Monday, August 4, 2008

Ideas

I've had a couple ideas floating around in my head for some time. I have been talking to some friends who are beginning to transition and having some trouble. Specifically, in finding clothes and surgical options. My ideas are thus...

1) An online store that sells clothes to M2Fs and Crossdressers that aren't only fantasy/fetish wear. The thing is, many Trans*women have hard-to-fit bodies and some cuts and styles are going to be more flattering to us. Case in point - hands. There is no way to modify one's hands, and there are different proportions between a typical "male" hand and a "female" hand. So, longer cuffs on the sleeve or even ones that flare out would help camouflage this.

I think it would be cool to have a place that sells clothes in sizes and styles in one spot rather than hunting stores or websites.

2) A kinda international Tranny Consumer Reports for surgical options. Hanging out on various TG support sites, one is bound to run across adds for feminizing surgery or even SRS. They all clam to perform miracles with before and after shots to prove it (sometimes the same photos on different sites). I also know from my own research that some doctors are better at some surgeries than others. Something so very expensive and important as surgeries to allow us to live our lives (more or less) safely should be open to independent reviews so the economically savvy Tranny can get her stuff done by the most able surgeon she can afford.

Any thoughts??

5 comments:

riftgirl said...

Les, a trans man over on YouTube, had an idea for setting up an online clothing exchange for transitioning males and females after he and a trans woman did just that. I thought that was a fabulous idea.

Anonymous said...

rioTgirl,

FYI...I found your blog via RG's.

If you want some first-hand info regarding surgical costs, check out the resources on www.transhouston.com. The site admin (Cristan) is post-op MtF, and I'm sure she'd love to answer any of your questions.

rioTgirl said...

Rift - A friend of mine, who grew her hair out to a style-able length passed down her wig to another friend. She started a thread on a forum about this and planted the seed..

a666o - Welcome to where the cranky gals seem to be. I'll give Cristan a call.

Anonymous said...

rioTgirl,

If you've seen Cristan's number on the site, I think that was with her former employer (she recently quit). But if you join the site, you can send her a private message, and your email addy if you so desire.

Or, if you wish, I'll send you an email (RG can vouch for me...lol) and you can reply and I will forward your inquiry along to Cristan (if you don't wish to go through the hassle of joining TH).

btw...you don't seem cranky to me. But then again, we just met. ;)

Anonymous said...

Ooops...no link to your email on your page. The offer still stands though (alpha666omega2002 at the ya of hoo).