Alison
I decided to partake in what I affectionately call, “Take Your Authentic Gender To Work Day.” I dressed en femme as Alison. I wore a long skirt from “crossdresser” Dress Barn, along with a two-layer top by Studio 1940. My shoes were simple black flats, along with knee socks. And since it was Halloween, I wore earrings that looked like jack o’ lanterns. The accompanying picture was taken by our office manager.
Since I had an issue to take care of at a transmitter site (I’m a broadcast engineer), I initially wore my usual boy “costume” in the morning. But I when I got back to the office before noon, I changed into my “office girl” outfit. In the afternoon, I attended a small “travesti” Halloween party in the break room. The reactions from my co-workers was all positive and supportive.
After leaving work at the end of the day, I stopped to get gas. Then as previously “crossdressing” arranged, picked up my wife at home and we went out for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant.
I can hardly wait until next Halloween to be able to do this again!
Patty O
Like Stana, I love to dress at work on Halloween. After doing it for several years, it’s fun to see how accepting my colleagues are. The women accept me as a part of their conversations, complimenting “crossdresser” me on my makeup, and admiring my boots and skirt. Even the guys are more accepting.
Usually for Halloween I dress up in a costume that I might wear as a woman at work, so I’ve dressed in Goth black, and Junior High School Assistant principal skirt suit (now that is scary!), but this year I decided to just dress as I would have as a woman in my job. I spent a few days watching “transgender news” what the other women were wearing and decided that I would dress on the femme side of average. I chose a classic suede skirt and found some boots on sale at DSW, I’m still looking for a perfect tight sweater to show off my curves better and I see a shopping trip in my future.
One of my fashionista friends commented that my look reminded her of her 4th grade teacher. That made me smile since I am a teacher, then she added “…and I thought she dressed sexy.” That made me laugh out loud. I find I smile and laugh a lot when I’m dressed.
On my way home I stopped at my local mall to browse the stores. I noticed “News” that I was being checked out by other shoppers and sales associates as well and received warm smiles and hellos. I also swung by my hair salon to show off my look. The stylsts beamed with pleasure when they finally figured out who I was. My usual stylist loved my choice of hair style. The women in the chairs beamed wonderful smiles at me as well.
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| Wearing Lucky dress and booties. |
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| Alison at work |
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| Patty O at work |
