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If you feel really exposed, especially in really short skirts, you can always wear legging shorts or something like that under it. Or, if youve ever heard of rompers(?), you can get romper style skirts. My shortest skirt is like that.

Rompers are a dress/skirt style where instead of it being fully open it has legholes and extra fabric to make kinda like their own shorts in them. Theyre great for not feeling wide open like that!

Only problem is, if you get a romper dress, you have to take the whole thing off basically to BIO but hey thats life for us girls 😂

Thank you for sharing, you have come to the right place! Skirts and dresses definitely feel more exposed than pants for sure. You are so used to that extra fabric right up against your back side. Now the air can freely flow, it almost feels like you're naked. There is definitely a learning curve to it, and if you like the way you look you'll get used to it.

I felt the same way when I donned my first skirt, but as soon as I looked in the mirror I stopped caring. Now it's all about not accidentally flashing people (just my wife for now but still). Learning to fold my skirt underneath me when sitting was step one. Learning to bend at the knees, legs together, back straight was step two. If there's a step three, I haven't learned it yet.

That being said, you don't have to wear skirts or dresses to be feminine. There are tons of options, what's right for me doesn't have to be what's right for you. My wife is a horse girl, all jeans or sweats, tee shirts, hoodies. Doesn't like jewelry, doesn't do makeup. I'm the girly one in our relationship and that's fine. Do what makes you happy, your happiness is all that matters.

Feel free to drop by anytime. We will be here, excited to hear how things are going and to answer any questions you may have!

Hi, nice to meet you!❤️ First, it's a lot better to ramble than to stay quiet (source: I am/was a long time lurker).

It's completely understandable to feel exposed with short dresses or skirts. You don't need to throw it out just yet, just give it a while and see how your feelings evolve. It's also fine to have clothes you only wear at home. If you don't feel comfortable with it either way, that's fine too! You don't have to like everything or fit a cliché.

Though I'm talking with barely any experience myself (31, pre-hrt). I had sleeping dresses since I was about 13. Recently got my first non-sleeping dresses and... Well, I shared your feelings of being exposed. "This can't be that short, right?!", though it was barely any shorter than my sleeping dresses. Starting to go outside with the dress that I felt most comfortable with, first, felt like a smart choice. Can't wait to get my hands on some skirts!

I hope the longer one feels better for you! I personally enjoy maxi skirts sooo much more (with the occasional midi) than shorter styles. Maxi skirts flow so elegantly, and there's so many different styles! I love tiered ones the most 🩷 They also come with the benefit of less hair maintenance. I've had my legs lasered, but there's a few hairs that grow in occasionally that I still need to trim; with a maxi skirt, you don't need to worry so much during any lazy phases! It's also just the best feeling when people approach me and describe my style as elegant and ethereal, or when children shyly say I look like a princess 🥺

Hello fellow rambler!!

I’ve done a lot of experimenting, and have also moved away from short skirts for the time being. I do like my legs and low key like showing them off, but I’ve found the skirts that do that just don’t feel right, though I did like them last summer. The solution has been shorts! Specifically jorts. I have incredibly long legs, so finding pants that are long enough, and skirts just the right length is rare. Jorts have solved this two fold. I can now buy pants and not care about the length with the intention of cutting them. I also now have WAY more luck thrifting and avoiding buying new. Trying to find pants long enough for me in a thrift store is my white wale, but with jorts I’m just looking for waist/butt/thigh fit. This also gives me ideas of pants to keep and eye out for that I know fit in the waste and could extend with other cut up jeans.

I think in the end it’s a standards things. Like I think I kind of know what looks good, and shows off parts of my body I like. Something needs to fit just right for me to keep it. I have to accept that my body, in MANY ways, is not really accounted for in a lot of clothing, so new items need to be REALLY good or easily modified. Like I’ve held onto a few skirts I’ll modify eventually.

I hope you like the flow-y one! I have a wrap dress that goes to just above my ankle and I absolutely adore how I look in it! I’m also (freshly) 30 and always love chatting fashion and swapping brand recs and such. Hit me up sometime!