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| A dressing room selfie. |
En homme, the clothing may not fit at all depending on what shapewear you wear en femme. And even if the clothing fits en homme, you still will see a "man in a dress" in the mirror and may reject purchasing the item because you don't like the way it looks. More than once, I tried something on en homme that was borderline, purchased it anyway and was very glad that I didn't reject it because it looked great on me en femme.
When I try something on in the store en homme, I always ask a salesperson if it is OK and I have never been turned down. (The worst thing that ever happened to me was back in the Dark Ages when a JCPenney saleswoman asked me to use the men's dressing room to try on a girdle.)
When I try something on in the store en femme, I always ask a salesperson where the dressing room is located, even if I know where it is. I always ask in order to protect myself in case someone complains about a male in the women's dressing room. If that ever happens, I can respond that the store gave me permission. FYI, I have never run into this problem.
I think that is good advice, but I don't always follow it. If I am feeling absolutely gorgeous and passing with abandon, I just sashay into the nearest dressing room without asking for directions. (Why ruin the mood!)
Another FYI, I shop in Connecticut; your mileage may vary depending on where you shop.
(Caveat emptor: This post is a combination of previous posts.)
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| Wearing Finderskeepers jumper and Alice + Olivia sweater. |
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| Charlie Chaplin (center) in the 1914 film |
Excellent advice, as usual Stana. One thing, the Chaplin film pictured here is "The Masquerader". "A Busy Day" was a film where Charlie played a woman throughout the story, while this one and "A Woman" had the Tramp dressing as a woman to get away with something. And he was pretty good at it too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the correction, Julie.
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