Dressing Matilda for a one night stand

[AnyaKimlin]

I buy my clothes from ebay and charity shops and in shoes I tend to run to Doc Martens or something sensible.

However I have Matilda Black (Matthew) a well off crossdresser who is taking her brother out to a club.

At present her little black dress is Dior and her shoes Jimmy Choos but I would like something more original. The only other one I know is the Duchess of Cambridge's LK Bennetts (I think that is what they are called).

Help?

I'd like understated, classy but a bit flamboyant at the same time so figured I'd add a boa?

 

[Sunseal]

I don't really know a lot about big brand names, especially those kinds. However, that said, I do like the thought of Jean Paul Gaultier, some of his stuff is really flamboyant but classy at the same time.

As for the boa, I'd definitely say yes. You can't have a crossdresser without a boa around his neck, that would just be wrong

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I should add I meet him at a crime scene He's a barrister and his nephew is in trouble.

This is her (I'm still not sure how to handle the pronouns as he goes from Matilda to Matthew in the scene) Any help with her would be welcome. My husband is a cross dresser but we don't have Matt's money.:

“We really could do with Matthew Black QC and not Matilda tonight. How the hell do you walk in those things?”

Matt kicked up his feet one at a time, showing off his skyscraper heels. “Wonderful aren’t they. We were going out. John needed cheering up.” He fastened up his black mac and tossed the boa round his neck. The curls Amelia-Ruth had inherited were tied at the back with a black velvet ribbon.

“So he took me to a club where the only women interested in me had balls bigger than my own.” The roll of the eyes and the sardonic tone was what John had inherited from Ian. “And he made me drive so I was stone cold sober when the one with bristle and an Adam’s apple decided to chat me up.” He touched his neck. “It was more of a Bramley than a Cox’s Pippin.”

“I couldn’t drive in these shoes. So can we see Harley?” With his dark eyes Matthew surveyed the scene. “Tim said Fredricks was in charge.”

“Do you know him? The name is unfamiliar to me?”

“Jumped up, lazy prick. Moved up from London about a year ago to be a big fish in a little pond. I’ve minced him in court more than once.” Matt nodded towards the policewoman. “Gather PC Bulldog is trained to keep us out?”

Ian nodded.

“Does she know who you are?” As he spoke Matt opened his evening bag and took out his phone, pink with a diamante Hello Kitty on the case.

“Harley’s grandfather.”

Matt shook his head. “Father, really. You should have told her we might be in by now.” He looked in her direction. “Hey love, any chance you’re a lesbian?”

The look she gave him would have frozen a lesser character. He cocked his head, still looking at her and laughed. “Oh I so got to perfect me a look like that. I was sure with that hair she would be a dyke. As battering my eyelashes won't work I guess we’d better reel the fish in and bonk him on the head.” It took him a moment to find the number he was after, he placed his phone to his ear and ducked under the crime scene tape. Fishnet stockings and heels appeared to melt off him as Matilda became Matthew.

 

[ctg]

As what I have observed our subtenant and one of our friend, who got his bits chopped off little while ago, it's not about the labels but what looks good on them as the fashion boutiques doesn't often make their garments suitable for male sizes. So remember look first and then the label.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

That's the trouble I'm having - Matthew would be both. He's got the money to indulge. His build would allow him to fit most standard women's clothing. He's a little tall for a woman at around 5ft10 but svelte.

My husband at 5ft9 has no problem borrowing my clothes. The shoes would be more of a trial but he's only a size 9 so can buy some standard women's shoes.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

So what would your husband buy if he had Matthew's money? Doesn't he have a wish list, or anything?

I'm no help with clothes -- strictly thrift store and yard sales for me.

You might look up cross-dressing fashion shows -- we've had a couple of those around here recently.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

If he does he has never expressed it. He tends to just borrow mine lol

I'm secondhand clothes mostly as well. I've been watching things on YouTube but they are not really giving me names - oh well maybe I should just say Dior and leave the shoes. Or maybe have him borrow Ruth's (his wife) best dress.

 

[Mouse]

I have a (female) friend who's over 6ft and has size 9 feet and she manages to dress herself, so I don't think height is a problem.

 

[Colbey Frost]

Try watching America's next top model or England's next top model... they have been going for seasons, and I notice they bring in designers all the time and say 'the winner of the next task gets to shop for free under xxxx designer' blah blah blah. If you watch these, you will get a good idea of what the fashion looks like and also the names and faces of the designers too.

Disclaimer: my wife watches them.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I've been trawling Yahoo Lifestyle lol and found a Victoria Beckham dress that my hubby says a tranny can wear if they are masochistic enough. (suits Matty perfectly he married his dominatrix when she packed it in to become a solicitor).

Shoes still struggling on but he says he'll put some thought into it.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I've been trawling Yahoo Lifestyle lol and found a Victoria Beckham dress that my hubby says a tranny can wear if they are masochistic enough.

So a woman could wear it if she were masochistic enough, too? I'm pretty sure that doesn't only apply to shoes.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

So a woman could wear it if she were masochistic enough, too? I'm pretty sure that doesn't only apply to shoes.

It's a dress with the back cut out I don't need to tape mine on if I go without a bra. Sometimes the amount of work I put into what will be one line of dialogue makes my eyes roll.

I want his brother to be able to tease him about the designer makes.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

I think most designer clothes (runway kind) require a degree of masochism. But fashion designers are sadists, so it all balances out.

How much work do you suppose went into that one line in "The Devil Wears Prada", where Miranda berates Andrea over her blue sweater and how she thinks fashion had nothing to do with it? Just one line in a movie, but a great deal of thought had to go into it, and it's brilliant -- although I'm with Andrea and prefer to think my thrift store sweaters have nothing to do with the world of designers agonizing over the next "it" color.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Hubby has come up with a beauty. Apparently Killer Heels do shoes big enough. I'm loving the potential for gallows humour at the murder scene with them.

So she's wearing Victoria Beckham dress, Donna Karan coat and Killer Heels. Thinking of adding a scarf rather than a Boa.

 

[jastius]

if you want a classy dress, you get armani or stella mccarthy. if you want a slutty spank me dress you get donnatella versace.
Donna Karan stuff is usually a bit trophy wife soccer mom-ish. Why not a prada coat if you are going military trench or a classic chanel from vintage coco?
Christian Louboutin footwear is just as sinful as jimmy choos but less of a cliche.
speaking of cliche, Ferragamo is like the shoe designer. he takes a cast of the patron's foot and fits the shoe around it so you can walk comfortably.

as for the scarf/ boa, etsy has some nice lacey ones that look like a boa.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I'm sticking with Killer Heels for the shoes. And you've given me a wonderful idea with the coat -- it's his wife's, he's "borrowed" it for his night out and she's not happy. That could make for a wonderful moment fielding a call from his irrate wife.