Laundry Day

I was working on another review which I had hoped to put up this week but work has been a bit crazy and I actually had to rewatch the programme I was meant to be reviewing since I originally saw it a few months back and needed a refresh. 

Instead I thought I would put up another caption and this week I have coincidentally been going through a lot of my old captions in particular those featuring Ember Montoya, my witchy character. This was mainly because I have another one in mind to do featuring her and this time in the guise of a matchmaker. I've given Ember a number of jobs over the years and in fact the caption below was part of a Witch for Hire caption offer in which participants could hire Ember to do a job for them...or perhaps they would be the job themselves. I particularly love the last line in this one. 

This was originally created for SP2000 on Rachel's Haven. 

Laundry Day (2015)

 

My Week #10

 As we in the UK enter lockdown for the second time I was able to get one last clothes shop in and bought a new dress from a charity shop partly because I decided I need some more colours in my wardrobe other than black and blue. Ok, so it's still blue but a lighter blue and with some red flowers all over it. Probably a bit too late for such a summery dress but I wore it last weekend and it was rather nice. 

One slightly odd thing I've been thinking this week is about taking a course in fashion. I did do fashion briefly as part of a BTEC course in art I did back in college over 20 years ago and I approached it rather gingerly and I do wonder whether I was repressing something back then. Maybe if I had taken more of an interest it may have helped me but I think I was just too young at the time. The main part I did though was to write a brief history of fashion and I really enjoyed researching it and looking into it all. I'm only thinking about doing a brief online course though, perhaps leaning more towards a history of fashion rather than the design part. Designing would be an interesting thing though but I doubt I would be that good at it or even know what I'm trying to do. Maybe it's just this little fantasy I have of wanting to be a fashionista type girl or to have that kind of persona. Anyway, that's just something that's cropped up this week. 

To round off, it's been quite hard to escape the ongoing US election this week and while I haven't really got any US election themed captions, I did do a UK one back in 2015 and it's always been one of my favourites perhaps because it involves a 'he'll become what he hates' scenario. 

This was created for the April 2015 caption contest on Rachel's Haven with the theme of The Backfire. 

Tory Girl (2015)

Halloween 2020

Well it's coming up to Halloween now and although it's not something I'm often involved in that much I did have a party to go to this year which unfortunately looks like it will now be cancelled due to the new COVID restrictions and the rule of six. 

There was of course the issue of a costume and I did look for something much like the caption I'm going to post below but then I was able to find a costume that I coveted quite a few years ago, perhaps over 10 years. It was a 'gangster's moll' costume which was basically a pinstripe dress and pink neckerchief. Hopefully I will get to do it at some point in the future but I had started to really look forward to it. I didn't even buy it in the end so I can't do a bit of dressing up just to see what it's like. 

Anyway, for Halloween here's a devilish caption and this, I think, is one of my favourites possibly of all the ones I've done. I really enjoyed the dialogue between the girl and the devil and how she's starting to the enjoy the idea of being wicked. 

This is from the Haven's October 2018 caption contest. 

The Devil's Cheerleaders (2018)

 

The Week in Crossdressing #5

I have a couple of things to add this week. 

Firstly, I was able to get a skirt fixed for cosplay. I was a bit nervous as it's a bespoke garment but it seems to be fine now. I just need a couple more items including some shoes and I'll be able to wear it somewhere once conventions start up again. I have thought about getting some photographs done but right now they just end up being very poorly lit ones in my house unless I can sort out something else. I have also thought about getting some more professional ones done but I feel a bit sheepish about it because of the way I look which I think is mainly the hair and make-up aspect of it. It's like I would almost feel bad about wasting someone's time. 

Last weekend I went out for a walk to a local park which I often do especially in my lunch hour while working from home just to get some exercise. Most times I'm dressed when I do so as I still enjoy dressing while working from home (winter leggings and thermal tights have been brilliant at the time of year, by the way) and this day I was wearing a black and white flowery dress, bright blue tights and knee length black boots plus a long black coat. Walking down the road I suddenly heard a screech of tyres and someone shout out "Is that a geezer?". Needless to say, I sped up quite a bit to get home. Apologies for sharing such a brief incident but I thought it would be interesting. At least I was convincing in some aspects I guess and I wonder if it would have been better with a wig. 

One more thing which shows the flip side of crossdressing, I watched Theatre of Blood this week which is a horror movie from 1973 starring the legendary Vincent Price and the wonderful Dame Diana Rigg who passed away recently. Rigg was a fashion icon in her own right back in the 1960s when she took on her most famous role, that of Emma Peel in spy series The Avengers. The plot sees Price as an actor who takes revenge on the circle of critics that denied him an award by killing them in a variety of ways from the works of Shakespeare. Rigg takes on the role of the dutiful daughter who joins him in his criminal enterprise along with a gang of meth addicts. 

So why am I telling you this? Does the master of horror don a dress? Well no not really although he does have a number of disguises but it's Diana Rigg who spends a great deal of the film clad in a curly wig, moustache and sunglasses and male drag as Price's accomplice. While I did mention the cross dressing killer trope a few weeks ago there isn't really a fetish element to this and it's more for a disguise than anything else. Rigg also has a few scenes clad in a lovely white top, skirt and go-go boots. The film is presently on Amazon Prime and if you are partial to some horror then I would definitely recommend it. 

Pink Library #11: Trans-Hypnosis

This is quite a sweet story I've found over at The Changing Mirror which involves a cis woman being hypnotised into believing she is trans in order to experience what it's like. 

Trans-Hypnosis by PilsburyDoughZoe

I've read a few of Zoe's stories over there and they are always interesting. Unlike most transformation stories, we don't see revenge being taken on a despicable human being but actually a willing protagonist and one that actually knows what is happening to her and has chosen that course of action for herself. As she experiences her new life she goes through the highs and lows and it's also interesting how she looks at herself; seeing masculine qualities that just aren't there.  

It's quite a short tale and it would be nice to see a longer take on Zoe's life as a transwoman and how it ultimately affects her.

Rats and Ruffles

Nothing much has been happening recently but I have got another new wig. Black hair again this time with redder highlights. I have seen a nice few dresses recently but nothing I'm that interested in at the moment. 

I'm hoping to start up with some caps again soon as I've managed to get a new laptop and everything should be sorted out now. Although I have managed the odd one or two I've missed doing them and as ever I've had a lot of ideas for things I want to write about and not the time to sit down and properly do them justice. As such I'm afraid things are a bit thin on the ground this week but I have got a couple of things for you. 

I spotted an article in Esquire the other day about ruffles coming back in fashion for men, certainly shirt-wise, in these more genderfluid times and it does seem to make sense. While the article mentions spotty teens at proms in the 1970s, I can't help but think of Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor who was rarely seen without a ruffled shirt and smoking jacket. I doubt it's something I would be interested in though except on a skirt. 

Article: Real Men Wear Ruffles by Murray Clark

As it's the Halloween month, I have some suitably spooky captions from my back catalogue I may put up. This is one of my lesser seen ones and was created as part of Rachel's Haven's caption contest for March 2016 which had Initiation Ceremony as the theme. Not exactly horror based but I know but I thought it would fit ok. 

The Loyal Order of Mouse Rats (2016)

Silver Steel

 As I still try to get back to normal, this week I thought I would post another caption. 

As James Bond's latest adventure No Time To Die has been delayed again I thought you all might enjoy some Bond themed Role Exchanger action. 

This caption was created for RMP42661 over at Rachels Haven. 

Silver Steel (2015)