The other day here in Cyrsti's Condo, I mentioned my fascination with style and the genetic woman and how it carries over into my transgender world.
I see style (no pun intended) as bits and pieces of reality- clothes, shoes etc assembled in a process dominated by the senses.
A couple recent examples I can think of were my meeting with
Stana of
Femulate and a woman I saw on my book store trip the other day. Stana is what I refer to as a "niner". She dresses to the
nines. From head to toe she has in her mind what she wants to look like, acquires the items to do and does it well! The other example was a woman going through a parking lot headed for a small group of three or four stores. I will call her the ultimate "organic woman". Tall and slim, she was wearing what appeared to be a long cotton skirt, short sleeved top and a woven sash around her waste with sandals-of course. Just for kicks and giggles, I waited a second to see if she was going into one of the stores which happened to be an organic food store. Of
course she was!
From the closeted cross dresser to SRS transsexual, we certainly have done battles with the style "demons". I could start another blog with mine and in fact recently did battle with my makeup demons. As you remember.
It is easy to say we didn't have the benefit of moms, sisters or girlfriends to
play with our style during our lives and it used to be you couldn't
even begin to purchase any stylish clothes in larger feminine sizes. Today we have the benefit of so many on line style sites which can help us to close the style gap and needless to say there are many clothing store options in
all price ranges to do it.
You must be patient though. One word of advice is to observe women in your age bracket. Remember the "over done" and the "under done" and put yourself in the middle.
BUT specifically remember the the pleasant ones who are put together just right. Dressing to the nines can indeed be a jeans inspired outfit.
More than likely if you
don't become the ugly cross dresser at the mall stereo type (big blond wig and tiny mini with 4 inch heels), you will be fine. In my case it seems the whole world notices I'm trans someday's and other times no one.
Here's the fun part: Being a girl allows you to experiment and change your look with the seasons. Who knows? Maybe the next time I see "organic woman" she will be tripping the light fantastic in her four inch heels?
Finally, a few basics. Sit down and listen to your inner feminine soul and visualize how she wants to be presented. Remember, there will be tons of trial and error along the way. Don't get discouraged. As a genetic woman would tell you "welcome to our world". And the biggest one of all:
own who you are and how you look-the world will notice.
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