[Gusto Brunt]

It's just an observation I have made, from a few guys I know who crossdress to videos I have seen on YouTube.

It's okay for a man to wear women's clothes - they're only clothes for Gawd's sake, but why do these guys always dress much younger than their age?

Like guys in their 50s and 60s dressing up in clothes only suitable for a 16 year old, or worst still the majority of crossdressers who dress up and look like prostitutes. Like wearing 6 inch heels, micro skirts and 1980s tops. Oh and not forgetting the most awful OTT fake wigs.

Maybe I am confused but you'd think a guy of say 55 would want to dress appropriately to his age. It looks more convincing that way.

What do others think?

[T*]

If you're talking about Drag Queens then it's on purpose- to make yourself look as flashy and eye catching (and also sort of amusing) as possible because they're mostly in the entertainment industry and in nightclubs lip syncing and dancing etc.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Mistletom*

If you're talking about Drag Queens then it's on purpose- to make yourself look as flashy and eye catching (and also sort of amusing) as possible because they're mostly in the entertainment industry and in nightclubs lip syncing and dancing etc.

no he is talking about cross-dressers

what with the thread being about them

[Pete.]

Don't do it Jada

[MB.]

How did I know LT would be one of the first to post in this thread

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Joseph the Carpenter

no he is talking about cross-dressers

what with the thread being about them

Yeah, I'm not talking about drag queens or the ones who imitate The Rocky Horror show.

I'm talking about middle aged guys who dress up as women to try and look like women but they have no dress sense and end up either dressing as a 16 year old or looking like a fallen woman of the Curb.

[Jamie89]

I suppose it depends why they're doing it, as to why they don't dress "appropriate to their age" etc. If they're doing it for fun, to be experimental, for a sexual thrill etc then I suppose that might be why, if they're not necessarily trying to pass themselves off as a female version of themselves, then why be restricted by norms of what society deems to be appropriate.

It's only really transexuals who would generally want to wear "appropriate" clothing in order to fit in, which in the vast majority of cases they do (obviously there are some who don't but this is also true of non-transexuals).

So I suppose to counter your question, why shouldn't they?

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Sleighmie

I suppose it depends why they're doing it, as to why they don't dress "appropriate to their age" etc. If they're doing it for fun, to be experimental, for a sexual thrill etc then I suppose that might be why, if they're not necessarily trying to pass themselves off as a female version of themselves, then why be restricted by norms of what society deems to be appropriate.

It's only really transexuals who would generally want to wear "appropriate" clothing in order to fit in, which in the vast majority of cases they do (obviously there are some who don't but this is also true of non-transexuals).

So I suppose to counter your question, why shouldn't they?

Yeah you make some valid points. It's just when I see those straight, non trans guys dressed like that, I think 'jeez, you just look so bl***y awful.

Thanks.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MaryMary'sBoyChild

How did I know LT would be one of the first to post in this thread

[Denver]

I don't look like a Prostitute

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

I say if you have a cracking pair of pins get them out!
Each to their own.

[Crimson Dynamo]

crossdress ha

Spoiler:

dat is a man

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Joseph the Carpenter

crossdress ha

Spoiler:

dat is a man

Yep, the bag is a giveaway...#mismatch.

[waterhog]

its the desire to be like a true lady - but as you can see what they see as a lady is distorted.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by waterhog

its the desire to be like a true lady - but as you can see what they see as a lady is distorted.

Yeah, you'd think a guy who wants to dress up as a woman would want to look his/her best.

Look smart and that. Not like a total %&^.

Something like this.

[Livia]

A better title for this thread would have been "why do cross-dressers always dress like Livia's Auntie Becca?

[lostalex]

have you seen that show Transparent?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by lostalex

have you seen that show Transparent?

...ahh, I started to watch that Alex, I'm rubbish at keeping up with series but I loved it/the characters...

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by MaryMary'sBoyChild

How did I know LT would be one of the first to post in this thread

Because you are intelligent and perceptive?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Yeah, I'm not talking about drag queens or the ones who imitate The Rocky Horror show.

I'm talking about middle aged guys who dress up as women to try and look like women but they have no dress sense and end up either dressing as a 16 year old or looking like a fallen woman of the Curb.

FFS - That pic -- I just choked with laughter.

(Which cabinet minister is this by the way? )

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

It's just an observation I have made, from a few guys I know who crossdress to videos I have seen on YouTube.

It's okay for a man to wear women's clothes - they're only clothes for Gawd's sake, but why do these guys always dress much younger than their age?

Like guys in their 50s and 60s dressing up in clothes only suitable for a 16 year old, or worst still the majority of crossdressers who dress up and look like prostitutes. Like wearing 6 inch heels, micro skirts and 1980s tops. Oh and not forgetting the most awful OTT fake wigs.

Maybe I am confused but you'd think a guy of say 55 would want to dress appropriately to his age. It looks more convincing that way.

What do others think?

I think you are correct in that a lot of 'serious' cross dressers DO dress in inapropriately young fashion, but I think that this is just part of the fantasy - the 'ideal' image they aspire to which they have in their minds.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

A better title for this thread would have been "why do cross-dressers always dress like Livia's Auntie Becca?

I imagined that any aunt of yours Liv would be more like the great Maureen Lipman in her BT 'Bea' character.

[Amy Jade]

Can I just say as a 17 year old myself that person is not dressed in anything somebody my age would wear!

[jennyjuniper]

Eddie Redmayne who did such a fantastic job with the role of Lily, explained that he thinks a lot of men, who are cross dressing for the first time perhaps, go over the top trying to experiment. Much like young girls do, when they go through a phase of glitter, barbie pink and too much of everything.
As they feel more comfortable with dressing as a woman, or if they have a good friend to advise them, maybe they begin to tone it down a little. Still, so long as they are happy with what they see in a mirror I don't suppose it matters.

[Z]

I think it's a bit like when young girls get let loose on make up for the first time, first bra, whatever... most tend to go a bit wild, mad and then grow up very quickly and look back and cringe once they've found their style and what looks good on them and what doesn't - except when it's mature men who are cross dressing after presumably years of hiding a desire to do so or doing it in secret for years, they've got absolutely no perception of what they look like to other people and as such are acting like young teenage girls without the help of adults and peers to help them not look stupid.