Early crossdressing/femdom experiences

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Hi, first post, new user.  

Are there any threads that involve people sharing how they got into crossdressing, early moments of recognition that you felt a strange, irresistible pull to being a submissive, wearing girl clothes, etc?  I'm thinking of having these confusing feelings long before you would've been exposed to media depicting such things.  I didn't see one, so I'm starting one 😊

I recall being a 4-5 yo and seeing an episode of He-Man, (The House of Shokoti, part 2), where the undeniably sexy villainess Shokoti overpowers He-Man and Ram Man through dark magic, and restrains them lying down on a stone bed.  They are helpless against her, strapped down, unable to resist her powers.  I remember feeling excited by this, but was of course unable to understand the feeling.  No feminization of course, but a powerful female subduing men was arousing.

Other cartoon female villains from that era also made me feel funny, and I was attracted to them (Evil-Lyn, and the Baroness in the GIJoe series). Definite fem-dom mistress vibes in these characters, I'd say.

I also recall having a He-Man coloring book that depicted She-Ra, and I wanted to color her clothing in pink and purple, but found the idea strangely exciting, and I couldn't do it.  I tried to ask my mother to color her in for me, and she didn't understand why I couldn't. (I don't either, to this day).

Other than that I recall staring at the JC Penny and Dayton's catalogs women's and girl's clothing sections, especially the stockings and hosiery pages, with strange feeling of longing.  Trips to the mall and department stores where I could get a glimpse of the hosiery section while shopping with my mom also filled me with longing. There was no way I could enter those sections it seemed, without shame and embarrassment, but I REALLY wanted to, so badly.

It took years until I finally was able to acquire my own articles of female clothing, and mostly through high-risk ventures into my friends' sister's or mother's room when opportunity presented itself.  A quick opening of dresser drawers and selecting a pair of pantyhose or stockings to take home, while pretending to go to the bathroom, led to a small stockpile of these forbidden items through my late-preteen and early teen years.  Excitement overruled any clear thinking during this period, and thankfully I was never caught.

My exploration took off in my mid teens when my housing situation with my single mother led us to stay in a roommate situation in a home owned by another woman.  I recall discovering a large plastic bag in her basement filled with old pantyhose, and from then on I was hooked.  When both women were gone, I would enter her room (I had little interest in my mother's clothing) and started to explore putting together full outfits.  Skirts, dresses, stockings, heels, sweaters, bras, etc.  

I don't know why I suddenly felt the need to go all the way.  I couldn't help myself.  One item led to another, and I was now fully dressed up. Maybe since now it was available to me?  Regardless, the excitement and pleasure created by such complete dress-up sessions was off the charts.  No going back from there.  

A couple years later I found myself with access to the bedrooms of two teenage girls for full days with no one else in the home; one my age and another a bit older.  Now I could dress up in cute and sexy clothes that were made for females in my age group.  One of them even had a bob wig!  For a month or so, I was in heaven.  Never again did such an opportunity come my way, but a lifelong fetish had taken root now.  

I imagine many guys who started to cross dress in their youth have similar stories.  Feel free to share!
(This post was last modified: 14 Jan 2025, 00:18 by Angela_Angora.)
Welcome.
I started getting into it in the mid 60 with a leather and corduroy dress that my mom had.
Then it was jumpsuits and sweats.
From there, I started to collect more at second hand stores.
It was so fun shopping and all.
I love it.
Welcome and thank you for sharing your story! it is always nice to hear/read others experiences, I wish I had the same gift for storytelling to share mine.

(13 Jan 2025, 20:57 )Angela_Angora Wrote: No going back from there.
Ah yes, I know that emotion a little too well. One of my earliest memories is trying on an animal print dress and some pleated midi skirts, immediately after wearing them I felt compelled to complete my outfit with blouses, shoes, bras, pantyhose, jewelry and anything else within reach.

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(14 Jan 2025, 06:57 )PurpleVibes Wrote: Welcome and thank you for sharing your story! it is always nice to hear/read others experiences, I wish I had the same gift for storytelling to share mine.

(13 Jan 2025, 20:57 )Angela_Angora Wrote: No going back from there.
Ah yes, I know that emotion a little too well. One of my earliest memories is trying on an animal print dress and some pleated midi skirts, immediately after wearing them I felt compelled to complete my outfit with blouses, shoes, bras, pantyhose, jewelry and anything else within reach.

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing!  My college education was in creative writing, so that helps a bit when putting together a post 😊

A detail that I forgot to add was right around the time I was starting to dress up all the way, I was going to the local library and "removing" issues of Cosmo to bring home and obsess over.  This was the early 90s supermodel era, so the women in those pages were gorgeous and dressed very sexy.  It probably influenced my desire to put on more clothing, and imagine I was one of them.  Very exciting, I recall.

I think the first time I dressed up all the way I was trying to approximate the sexy school girl look from the film "Clueless," and the best I could do from the wardrobe of a grown woman was a navy blue blazer, plaid pleated skirt (I had to roll the waist a few times to raise the hem to mid-thigh), white cashmere turtleneck sweater, white satin bra, white pantyhose, navy nylon trouser socks, and shiny black dress shoes with a low heel (she didn't have any heels above 3", as far as I could find). The result was very exciting, since I looked like a real girl. Return trips to her closet and wardrobe were usually variations on this theme.
(This post was last modified: 14 Jan 2025, 13:35 by Angela_Angora.)
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