Elegant

Great pumps, I like their classic look and would fancy a pair myself, in EU43. Where'd you get them - in PL or abroad? The skirts seems too short and the panties are visible in 1st pic, though.

Great pics, I liked 4th one the most. You wear your red dress / skirt in a very classy way - I love accessories and colour matching!

Hepatitis

Very unique and classy compared to the average dressed man or woman. You look very cool and it's no wonder that you attract attention on the street like you've just walked out of a Jean Paul Gautier photo shoot.

Do you wear that outfit during the summer because I'd assume that it would be very hot in all that leather.

Thanks

Summer? No... unless it's 20 or so degrees Celcius, or I'm at Castle Party. But generally, it's a spring/fall look .

BTW, as for Jean Paul Gaultier - I find his work for Hermes very inspiring

Thanks for the comments - these boots have 4" heels and it's a bit difficult to walk in them for me, I get sore feet too soon . BTW Mike - I've complimented you on that outfit a while ago

Some pics from a session:

I answer the door. High heels, skirt, corset and all. Mike

Good to read that - nice and courageous of you

Right - I may not go out in heels too often, but when I do, I'll post. Stay tuned

I thought it might be a fun idea to finally start a 'personal' thread - there have been some outings in October

First, I went to some shops at the beginning of the month. Nothing big, really - but I wore my leather suit and cowboy boots with spurs, got on my "Flying Dutchwoman" [ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JWwOjjlwXMI/TLPLXnDyTVI/AAAAAAAABVQ/KzfyAmVruPU/s1600/rowery-1.jpg - it's a did-it-myself modified Dutch bike, I still tweak and hot-rod it, and got a lot of compliments ] and went to the city for experimenting a bit with fashion. I also picked my new custom-made leather top hat [see below] from a seamstress . Reactions were various: from laughs from alpha males and indoctrinated girlies, to compliments from some more intelligent and creative people. I just love going to leatherwear shops in my outfits, trying things on and seeing how they fit and match

Second outing - I arranged a meeting with a fellow photographer, who needed a pic for a book her girlfriend is writing about various non-conventional people [for that, I've been interviewed some months ago ]. She took me to her place and we did my make-up together, then we went for shooting in a haste, because the sun was about to go down. It was a splendid photoshoot in three places - I've got to pick up a CD with the results yet, and perhaps I'll post some of them. I wore my suit & tie, 3" oxfords and [later] square-toe ankle boots with 4" blade heels, a hat with a veil and a long leather coat. I previewed some pics on the camera, and was very satisfied - I can't wait till I see them on my screen

Third outing, the major one - on Thursday one-and-half-a-week-ago there was an opening of Lodz Design Festival. I've been installing exhibition lighting for two weeks prior to that - it's my regular order, usually twice a year, for Lodz Design Festival in October, and Photofestival in May. Working with fantastic and open-minded people, absolutely no hatred/prejudice/etc., in a great post-industrial space . On Thursday, I was working till 3 p.m., then I came back home, had a bath, dressed up and went to Lodz Art Center. I wore a leather suit with tight pants, cowboy boots with spurs, a white shirt, elbow-length gloves, a did-it-myself leather bow tie and pocket square, my new top hat, a cane and a fake fur jacket . First part was visiting exhibitions at LAC, second - a banquet in a club. Many, many compliments and positive reactions, some nice conversations in Polish and English . It was definitely a great time!

I went to sleep in LAC, because it was not far away from Technical University of Lodz, and I wanted to go to classes without coming back home. So I did; I didn't spend a lot of time at university because the only thing I had was a short talk with my promoter about the research I'll do for my MSc thesis. It ended sooner than I expected, and I was off duty. I went back to Lodz Art Center, waited for a while and went to what I wanted to see - Off: Out of Schedule shows at Polish Fashion Week. Three shows [two "traditional catwalk" ones and one film], I had my camera ready and took some pics I haven't processed yet. I went as I were a day before, with fingerless gloves instead of elbow-length ones. Many, many compliments, some people taking pics of me after asking for consent [alpha males don't do that ], I gave two interviews despite clearly stating that I'm no fashion expert. I'm searching for people's pics of me that day, and found two: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluffyco/5093472667/sizes/o/in/photostream/ and http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AesSy4fyOBI/TLrG9uATO3I/AAAAAAAAADU/KdSCq-R2ZtI/s1600/DSC_1014.jpg .

After the shows, I had quite a lot of time to spare, so I went to some shops [a milliner's one - I'm keen on getting a veil for my hat, but it's a difficult thing to get , a thrift store I visit every week, and a leather seamstress I'm friends with]. Then, I went to a cafe because Lodz Cycle Chic http://lodzcyclechic.blogspot.com celebrated their 2nd birthday, and as a movement's enthusiast, I had to be there . We started with a slideshow, then we got on our bikes [ca. 20 - 30 people ] and went to Museum of Arts for movie projection. After all that, I went home, on my bike, fully dressed and definitely too extravagant for most inhabitants . Some youngsters heckled me, but generally I shrugged that off. I had a pepper gas spray in case of anything, BTW.

Whoa, I'd date these girls to the left

d) Wish to BE A WOMAN - then you are 'transgendered' or 'transexual'.

...and while the former focuses on living in a society as a woman, the latter is about dissonance between anatomy/physiology [biological sex] and identity.

BTW, there are quite a lot of other options, like androgynous, bi-gendered, neutrois etc.

http://thewiktordiet.tumblr.com/

Wiktor is a well-travelled Swedish model with a thing for leather, fur, jewellery and sometimes high heels. Very inspiring and worth taking a look, IMO.

Cool dresses and shoes but, like you said, they should have had a skilled model wear it. It's quite dangerous. Oh, and the 'siamese twins' could have worn a mono-boot binding their legs as well

Platforms? That seems a bit too difficult and risky to me... unless the bike's bottom bracket is quite high. When I ride, it's easier for me to keep pedals right next to heels, instead of under the ball of the feet.

Ooooooh, that's so very chic! I adore esp. SpikeMike's outfit. Leather tuxedo jacket, nice-looking boots with spurs and a skirt - great style and definitely my thing. SM's oxfords are stylish too - they'd go great with said jacket, leather pants and a bow-tie... or, at least, it's one of my dream outfits, and I know this dream will come true someday. Mike, where'd you get that jacket?

I'm all for he "cycle chic" phenomenon; riding in heels is nothing extraordinary/strange etc., and I do that too. For me, bike is a means of transport, not a recreational/sports equipment. I've got a classic Dutch one with some of my amenities, such as battery/dynamo power for lights, alarm and indicators [but I still use traditional hand signalling].

How it's done in Copenhagen:

http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/

...and how in my city, Lodz:

http://lodzcyclechic.blogspot.com

Perhaps I'll find some pics of me on my bike somewhere on the web - if I do, I'll post them

Check out http://daniellismore.blogspot.com/2010/10/pop-cairoreturn-by-adam-broomberg-and.html for some excellent outfits and freestyling ideas!

Great boots! Very stylish, and definitely not tarty.

Animal

Yes, I for one would love to see your pictures of high heels. I am an admirer of women wearing heels. I believe heels were design for women, therefore heels look better on women.

Shall your belief be shattered by empirical evidence

Got some; we met in real life once or twice, but talk online because they live too far away..

That's a very stylish pair, I like them and would fancy a pair myself

Great collection; I'm jealous about your oxfords, witch heels, boots and T-straps . As for all black - I also don't have any non-black footwear.

Nice and classy collection, I like it!

Cat owners? No such thing. People can be merely cats' property