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So, do you wake up, take a peep out of the window and ‘dress’ accordingly?
As you know, us Brits have been known (and perhaps slightly ridiculed over the years?) for only being able it seems to do small talk about ‘the weather’.
As I look out this morning, I see only ‘drab’. Nothing but drab drab drab. 😞
I assume you West Coasters don’t have this predicament, it’s just “how sunny” or “how hot” is it going to be, praying that you can get quickly from one air conditioned place to another?
@valentina16 I had a friend from London who had moved to California. He told me the weather forecast there was the same every day: “pissy rain”. Now every time it rains wherever I’m at - I say to my wife: “Looks like we got the pissy rain today baby!”
We don’t get much rain nowadays, but I have been in London during wet season, very similar, it just rains all day all night, never a thunderstorm unless you are east of the state in the desert.
All that aside, winter clothes are more fun.
@valentina16 i personally live in an area that gets very harsh winters, so dressing up during this time of year is pretty simple, dress for the weather, equally in the summer it can get brutal, and high humidity days are a normal challenge for make up, but it's during these months that I can fully deck my fashion
@closetcelt I’ll second that! You just reminded me of an old girlfriend who once told me: “Now that it’s getting colder I’m looking forward to wearing pantyhose everyday.” At the time she didn’t know about my crazy obsession for all things nylon. However it was a big reason I was attracted to her in the first place…she had them on most of the time. Drove me nuts. Can you imagine ANY woman saying that today? It would never happen. I’m really dating myself by saying this🥰
@valentina16 Where we live in southern Ontario, it can be drab from the end of October until spring tries to get excited. Very few sunny days in-between.
I try to make the best of it, though. After sunset, I can wear more obvious shoes earlier (4:30ish maybe).
With colder winter temperatures, I can wear heavier winter coats over my largest breast forms and feminine tops. Gloves can cover nail polish longer.
In the end, I do what I can with what I get dealt.
@harriette We spent Christmas one year in a log cabin just off Lake Michigan, Little Arrow? Near Gaylord anyway. -15c. Mega cold but great fun. Beautiful part of the world.
As I don't go out en femme anywhere near home, the weather isn't an issue but I do have four cardigan/shrugs that I'll wear with sleeveless or short sleeve dresses. Not all four at the same time though...so far.
@valentina16 no such thing as bad weather only bad choices of clothes, personally I never leave the house without a waterproof jacket apart when it is a really sunny day.
@valentina16 where i live Valentina … a couple years back we had + 42c in summer and -47c in winter of same year… we just dress for the weather… it’s a dry cold , beautiful sunshine… this is not including humidity or windchill… those were actual temperatures .
@joannajoy well, -47 —> +42, that’s a ‘gulp’ from me! I’m guessing this was no where near any part of the UK! 💚
@valentina16 Western Canada , up north… I worked outside thru all that … good times…. Not… lol
@valentina16 I dress the same even when it’s below zero here still my tights and mini dress with heels probably be different if i adventured out but being a closet dresses I don’t have to worry about the weather
The greatest weather forecast ever... Robin Williams doing Walter Cronkite in Good morning Vietnam.
The weather out there today is hot and shitty with continued hot and shitty in the afternoon. Tomorrow a chance of continued crappy with a pissy weather front coming down from the north. Basically, it's hotter than a snake's ass in a wagon rut.
Cerys
@valentina16 He was amazing. I don't have many heroes, but he was one of them. Drunk me at parties if often heard reciting one of the mad monologues from GMV. I know every word.
Look up Moscow on the Hudson. He is fantastic in that! The World According to Garp is another. Find he is not famous for, but really sure if his acting abilities. There's a big trans connection in Garp.
I loved that man!
Nanu Nanu
Cerys
@dazzler Poet’s Day was iconic as well. “Carpe Diem”. Every youngster setting out in life should be encouraged to watch that.
@dazzler I loved him in Jack. There's also the best costume party at the start of the film and I always got ideas from it. Marg
I definitely think I sometimes consider the weather when I dress at home. Specifically, this time of year, I am always cold and my warmer clothes are in full swing. Fleece lined leggings are the best this time of year.
Yes us Brits do bemoan the weather, Too hot, Too cold, Too wet, Too dry, Too misty, Too foggy, Too Muggy,Too windy, Too humid, We don't need rain, There's not enough rain, We love snow, We hate snow, When will it rain, Why won't it stop, When are we going to see the sun again, Why can't there be some cloud....
That's just a sampler!
The reality for ladies like us is that we have to have sufficient clothes to cater for all our range of weather so it means plenty of styles and does it have to be drab, drab, drab? Never, be the brightness in the gloom, a bright scarf, stylish shoes, colourful nails and wear bright under a dark coat.
@ab123 You too are now eligible for a ‘bastionette’ award, similar to that being awarded to Lauren, for services in upholding and promoting sensual feminine attire!! Take a bow!! (Bit chilly out, innit?!) ☺️
Absolutely I dress for the weather to some degree.
It's winter, snow on the ground and I'm not wearing open sandals and shorts with a tank. If it's cold and drab then I try to lift up the weather and wear something bright. An orange top or red blouse, maybe white boots and always my bright red winter coat.
I am not sure what is meant by pissy rain in California since "I never rains in California", which is not true, but we do not get much. We get rain a couple of days a month from December to March, then bone dry 99% of the rest of the year.
I generally don't have to look out the window to check the weather, and then decide how to dress, because it is nearly always nice out, so shorts and flip flops when drab, and a skirt or dress when en femme. We did just have a bit of rain here, which helped manage the fires, so I did wear yoga pants out on a walk yesterday.
A drab day today, followed by an Anna evening due to work.
Morning was shorts, t-shirt hoodie. Afternoon was trousers, t-shirt, hoodie, jacket, big wax coat and hat. Typical Cornish day, really. Rained off and on this morning, storm this afternoon.
Evening, I've managed to get a pair of stockings on plus nightie and silk robe.
It was 40c here from 11am to 7pm last night. And at one time our air struggled to keep our cabin under 29c. It hit 42c at that time.
The idea of dessing and make-up is way out of the equation on days like yesterday. Whenever I ventured outside, I was in my birthday suit. Though I did wear a hat.
In Panama we have a great weather so we can dress comfortably all year round. The only thing that can change frequently in our climate here is the rain. It is always hot outside and the sun is strong. Sometimes it is too hot, but one more or less gets used to it. Nice weather to enjoy the beaches. Some Central Americans joke that I am wrong because Panama is the coldest country in Central America, since we have the bad habit of setting the air conditioners in commercial and office buildings to very low temperatures. Personally, I am not bothered by the cold. Those who knew me in Harrisburg and Port Angeles saw that I was not wearing a coat and I walked around very calmly. At most a jacket. It was spring, not winter. People who do not tolerate the cold have a hard time in buildings here in Panama.
Gisela
Here comes the famous old syaing. (at least down here in Oz, "crossdressing is a winter sport". aint no way I'm going out as Caty in temps over the mid 20's C.
I would "melt" under all the necessary "coverage"
Caty
With my predilection for light, flouncy tops and loose skirts, summer is my best time for CDing, but I have a lovely warm coat for winter and I can still wear light clothes underneath. It does not, however, cope well with the rain and cannot be got wet, and at this present time, that is rather unfortunate since in the last 48 hours, my weather station has recorded over 4" of rain.
As Valentina says, the British always talk about the weather because, unlike many parts of the world, it can vary from one hour, or even one minute, to the next. There have been many instances when we may have woken up to snow, before the fog comes down, which clears to let the sun melt the snow, after which, before nightfall, it rains; perhaps with thunder and lightning, then clearing to give a moonlit, cloudless night that freezes the wet roads. Our weather is temperamental but I wouldn't live anywhere else.
Becca
This is an interesting question and one that hits me hard. I am and have to be an indoor private dresser when I go full en femme which still gives me that comfortable feminine feeling. But saying that; when it is cold like it is now it is easier to wear my underwear and bra and women's jeans and nice tops. Once the warm weather gets here I have to leave my bras at home when I go out in t-shirts or no shirts at all when I am fishing with just shorts on. I guess just because I feel female I am a biological male and sometimes Sara just has to let him have those moments till we get home again
Yes weather matters, but drab weather doesn't mean drab outfits. Temps here just outside of New York City tend to range from about 10F (-10C) to about 95F (35C), not counting the "feels like" temperatures associated with either wind or high humidity.
Although a trend and not a hard-and-fast rule, my hem tends to rise and fall with the thermometer. Winter time I tend to wear well-below-the-knee and often ankle length skirts, or warmer materials. I will wear (opaque winter) tights on my legs. I have an ankle length coat and ski gloves that allow me to wear any length despite the cold, but I do tend to wear the long skirts with it. I also have a long trench coat for more dressy occasions. Leg wear is still usually my sneakers, although boots will be worn in snowy weather.
Mid spring/mid autumn, I might switch to pantyhose (sheer or low denier tights) and a sweater or lighter jacket. Skirts tend up to about knee length, give or take a little.
In summer I will wear tee shirts, tank tops or spaghetti strap dresses to keep myself cool (unless I'm going to the beach, in which case I'll wear a one-piece bathing suit). My skirts (or occasionally skorts) are either airy or above the knee. I have low rise ankle socks to wear with sneakers.
I have public photos of myself a few weeks ago in my long winter coat and scarf while out for a 3 mile walk in 14F (-8C) temps and wind, as well as in my sun dress I wore to the Renaissance Faire in the summer. I was also able to take a sun dress and put a tee shirt with lacy sleeves underneath to wear on a warmer fall day, also in my public photos.
We may talk about the weather, but I just deal with it and wear weather-appropriate skirts and tops or dresses, either by material or length,.
