Category: Transgender Fashion

Walking in High Heels: A Guide

| Oct 25, 2024 | Reply

Learning to walk in high heels can boost your style and confidence. It’s great for special events, work, or just looking elegant. This guide will teach you how to walk in high heels with confidence and grace.   Key Takeaways Understand the basics of high heel walking, including proper posture and body alignment. Choose the […]

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Navigating Gender Identity: A Guide to Understanding Trans Experiences and Expressing Individuality Through Women’s Rave Clothing

| Jul 15, 2024 | Reply

Allison McDonald writes about the connection between fashion and raves. It’s more than just looking good. It’s about feeling good on your journey of self-discovery. Llet women’s rave clothing be your guide to a more authentic and fulfilling life.

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Dressing for Summer Heat

| Jul 8, 2024 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, the lady in charge of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service has tips for beating the heat during these super hot days.

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Styling Sleeveless Dresses for Women for Any Occasion

| Jul 1, 2024 | Reply

Sleeveless dresses for women offer endless possibilities for creating stylish and comfortable outfits. Whether you’re heading to the beach, the office, or a special event, there’s a sleeveless dress that’s perfect for you.

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The Occasional Woman: Spring!

| May 13, 2024 | Reply

As Lorraine would put it, spring has sprung! For the variations in weather this season she recommends lighting up your life by wearing colorful clothes. A bright colored trench coat, turquoise or perhaps teal. A light jacket in red or yellow. Don’t forget to bring a statement cashmere scarf and maybe some gloves. Then you’re prepared!

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The Occasional Woman Hates Spring

| Apr 15, 2024 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothes service hate spring. But she love spring fashion. Today she reveals the “it” color for the season and shares her thoughts on spring fashion trends.

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Mid-Winter Fashion Trends

| Feb 12, 2024 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, the woman behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, writes about the fashion trends for mid-winter fashion fun.

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New Year’s Resolution: I Will Dress Better!

| Jan 1, 2024 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson has some suggestions if you’re looking for ideas for your new year’s resolutions. The woman behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing service points out there are things we could do better in 2024 that would make us more confident and attractive. What are they? Read on!

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The Occasional Woman: Cashmere!

| Nov 20, 2023 | Reply

Our fashion advisor Lorraine Anderson, seamstress in charge of The Occasional Woman Custom Clothes service, has a tip for those who want to look chic, and stay warm and cosy as we move into fall weather. She strongly suggests you get yourself some cashmere sweaters. In today’s post she praises them, tells you why the fabric is called cashmere, and why cashmere attire can be pretty pricey.

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The Occasional Woman: Plaid!

| Oct 23, 2023 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, top seamstress at The Occasional Woman custom clothing creations has a love affair. With plaid! In today’s post she points out some of the many ways you can wear plaid and be warm and cosy this fall.

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Summer Survival at Bargain Prices

| Jul 31, 2023 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, the seamstress behind The Occasional Woman custom clothing biz, has tips for surviving and thriving in the summer heat. Stay hydrated! And, avoid the heat of the day by shopping for pretty summer attire in the air conditioned comfort of your local thrift store.

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The Heat is On

| Jul 3, 2023 | Reply

The heat is on! With temperatures going from high to higher what can a lady do to stay cool? Crouching in your home with the AC on is one way to beat the heat, but what if you want or need to go out and about? Lorraine Anderson has some fashion tips to help your survive.

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The Occasional Woman: Spring Fashion!

| Apr 10, 2023

Lorraine Anderson, owner of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, takes you on a trip through the spring fashion scene. She comments on what works and what doesn’t. Prepare to take notes for your next shopping excursion.

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The Occasional Woman: Layer Up!

| Feb 13, 2023

Lorraine Anderson shares some ideas about how to cope with the changeable weather the northeastern United States os experiencing. You can go out the door dressed for winter and be sweating in your heavy coat when the temperature goes up suddenly. What’s Lorraine’s solution? Layers! Read on to learn more.

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Finding the Color That Works for You

| Sep 26, 2022 | Reply

Finding the colors that go best with you isn’t always so easy when you’re just beginning to explore your femme side. You can find all sorts of methods for determining which colors of attire work best with your skin tone and it can all be pretty confusing. Lorraine Anderson has a sure fire way to quickly determine your best color match. Read on the find out what she recommends.

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Venus and Online Shopping

| Sep 5, 2022 | Reply

Pauline Estelle revisits the online fashion resource Venus. Pauline enjoys shopping there due to the large variety of styles and the ready availability of sizes. Give her blog a read and see if she can entice you into trying the site.

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Time For The Sales of Summer

| Aug 29, 2022 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson has tips on how you can get great bargains now on summer apparel, from lingerie to shoes and dresses. Read on for he helpful tips.

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A Short History of Lingerie

| Aug 15, 2022 | Reply

Pauline Estelle looks back on the history of undergarments. From no undies at all to almost too many options Pauline has the info on how our undergarments evolved over the centuries.

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What Price Femininity?

| Jul 4, 2022 | Reply

Christy Lewis writes about the startling cost of women’s clothing when compared to what men spend. If you’re paying full retail for your frocks, shoes, and accessories (a bra can cost over $70!) you need to have a good paying job. Christy sums it up and concludes that all things considered it’s worth it.

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The Occasional Woman: Summer Styles!

| Jun 6, 2022 | Reply

Lorraine Anderson, the lady who runs The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some fashion recommendations for surviving summer. Linen, cute natural fabric dresses, no bucket hats, please, are what she writes about today.

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Summer has Arrived

| May 16, 2022 | Reply

Pauline Estelle has been doing a series on spring fashions. While it’s still spring until the middle of June recent warm weather in her Canadian home has prompted Pauline to start writing about summer fashion choices. With the up and down nature of temperature in the northern hemisphere it’s a good bet that some days you’ll be in sandals and a cotton frock and within a day or two back into leggings and a sweater.

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Spring is Finally Here: How is Your Wardrobe?

| Apr 25, 2022 | Reply

Spring is here, even though the temperature hasn’t settled down to warm yet. Pauline Estelle feels it’s the perfect time to work on your spring wardrobe. Her fashion series about preparing your wardrobe for spring continues. Dig into your closet and evaluate the need to keep old outfits. Do the clothes still fit? Are they flattering to your shape? And, what new items do you want to shop for? Let Pauline be your guide.

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The “It” Color For Spring

| Apr 18, 2022 | Reply

Every year fashion pundits promote the “it” color of the season. What color is it all about for spring? Here’s a hint: a band from the ’70s was named for this color. The color is associated with Prince in the form of precipitation. Have you got it? Read on the see if you guessed right.

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That Time of the Year Again: Spring Fashion

| Mar 21, 2022 | Reply

Today Pauline Estelle begins a fashion series with a blog post about preparing your wardrobe for spring. Dig into your closet and evaluate the need to keep old outfits. Do the clothes still fit? Are they flattering to your shape? And, what new items do you want to shop for? Let Pauline be your guide.

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The Changing of the Clothes

| Mar 14, 2022 | Reply

It’s that time of year; time to go through your wardrobe and decide what gets packed away for the spring and summer and decide what cold weather attire gets the old heave ho. Are you really going to enjoy wearing that old sweater again in the fall? What about that dress you said you’d wear for some event but that event never arrived? Why let it keep taking up space? Toss it. Lorraine Anderson has some tips on how to sort out the keepers from the items to be tossed.

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Kandi’s Fashion Adventure in New York City.

| Feb 21, 2022 | Reply

Kandi Robbins traveled to The Big Apple for Fashion Week and did more than the usual tourist activities. Sure, she got her picture taken on Broadway and visited the attractions on 42nd Street, but most important was he time walking the runway in the International Beautiful You Fashion Show. We’ve got photos!

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