Ds once a day and still lost weight...

I think it's really genetics.. my mom was freakishly skinny and void of muscles before she had me.

But constantly lifting stuff isnt' gonna help shed it obviously... I did read though that somebody with female T levels has twice as hard of a time maintaining the same muscle mass as someone with male levels of T.

well I just looked at my arms about 5 mins ago. I was shocked! my arms have shrunk quite a bit in the biceps. Speaking of genetics, my dad is short but stocky with arms like trees and my mum is 5 foot nothing and super model small.

Quote from: Keaira on January 14, 2012, 05:02:43 AM
I've also seen some episodes of what not to wear so I went looking for dresses that I think would suit my body shape. And I found this.

I would need that print in a muumuu cut.