The Elegance of a Silk Scarf
In North America, scarves as an accessory are not worn very frequently outside of more conservative circles and otherwise have a reputation for being just another accessory to wear when it’s cold outside. Scarves were once an accessory that were as ubiquitous as hats but have since fallen out of popularity because of trends. Their…
How to Dress Androgynously
Dressing in a more androgynous way is something many of us start when beginning our social transition. It can be incredibly difficult to work up the courage to say who you are so we often take baby steps to explore our gender expression before slapping a label on it and pushing that last line to…
Common Beginner Mistakes When Dressing Femininely
When you first realize you are trans it can be very easy to fall into your personal ideal of what ‘female beauty’ looks like, and you end up dressing in a way to mimic that aesthetic. However, it can come to bite you in the ass rather quickly with how other people perceive you. If…
Feminine Staple Pieces You Should Own
Picking out clothing or other accessories that feel like they fit best to your identity can be very difficult. It takes a long time for you to settle into your new style and you will often cycle through a few different aesthetics before you find what’s truly you. However, there are some items that work…
Building Out a Shoe Collection
Shoe shopping blows more than a Dyson hand dryer, particularly for the large footed among us ඞ. They either don’t exist in your size, are sold out, are too narrow, aren’t long enough, or are simply just like finding a needle in a haystack. The most important thing is patience. You only need ~2 pairs…
All About Color: Black
Black is not a color despite the very title of this post. Black, gray and white are technically all ‘shades’ along the same spectrum. This can make it seem complicated but it’s quite simple since ‘shades’ are much easier to pair than actual colors! There is no color blocking or matching when it comes to…
Dressing for an Award Ceremony
Award ceremonies are a time to celebrate you and your accomplishments. For better or for worse, you’ll often be the center of attention for at least a brief moment. During this time you are the center of attention, you should look your best! But what does ‘best’ mean? Is it the fanciest you’ll ever dress,…
Dressing (and packing) for a Conference
So let’s say hypothetically, you are invited to a conference in a different state and need to fly/drive to get there. Let’s assume it’s 3 days long and you want to try and fit everything you need in a backpack, what should you bring? Depending on the formality of the event you should probably prepare…
A Basic Guide to Fabrics for Each Season
Fabrics can be a very difficult topic to navigate. Most of the time when you’re buying an item, it’s usually based on the ‘handfeel’ of the garment, meaning how soft it is in your hand, how thick it is, etc. With online shopping this becomes a lottery of quality and properties. Most people live in…
Skincare Essentials For Beginners
Skincare is something that seems a lot more complicated than it really is. Our skin is something that changes based on lots of factors, like humidity, hot or cold weather, how much we touch it and probably the most important for us, our hormones. Starting HRT is a big step for many of us and…
When Should I ACTUALLY Purchase This
Shopping can be a long decision process. Not only because it takes a long time to find a style you like but because with every piece you buy you have to account for how it fits into your entire wardrobe and aesthetic. Given the state of the economy in (current year), it’s hard to navigate…
Why You Should Avoid Buying Skinny Jeans
Skinny jeans were once everywhere but in recent years the keen eyed among us may have noticed how rare they are in comparison to the olden days of the 2010s. That’s not to say they’re entirely out of fashion because there are still scenarios where I think skinny jeans are the best choice but they’re…
French vs American Senses of Style
This post is going to be about winter because visiting family in France for the first time over the holidays really opened my eyes up to how differently people dress. My observations are based on Paris and I know there’s quite a spectrum of societal expectations when it comes to how to dress in whichever…
How to Find All of Your Measurements
Your body has quite a few things to measure and given the state of women’s clothing it can be really difficult to find your actual size when it completely changes across brands and there’s a few more things to measure that weren’t relevant when shopping in the opposite section. Obviously most of what goes here…
Removing Body Hair Properly
Before reading this post, I just wanted to put a reminder for people that I take donations. I don’t run ads on this site because they’re more annoying than they’re worth and so your support is truly appreciated. Being a full time student with a job, it can be hard to find the time for…
Dressing For College
So College is an interesting place. For many it’s the first time someone is able to freely express themselves and find people like them away from home, and by the end of it you’re looking to get into the professional workspace (probably). This means your style can rapidly change from one year to the next…
Basic Tips for Shopping
Shopping for women’s clothes is already a complete pain in the ass but through patience and knowing where to look you can find great things for a good amount of money. Something to keep in mind if you aren’t done transing is your size might (probably will) change throughout your journey. HRT does a decent…
How to Subtly Boost Your Femininity
I think lots of us worry about how much we ‘pass’ through our transition. It can be really daunting to start on changing your appearance or your voice, whatever it is. There’s so many things you can do as you become more comfortable with yourself and how you present yourself, and many of the things…
When To Wear Stockings or Tights
Stockings are pretty cool. They make your legs look good, they can change the vibe of an outfit to become more elevated and one of the underlooked benefits is they can hide unshaved legs. First thing to clarify is that stockings are functionally the same as pantyhose but pantyhose sounds stupid so I’m just going…
Dealing With Long Legs
Having long legs may sound like a non issue to most people, after all long legs are seen as attractive. But not everyone knows how to work around them because finding pants long enough is hard, and some of us even live in places where it gets kind of cold so we can’t show them…
A Quick Guide to Buying Jewelry
Jewelry is something that’s considered pretty feminine overall, which is a good thing because it’s something smaller to try as you start transitioning and can really change a look. I won’t get too much into the aesthetics of it in this post as this is just a guide for buying and especially when buying online,…
The Fundamentals of Color
Color theory is a universal concept, if you have learned it for things like photography or film a lot of the same things apply. Color is very important in fashion because it brings things to life. Color palettes are very different from one another but they all have correlations to each other. There are a…
How to Make Your Hips Look Bigger
Hips are a thing that I think most of us want. After all, the “ideal” figure for a woman is an hourglass, society pushes this so much. We live in a society but that doesn’t mean it’s right about everything it pushes onto us. But much like every part of the body, hips can come…
How To Minimize the Appearance of Your Shoulders
Minimizing the appearance of your shoulder is something that most people try to do when dressing femininely. We aren’t in the 80s with power suits with padded shoulders but that’s not to say ‘big’ shoulders are the end of the world either. The first thing to understand is that shoulders are not inherently masculine, the…
Welcome!
Welcome to my blog, the purpose of this is to educate transfemme people on how to dress better in a way that aligns with their identity more. If you plan on wearing whatever you want then this blog probably isn’t for you because you can always do that anyway! This is for people who want…
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