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Don’t believe everything word of fashion advice that you get on the internet. Today our fashion expert, Lorraine Anderson, proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, argues that many of the internet and Facebook “fashion experts” don’t always know what they’re talking about. Especially when they’re trying to cite rules for what women over fifty can wear and look well in. Read on for Lorraine’s evaluation of short hair styles, shoulder pads, mom jeans and other fashion mistakes.
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Our newest Contributor is Brooke Preston. Miss Preston today presents a story that we are sure many of you can relate to. It’s all about how excited she was to be home alone with her mother’s corsets, bras, dresses and heels. How she was terrified that her mother might notice a cosmetics item or piece of jewelry slightly out of place the next time she was in her bedroom sitting at her vanity. Now Brooke is all grown up and she can indulge her passion for feminine finery any time she wants. Today she, while immaculately attired in the height of femme attire, writes about the thrill of it all.
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I want to highlight the talent of many Drag artists who attended this great fashion show event I organized called Di-Modelare. I have few words to express the talent that was observed that day, from the deepest and most romantic to the most eclectically invigorating and transcendental. It was a fashion event embodied in nine […]
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Are you ready for some delicious dishes straight from the kitchen of Dina’s Diner? Today’s Specials are sure to please! First Dina serves up a 13-year-old who puts a different spin on the youth drag queen scene. This young drag queen is a cisgender girl! The next entree served with a side of laughs is devoted to playwright and actor Charles Busch. Then Dina offers a palate refresher in the form of BroadwayCon and the fans who wear fishnets. Then it’s on to two delectable desserts. One is the modern advances in beauty technology that allows J.Lo at 50 to be so hot, and the other is the way your bangs can define what kind of woman you are. Don’t miss all the tasty treats down at Dina’s Diner!
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“Claire” and her wife Mary Jo spent a couple of days in the city having a girlfriend weekend. Claire passed beautifully and the two girls got up to some sexy activities in places like a movie theater and the dressing room at the big department store. They even had some men buy them drinks at the hotel bar but discouraged their advances by uttering the “L” word. This chapter finds them heading on back to the farm where Claire continues to remain dressed in her femme finery.
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Julie Slowinski volunteered to be the dollar girl at a drag show, during Pinkfest. That’s the assistant who gathers the dollar bills fans of the drag queens toss on stage. Once she got a taste of showbiz and being on stage she was hooked. She decided she’d participate in a drag show. The only problem? She didn’t dance. So she took a beginning class in burlesque thinking she would learn how to dance. That lead her into doing a burlesque routine on stage in front of a big crowd. Read on for her part time princess tale. With photos of her burlesque costume, of course.
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Linda met a couple dressed for a B&D party at a party for trans women, crossdressers and their admirers. The couple thought they would be the hits of the party but their matching S&M outfits were off putting to the crowd. Linda introduced herself and when the male expressed a desire to know what it felt like to be the bottom partner during sex Linda offered to help him transform into a lovely lady who could take her pick of the admirers. Today Linda concludes her story about meeting the adventurous young couple and helping the husband with his curiosity about the art of crossdressing –- and cross-loving, if there is such a thing.
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Back in the good old days denim was a fabric used for working men’s clothes. It first became popular in Genoa in Italy in the 16th century. Denim pants were worn by sailors in the Genoanise Navy. The denim thread was developed in a town in France called Nimes. Hence the term, thread from Nimes or in french ‘de Nimes’ which became denim. Now almost no woman’s wardrobe is complete without at least some denim garments. Like jeans! Today Pauline Estelle fills you in on filling out your skinny jeans.
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Lorraine Anderson, the owner of the custom clothing service The Occasional Woman, looks ahead to the spring fashion trends and acquaints you with some of the trendy looks that are said to be coming. Big collars, hotpants, crocheted fabric dresses, and bright neon outfits could be coming to your closet. Lorraine tells you how to work the trendy fashions into your look without leaving you with a closet full of unwearable, “so last year” outfits when the next trends come along.
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Katherine Diaz, our correspondent in Columbia, writes today about the past and how the changes that happened then are able to benefit trans people today. She points out how drag changed from flawless female impersonation of movie stars to the flamboyant artistic creations of today’s queens. And how the phenomena of drag as an art form infiltrated the fashion world. It’s all part of a dynamic system encompassing art, fashion, gender bending and more. And Katherine has a video for you, too.
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Dina Amberle has a recipe for entertainment and she dishes it up every month in her Dina’s Diner column. Today she has a few dishes cooking that are sure to please. First she mixes up a sexy soufflé featuring a young trans woman who documented her transition on the internet and now aspires to play in the WNBA. Then she slow simmers an appreciation of character actresses from the ’60s, mixes up a compote “sexy fencing” and cheesy sex from a British show called UFO, and rounds out the menu with some thought on how people are working to make their derrieres delectable. Don’t miss Dina’s Diner for some tasty fun.
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An old farm house holds several cedar chests of vintage women’s clothing. The owner of the property sells the house to his son Tom for a dollar. On a visit to the house Tom takes his girlfriend MJ along and she urges him to try on some of the women’s clothing from the cedar chests. He does and soon the two get married. After the wedding MJ begins regularly dressing Tom in the clothing from the cedar chests. Then she buys him more items of modern feminine apparel and applies makeup. Soon she wants to go out as two girls for girly fun. Tom is willing to go along with the idea and MJ names his femme self Claire. The girls go into Louisville for a girlfriend weekend and check into a posh hotel. Today the ladies find themselves very turned on. Things become steamy and Claire admits she is enjoying dressing up. Please note: NSFW. Claire has come a long way from those cedar chests.
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Linda was at an ‘adult play’ club for the regular first Sunday of the month ‘tranny and friends’ party. She happened to meet a husband and wife who were frequent visitors at the club’s regular evenings but this time they had come dressed in matching femme fetish outfits. “Oh, do they look out of place,’ Linda thought as she looked around at her sisters in their best LBDs. Being a kind-hearted soul Linda soon took the two under her wing and started to share some of her encyclopedic knowledge about the fine arts of crossdressing. The lessons were to continue the next day when Rick/Ricki would meet Linda for breakfast.
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TGForum has always advocated that crossdressers should not sit around the house looking lovely and being lonely. They should get out and have fun! As our founder JoAnn Roberts often said, “Don’t dream it. Be it.” Today our Windy City correspondent Julie Slowinski writes about “passing” and gives you tips on how to pass. First tip? Forget about passing. Read on for more specifics on the subject.
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The big party night, New Year’s Eve, is almost here! Whether you’re going out to a party with friends, on a date with someone special, or just planning a New Year’s Eve photo shoot at home to post in Instagram, the big question is “What to wear?” Our fashion maven in residence, Lorraine Anderson has some tips that can help you answer that question. And if you don’t have anything in your closet that will do the trick you still have Monday night and all day Tuesday to hit the after Christmas sales. Happy new year!
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TGForum was contacted recently by a cis woman who is married to trans woman. Her name is Amanita and she is a counselor, who after meeting her partner, has specialized in counseling for trans people and their partners. Today she answers a question submitted by Felicita in her Ask Amanita column.
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Pauline Estelle writes about her Christmas holiday, Boxing Day bargains, the merits on online shopping, and more. She then looks forward to the new year and what it may bring in fashion trends to add to the wardrobes of mature ladies. And she poses a question. If you know the answer use the comment area to let her know.
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Today our Columbian correspondent, Katherine Diaz, writes about how she began crossdressing, first dressing in women’s clothing at the age of 16, and then growing and developing her transformation skills. At one time she denied her feminine side but after the experience at 16 she dressed more and more, learning over the years and meeting other trans people who helped her to experience what she had only thought of as dreams and fantasies.
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Our seamstress with fashion tips, Lorraine Anderson, proprietor of The Occasional Woman custom clothing service, has some suggestions for how to dress to impress for holiday parties without buying a whole new wardrobe. Since this just before Christmas and New Year’s Eve we rerun Lorraine’s tips for a fab party outfit. You’re sure to turn heads and make an impression with Lorraine’s budget fashion tips.
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Dina Amberle has cooked up a delicious stew for this wintery day. (If you’re in North America.) First she adds in a young boy who wanted to wear a dress for his school’s picture day to the stewpot. Then she sifts in some youthful drag queens, adds a touch of Christmas crossdressing (heavy on the color red) and brings out the full flavor of the stew with some drag bingo with Linda Simpson before sprinkling a dash of rock and roll stars in makeup and glitter. The stew has been simmering away in the Diner kitchen and is ready right now for consumption. Bon Appétit!
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A crossdresser who was giving up her femme self asked Jan Brown to take her now unwanted femme wardrobe items away. Jan was amazed at the amount of feminine attire the purging crossdresser had accumulated. Jan thought she would just be able to get rid of the stuff at her local support group but the sizes weren’t right and not many of her fellow members could take much of it. Fantasia Fair would only take brand new items. Jan had to find a place where the purged wardrobe would be put to good use. Fortunately she found a solution to her dilemma and today she share it with you.
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A mysterious farm house holds several cedar chests filled with vintage women’s clothing. The owner of the property sells the house to his son so the young man can have a place of his own. On a visit to the house while he’s renovating he takes his girlfriend and she urges him to try on some of the clothing from the cedar chests. The two get married and after the wedding the wife begins dressing her husband in the clothing from the cedar chests. Then she buys him more item of feminine apparel. Soon she wants to go out as two girls for girly fun.
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Our Linda Jensen showed up at an ‘adult lifestyle’ club the same Sunday afternoon as a young couple. The guy was crossdressed in a leather mini and his girlfriend echoed the look. At first Linda didn’t feel any attraction to the couple but their first interaction led to a friendship that changed the couple’s lives. The story is so big it will take several months to tell. Here is part one.
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Julie Slowinski is an organizer of the “not a conference” event that happens in Chicago every year. It’s a gathering of ladies who like to get out and do things in both t-friendly venues and regular establishments. They call the multi-day event Pinkfest. Today Julie files a report on what the ladies did in The Windy City. This is part two of her report. They had too much fun to cover in one column.
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Although Pauline Estelle is from north of the U.S. border she still finds that Canadians get excited about Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. She has some words of advice if you intend to take advantage of online bargains. The first rule of cyber shopping is the same as with any kind of shopping. Let the buyer beware.
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These kids today. Why don’t they pick a gender and start playing? In today’s edition of Dina’s Diner Dina Amberle puts a cup of coffee and a slice of pie on the counter and asks that question. Non-Binary? Androgynous? What’s all that about? She then stirs in memories from a costume ball, adds some Nigerian wedding ensembles, Japanese “mundane” costumes, and finishes the dish off with an appreciation of young women in classical music who don’t dress prudishly while performing. Come on down to Dina’s Diner and get your fill!
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