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[rm]

The problem with Livejournal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Then post this in your LJ (if you want to) and find out what people don’t know about you.

Okay, I loathe the wording the meme, but I'm at work (waaaah), and people have been asking questions lately that I've now lost track of where they were to answer (someone asked about perfume a few days ago, that sticks in my mind). So if you're so inclined, have at.

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Re: not that i prefer one look over the other...

[rm.livejournal.com]

A lot of it is mood.

Some of it is weather related. Men's clothing is very warm. My current suit (and the one on the way) are both light-weight wool. So that's a huge factor.

I only dress femininely around my parents for everyone's mental health.

Sometimes, I'm more prone to wear a dress if I'm going somewhere with Patty because we are, at the end of the day, in a lesbian relationship.

If I'm feeling sorrowful, which is just sort of this thing in my character, I usually dress femininely, because I make that very stately.

If I'm doing something that's truly old world (as opposed to a recreation there of), for lack of a better term, I'll usually dress femininely if I don't think I can absolutely, positively pass, because trousers on women are less formal, and I respect formality.

A lot of what I wear and when has a lot to do with avoiding questions or a feeling that people want me to reassure them. I definitely bow to peer pressure in that way, and am still learning that it's okay for me to shop in the men's section or wear men's clothes in a context that is entirely costume-free.

We're going to the theater tonight, and I am wearing a dress, but a good chunk of that is the fact that my suit's at the cleaners! But it is Richard III and since I do Lady Anne as one of my monologues, I do respond to it from a feminine place.

Anything retro, I wear men's clothes for about 80% of the time. So swing dancing, 1920s stuff, Regency dance, etc.

Re: not that i prefer one look over the other...

[alumiere.livejournal.com]

thanks!

and i can totally understand the feminine place vs one less-so (although since i hate pants i pretty well fail at truly masculine - boy in a skirt is one of my favorite looks though)