I Never Used To Be Interested In Clothes

[Guest Eric6]

I used to think I just wasn't interested in fashion. Didn't like it, didn't want to know. Wore androgynous jeans, t-shirts whenever I could. I wore my last dress when I was about 15. Then years and years later, I started looking into guys fashions and wow, there was all this cool stuff out there that I wasn't "allowed" to wear. It took me ages to get up the guts to even go into men's fashion areas in stores.

Then I realised that no one really cared who I was. As has been pointed out, the salespeople just want to make the sale. I did the thing of carrying guys clothes into the girls' changerooms to try them on when I could, and estimating by looking when I couldn't. Last Friday I bought a shirt from a men's store because I saw it had a sale on. I've discovered that my eye is actually pretty good; if I think it will fit, it generally does. The salesguy did remind me not to take the tags off if I wanted to return it, so he plainly thought I was buying it for some male friend or partner. It's black stripe with a shiny black collar :-) It was an XS, so I knew if it was too big, I was sunk. But it's fine and now I have that bit more information about sizing.

I'm still working out sizing. There seem to be at least two different systems for sizing. I wear a 97 in business pants, but some great tan trousers, linen/cotton, that I got last week, are called a size 30. The store is based in the US so I'm guessing they may use American sizes.

I've decided I need to change my earrings. They're hoops, metal, with rainbow colours in them. I spotted a picture of David Beckham wearing silver studs in his ears and that decided me; if they're good enough for Beckham....

This is quite funny :-) As a guy, I'm turning out to be quite the clothes horse!

I've started thinking about other clothes I'd like, maybe going into steampunk and buying that snazzy red waistcoat I saw online. Men's clothes can be more drab than women's but they're getting better and if you know where to look, you can still do the colour thing.

Alex

[Guest kelise]

Wow, I know what you mean as far as not caring about clothes while you're forced to wear ones that don't correspond with your true gender. When I lived as a guy, my closet was like those character's closets you see on TV, where you open the door and it's 30 of the same outfit. My closet had a stack of identical jeans, a stack of plain cotton crew-neck T-shirts of assorted solid colors, mostly white, but a few black, grey and some dark green. I had a drawer of white cotton tube socks and tighty whitey underwear. I had one pair of brown hiking boots, a dusty brown suede-leather bomber jacket, and my simple, wire-frame shades that I wore everyday. That was it. Period. I refused to wear anything else male.

Today, I LOVE clothes. Women's cloths are so much fun to mix and match, and create all these fun looks with accessories. EEEP!! And there's still so much for me to learn. I love it!! A mall shopping spree would be my dream!

[Guest Alexandra89]

In boy mode, I look like a bum on heroin.

I'm a lot more style-conscious in girl mode, because I actually care what I look like as myself.

And I also think girl's clothes are objectively more fun.

-Alex

[Guest John Chiv]

Wow, I know what you mean as far as not caring about clothes while you're forced to wear ones that don't correspond with your true gender.

Today, I LOVE clothes.

What Kelise said is how I feel. While I stopped wearing girl clothes by age 5, I just wore jeans and shirts and sweatshirts. Now I actually care about how I look. I still dress casual most of the time and cannot wait until I have my top surgery so I can wear vests and shirts that show off my chest.

John

[Guest Eric6]

Today, I LOVE clothes. Women's cloths are so much fun to mix and match, and create all these fun looks with accessories. EEEP!! And there's still so much for me to learn. I love it!! A mall shopping spree would be my dream!

:-) But for me, all those accessories just set my head spinning! I think you girls look great in them, really I do, but they aren't me! I guess colours aren't so bright with guy gear but that's probably because we need things kept simple for us :-)

Alex

[Guest Midna]

Same but other way round.

getting new clothes as a girl is great <3

[Guest Tasha_A]

I never used to care how I was dressed (tracksuit bottoms, t-shirts etc) and didn't think I really cared but I was searching online for some new jeans and I ended up finding tons of stuff I want and found that, I love clothes! lol Have fun shopping, I have been.

[Guest MissSiul]

Im still living as a guy,and I never had problem with clothing

I like that type of good quality casual,nice fitting jeans and nice t shirts

with good sneakers and if is cold a not baggy hoodie.My favorite sotres are Zara and Hering.

I started to get more into feminine clothing since 13,skirts with panty hoes,boots,autumn and winter

dresses,etc.Still,like more "casual chic" or just nice casual in women clothing

Buying clothes now is kinda boring,because I have enough jeans and tshirts and I wish I could bought

some female things.

some things I like:here

[Guest Jasper Marlon]

I'm the same way. I've found that I have quite an interest in men's clothes, especially in the more formal categories, i.e. suits, ties, dress shoes. I also really like vintage clothes. While I used to dress casually all the time as well, I'm starting to move more into dressing it up, even with things as simple as wearing button downs instead of t-shirts and loafers instead of sneakers. I think men's clothes are advantageous in that way, in that in many cases they can easily be dressed up or down.

[Guest Crue]

I've found myself to be the same way mainly because men's clothing fits better than women's. I actually started wearing men's clothing a while before questioning my gender. From birth I've had naturally wide feet that never fit right in women's shoes. Once I tried on a pair of guy's shoes, I never wanted to take them off. They're nice and wide and extremely comfortable to boot.

It's good to hear you've found interest in how you want to express yourself. Keep that creativity flowing!

[Guest Zoe_1988]

Omg this is so true, in opposite for me of course, I have like a zillion ties, some suits, jeans and other stuff that I've gotten as gifts, I can't care about guy clothes tbh, I just don't like the look. I love going to the mall and looking at dresses, jeans, bikinis, skirts, coats, purses, god they are so pretty I bet I would look great on them once I start wearing them. I mean. I do have an old pair of girl jeans and a shirt that were given to me by an understanding friend, but I can't wait to wear the rest. =)

I never cared about fashion and now that I'm looking into it and enjoying it I'm finding I actually wouldn't even mind having a career in fashion it would be fun.

-Zoé =)

[Guest Foosnark]

Before I fully realized I was genderqueer, I didn't care much about clothes. Now that I want to express the feminine/androgynous aspects of myself more, I'm paying attention. While still wearing about 2/3 guy stuff that I already owned, I'm dressing nicer for work, considering what actually goes together, shopping around for clothes and so on. I'm going to have to get rid of a lot of t-shirts...