tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876382935767131098.post5401808201481313749..comments2023-03-25T11:06:38.957-04:00Comments on Queering the Line: The Gender Queer Clothing ConundrumSumner McRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949172226210854688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876382935767131098.post-71117847473362964592012-10-22T23:17:57.778-04:002012-10-22T23:17:57.778-04:00Lauren - H&M extra small is my saving grace. ...Lauren - H&M extra small is my saving grace. Also thank god for Levi's skinny jeans... Working on the confidence part, but I think you're definitely right about it. I've got an idea for another post on that. <br /><br />Carol - The wine skippage may have been an oversight but stuff like that happens to me all the time - lots of people perceive me as a teenage boy... So even when it may not be the case, I tend to assume that's what's happening. I should try looking at junior boys' shoes. I'm right on the cusp of fitting into the smallest men's size available, but can't always find them. Good to see you as well! Wish we were still there!Sumner McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949172226210854688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876382935767131098.post-50301627242406690172012-10-22T18:55:06.203-04:002012-10-22T18:55:06.203-04:00A couple of thoughts:
1. I was at that wedding an...A couple of thoughts:<br />1. I was at that wedding and was also skipped completely for the wine. Being 56 with grey hair (albeit very short grey hair) I don't think they could have mistaken me for being under age! In my case it was just an oversight - maybe it was in yours as well? <br />2. Have you tried looking for junior boys shoes? Not sure what size you wear, but there have to be males out there with your shoe size. <br />Great seeing you there!!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14860430341545523001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876382935767131098.post-34614136107893215342012-10-15T23:01:07.034-04:002012-10-15T23:01:07.034-04:00re: clothing - buy online, or at European-y retail...re: clothing - buy online, or at European-y retailers like H&M. H&M makes clothes slimmer and smaller. Gap men's XS is perfect on my frame (or was before I started law school...), but I'm bigger than you. My primary problem is pants - I have hips, and I have thighs - I tell myself the thighs are from biking, but they may also be from law school as well.<br /><br />I don't know what size your feet are, but mine are a 10.5(w)/8.5(m). I have a lot of luck with DSW's clearance room, where I find fancy, fancy men's shoes in my size 70% off. And again, the online has a lot to offer. But most only go as low as 7.5.<br /><br />re: age, the key is confidence. I have terrible posture generally, but if I'm out at an event where I think someone (especially waitstaff) may mix me up as a man or a kid, I try to sit like I own the table and know everyone. Not boisterous, per se, but as though it's my table and I'm letting other people sit there. Not, like, with words, of course. If I seem in charge or if other people are treating me as though I'm not out of place, then waitstaff generally treat me like I belong, too. In fact, I don't drink, and my problem is that they'll fill my glass even if I leave it overturned and next to the table's centerpiece.<br /><br />Also fun fact: the only place I've ever been sir'd is Chicago and its suburbs. I attribute that to servicepeople and ladies in line for the bathroom wanting you to know they know they're right and you haven't confused them; in Minnesota, I think they want you to know they don't get into other people's business no matter how many things they want to say to you right this minute so they just say, "Hi."Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983046061562048220noreply@blogger.com