Quote from: wolfwitharose on May 10, 2007, 08:08:52 PM
1. What can I use to pull back my breasts so I'll look flat-chested?
This is really going to depend on how big your breasts are. Some guys can use a high-compression sport's bra, and that's probably the most comfortable thing if it binds well enough for you. The underworks gynomastia shirt is pretty hot and sweaty and fits badly, cutting most guys under the arms, and it doesn't give me
that much better binding effect than the Title Nine Sport's 'Frog Bra'. The Frog used to be the only sports bra out there built to compress rather than give, but now you can find more, some compress just as well as the frog, at least for me. Some are better in other ways -- the fabric of the frog will catch on a t-shirt and make this dumb rumple over my chest every time I bend, I have to be careful what shirt I wear when binding with a frog. Then again, one compression-bra that has smooth fabric that t-shirts don't catch on has straps too close so they show under the t-shirt collar so... And so on. Your milage will vary, depending on size and shape of your breasts and what you're wearing over the binder.
If it suits your style and you're small breasted, you can wear a waistcoat (a 'vest' in Americanese) instead of a binder some days. You'll need a stiff-fronted one, maybe a leather one, and it must button up higher than many of the modern suit-peice ones do. You will look old-fashioned. You may wish to cultivate an old-fashioned look, because dressing in more formal menswear will distinguish you from a woman in unisex clothing.
Quote2. I'm 5'5" and I weigh 115 pounds and I'm a 3 or 4 in shirts and a 6 or 7 in jeans(women). What kind of men shirt,pants,and underwear should I buy? Should I go for a bigger size?
I've not worn any women's clothes in far too long to know what those sizes mean. I understand women's sizes don't corespond to anything but women's egos, so her size progressively gets smaller over the years even when her body doesn't change, because if two identical peices of clothing are labeled size 5 and size 6, women will choose the 5. I suspect the same is come to be true of men's casual shirts, what with the sudden appearance of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL and such.
Men's sizes actually corespond to measurements on your body. But you should try stuff on for now. Later you'll know what fits right and be able to just buy stuff without trying it on. You want the waist of trousers to lie just over the bony top of your hips instead of at the narrower 'waist' area above your hips. You will not look male in pants that cut in above your hips. Because you are short(er than most men), you are going to have a hard time finding trousers that are not too long and you may need to take up sewing and hem them shorter.
Don't go for a larger size. You will probably want 'relaxed fit' trousers, but get stuff that fits. If you're swimming around in your clothes it emphasizes your small stature and may make you look waifishly girly rather than masculine.
If you're willing to look old-fashioned, wear a tie. It's hard to find them now, but a narrower tie will look better on a small man like yourself -- the wide ones will, like too-big clothes, make you look tiny.
