We all love dressing up as women. Whether it’s a modest underdressing, with panties and a bra underneath men’s clothing, or more elaborate outfits, with dresses, shoes, wigs, makeup and accessories, it’s a very pleasurable experience.
However, it’s not cheap. After all, clothes, makeup and shoes are not free, nor do they fall from the sky. In the case of crossdressers, the situation is more expensive: since most of us can’t dress as women 24 hours a day, we have to maintain two wardrobes: one for men and one for women.
In addition, women’s clothing tends to be more expensive than men’s clothing, which complicates things even more. But how do you get around this? How do you transform yourself into a princess without emptying your bank balance?
In the beginning, everything was simpler. Your sisters, or even your mother, would lend you dresses, skirts, socks, shoes, panties and bras – of course, most of the time they didn’t even know about it.
Now, you’re on your own. You have to pay for all of this.
A first tip, of course, is thrift stores. You can find clothes in good condition for a good price by rummaging around. If you want really new things, sales can also fall from the sky. Prioritize buying good quality pieces (read: durable pieces) at a good price. Outlets are good places for this.
Another idea is to definitively embrace your feminine side in some aspects, such as wearing panties every day or swapping your men’s pyjamas for women’s ones. No one (or almost no one) will see you wearing them. You can keep one or two pairs of underwear or pyjamas for special situations, such as doctor’s appointments or hospital stays, for example. You can swap men’s clothes that you no longer wear for women’s clothes!
On the other hand, if you don’t wear women’s clothes often, they will tend to last longer. In any case, you should take good care of your clothes so that they don’t get dirty or damaged over time.
Perhaps simpler, more neutral clothes, without too many details, are a good option: fewer things to cause problems. For example: structured bras with cups, underwire and back fastening can, for example, have the cups crushed, the underwire can suddenly poke through the fabric and – then your skin, if you are wearing it.
In addition, neutral pieces offer more combination options, so you won’t need to have so many clothes.
You can have a basic makeup set, with the essentials to look beautiful.
Wigs can also be expensive, think about the possibility of letting your hair grow a little or get a short but feminine cut: enrich the style with accessories such as headbands, for example.
Shoes are a problem: large-size women’s shoes are not usually cheap: you should do a lot of research to save money!
One way to improve your look without spending a lot is with accessories such as earrings, headbands, necklaces and scarves – some of them you can customize or make yourself, so you save money.
Of course, if you have a supportive wife, you can count on the gifts she might give you… here’s a tip: most crossdressers have two personalities: female and male – even with different names. Just remind her that on your birthday it’s “one gift for each”… of course, and you’ll have to give her two gifts on her birthday to make up for it!
Becoming a princess without having the bank balance of one is difficult, but not impossible. You’ll need to do a lot of research, find good places to buy good products at a good price, take good care of your clothes and accessories, learn how to mix and match looks and use your creativity to the fullest. Good luck!
– How do you buy your women’s clothes and accessories?
– Do you think women’s items are expensive?
– Do you have any other tips on this subject?
Sincerely
Marie Claire
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Marie, thank for your great article not only for detail writing but also stimulating interest whereby all the great suggestions from the other ladies here on CDH. If I may add that my go to store to purchase my feminine wardrobe, accessories, and jewelry is Macy’s… I buy online and in store (not femme yet 😌) my wife who was a partime supervisor taught me never buy retail and wait for all their discounts… I am now a platinum member who takes advantage of notification of early discounts, free shipping, and receive award points which translates to dollars for additional… Read more »
Thank you for reading and liking my article.
I also thank you for sharing your tips with us!
As much as i like really nice dresses, other than the Keystone big night, I really don’t go to any dressy events. I still have many nice outfits I just don’t get to wear them. With what I’m buying i really don’t find women’s clothes more expensive than men’s. The exception is lingerie. As pretty as these items are, you would think they would almost give these things away. Everyone loves pretty sexy lingerie.
I love lingeries too!
That was a great read. I do a lot of what you mentioned with starting at thrift stores. In the beginning I purchased a lot of great items for a song basically. Now yes heels are another story , I’ve become a bit of a shoe addict. DSW is my favourite shoe store as they have a clearance rack with size 11’s .I do buy most of my “Ashley” things on sale and a few online sites that are very reasonable. I did keep a few pairs of my boring drab male underware for certain times but have moved on… Read more »
I’m glad you enjoyed the article.
Thank you so much!
“ here’s a tip: most crossdressers have two personalities: female and male – even with different names’
So Well Said !
That is true!
@Marie Claire I browsed through eBay a few times for hosiery and didn’t find anything to make me switch from amazon or target – with Target being in-person shopping. Also shop at Penney’s & Kohls (and Walmart of course) in-person. I’ve spent over $40-$50 dollars for bras, but gosh I just find my Bali’s are so comfy.
Good!
The only underwear I wear are women’s. Haven’t worn men’s underwear in 40 years. My wife and I go thrifting all the time we come home with more for me than for her lol.
Very good!
I started off not buying at thrift stores but at the clearance racks. Add to that some coupons and I was able to build a modest size size wardrobe for relatively little money. Another thing I did was to salvage clothing my ex was putting in the garbage (usually without her knowledge). Of course this only works if you are both about the same size. Recently, thrift stores near me have been closing the dressing rooms because there had been a lot of damaged items left behind. So now you better be sure you know your size before getting something… Read more »
Androgynous fashion is a good tip!
@alison-anderson
I absolutely love my womens jeans
Love it Marie: A little of budget, a little back on line modeling: I have been very implusive in recent years and still increasing (thanks, or no thanks to my SO)…and am glad I bought them in the long run, all’s cool. Going nuts (I like per my recording studio otherwise, am quite frugal due to such “habits") yet still with my clothes budget grows & glows. A little modeling has really helped. I must rebuild my closets! Dresses, accessories’s that I can track in a in a “Dashboard" for the company to the model, showing picture klicktrough counts, code… Read more »
I’m glad you read it and enjoyed it.
I liked your article. I have been buying femme things on Amazon and Shein. I can buy nice things in private without spending a boatload of money. Also, I am nervous about going in stores – only things I buy there is makeup and shop in off hours when few people are there and pay at automated cash register.
Alice Black
I’m glad you liked the article. I also prefer to buy things away from human eyes…
Thank you for this Marie!. Yes, thrift stores are very good, they were great for me when I started dressing. I found dresses, shoes, skirts and jewellery. I used to be able to fin clip-on earrings there. Since then, I have bought new clothes and shoes at a store (usually a multi-purpose store rather than women’s store). I also love the dresses, skirts, and earrings from En Femme. I haven’t found the prices terribly expensive, I don’t mind paying for a speciality item. Shipping and exchange rates can be limiting though.