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How to look more masculine

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by Asexual Pirate, Jul 25, 2016.

  1. Asexual Pirate

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    So I've been feeling uncomfortable with my gender recently. I've always identified as androgyne as my personality is comprised of both strong feminine and strong masculine straights. However, my body/wardrobe presents as a cis female. I am overweight with wide hips, broad shoulders, and a DD cup. I also love wearing skirts (more like I hate wearing pants) and my long hair. I want to look more masculine/androgynous but I'm not sure how to bridge my obviously feminine body with my style preferences.

    Any suggestions? How do you guys wear clothes/hair/makeup to present non-binary identities?
     
  2. RyeTheDauphin

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    I started a thread asking a similar question a while ago, and the advice I got worked really well for me. Link's here.

    I also found it helpful to make a Pinterest board to find clothing styles I liked. As for my style, at the moment I basically have two modes: 'dapper lad' style with a nice button down, a casual suit jacket, black brogues and a comfortable pair of presentable trousers or jeans, and an amorphous blob of long T-shirts, sweaters to conceal my chest and cargo pants.
    Someone also suggested to me to wear a white tank top with a flannel shirt over the top, and I absolutely loved it - it was so comfortable and so sharp for me.
    As for the hair, I used to just tie it up in a tight bun and slick it down with gel so that it creates a part on one side. It isn't perfect, but it can look really masculine from the front and it worked well for me for a long time.
    So yeah, just find some stuff you like and go wild! Good luck! :slight_smile:
     
  3. Asexual Pirate

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    Thanks for the info!