Imma Be Straight....Personal Taste

There was a post explaining my fashion style a while back and I decided to remove it due to personal reasons and new realizations.

We all look at the mirror and decided what are we going to wear. How we dress gives a first impression to someone. For someone like me, I wear at least to church a button down shirt, slacks, a tie or a bow tie and shoes that are usually on the more male side. And when I'm just out and about, I'll wear a shirt and jeans but nothing to form fitted. I understand my first impression I give is whether or not I'm a man or a woman and if I am a woman I must gay. It's taken a long time to learn that it's going to be my reality of life as I walk around the halls when dressed formally.

Since I've started my overhaul of my closet and take endless photos of myself as I began this journey about two years ago, I've tone down and figured out what works for me and what doesn't. I look at the other side of my closet which contains all my more feminine clothes and wonder when I'll be able to wear them again. I do admire them but on a more personal taste they aren't something I could go clubbing with which usually requires a more revealing aspect.

If anyone knows me in real life, in the beginning of all this I would literally put on something to flatten out my chest so that I would look flatter and more male. Reason? Personal taste but now because of the hassle of wearing it and risk of tissue damage I just try to find ways to buy clothes that hide my bust or at least minimize the size of it. At the moment, I'm currently trying to exercise my way back to the a B cup. I don't know how successful I will be due to genetic predisposition (My mom's side has larger busts.) but I'm going to try.

Now setting my bust aside. Do I still always try to look like boy? No not really, I just wear what I like and yes it's on the boyish side but it's my personal taste. What's the image I want to present to others? I don't know really but people have often ask if I ever will go back to wearing feminine clothes. My answer to them is that I already have. Just not with people I don't feel comfortable with.

The problem of dressing this way is that I come into the question of 'oh now you're women's clothes. I thought you were just into men's clothes.' Let me get this straight right now. The more comfortable I feel around someone and I know that they will see me as my personality rather than the image I put out with my clothes I will show off a dress or two.

As the weather gets more hotter and the feeling of men's shorts aren't comfortable enough for me, I will wear shorts shorts.

The point I'm trying to make here is that it's my personal taste and I get to decide what to do with it. I just challenge people to set aside their stereotypes and get to know me as me. I'm into men's fashion due to the practicality. Let's face it, women's fashion doesn't have deep pockets, their fabrics are so thin that you wonder how long they can last with harsh wear. Plus, the streamline look is what I enjoy. My taste in designers reflect this streamline or minimalist effect. Simplicity is best. Adding accessories and accenting one or two things is what makes and outfit look good. And back to looking like a boy. Imma be straight there's more than type of woman in the world I just feel more at home with the more gender fluid one.