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[Pythos]

I really like reading about people's outings. It is nice to hear that others are experiencing success (something I used to, but lately not so much), in wearing what they want with pride.

However, it is also really nice to get an idea of the outfit worn (style of skirt, Legwear? shirt, shoes), along with other people's reactions.

I personally would like these details because I consider it a form of encouragement. I know my friends like my style, but it is disconcerting when they themselves always wear really drab outfits, when I am dressed in some sleek, shiny, or flowing outfit. As funny as it sounds I feel over dressed (which in some cases I am indeed, more equivalent to wearing a business suit to a beer party.)

Recently I went to a movie night at my new friend's house. I put on my leather skirt, (two inches above the knee), gray pull over long sleeved shirt, suntan hose, and a black leather jacket, for shoes I wore my tall flat soled boots (combat). The look was masculine (if that can be said for a skirted outfit). Then I discovered the female member of our group was dropping out. I ended up riding in the passenger seat of my roomate with her husband. Guess what he was wearing....jeans. On our way there he stated about the movie being outside, and how cold he might get, and then said I was probably would not be, to which I stated "er, I'm in a skirt, you got jeans on, I think I may get colder." he then said, "yea, but you got leggings on they keep you warm", and I had to correct him about what I was in fact wearing "actually I am wearing pantyhose, leggings are opaque enough to wear as pants, if I wore these as pants, I would get arrested for indecent exposure, these just provide a very little bit of insulation from cold" He then said that one day he should try a skirt...after losing a few pounds. When we showed up both male and female attendants at the party were wearing JEANS. This made me feel over dressed.

People liked my outfit, though one had to double take on my legs cause they themselves hate pantyhose, and therefore couldn't understand how I could wear them. I just said that I found them comfortable. (the girl is very overweight so most likely gets the wrong hose for her build). The movies old awful B movies so it was very much like mystery science theater live. We had fun. The outfit was not in the least bit cold, even my legs. My roommate though? He got cold. That is funny.

Well, anyhow, a humble request, when posting about your experiences can you include such easy details. It could serve to encourage others to go out and try. Don't lie or embellish, just say how it went, and what your wore, and if someone else is seen wearing something "unusual" then by all means describe it.

Thanks for reading.

[Charlie]

You're right Pythos, it is useful to have some sartorial details. For instance, the only time I received, or over heard more than one negative comment in a day was when I wore a black sarong with Chinese characters on it, and a red tee shirt. This was back in the early days of skirting, so perhaps I wasn't appearing to be as confident as I should have. Anyway, I haven't worn that particular combination since.
Continuing the skirts = cold fallacy, last winter I was out with my wife one Saturday morning. She wore a coat, knee-length denim skirt, tights and suede boots. I wore a coat, denim kilt, tights and knee-high woolen socks - and shoes. So we were similarly attired.
We bumped into a friend, who asked if I was cold - no thought to my wife. We wondered afterwards why he should think I was cold simply because I wasn't wearing trousers. Incidentally, that was the only skirt-related comment that day - and I was toasty warm .

Charlie

[Steve]

Based on the timing, I feel this post was at least inspired by my most recent thread. I posted some details there.