Going back with the new

 After all the excitement of the last few weeks we return to more regular things on this rapidly improving blog.

The origins of this whole thing go back a long time, decades actually and that period was generally different to today as while challenges still exist for some, there is more toleration and acceptance of variant dressing than there was when I was growing up.

It also is the case it is easier to find and order things, literally a few keystrokes and mouse clicks away than back then too.

Early exploration as ever started with what was at hand and living on the big chest in Mum's room was a Royal Stewart longish kilt skirt that I rather took a shine to in those early days of dressing more feminine.

In a nod to last weeks post this is more in mini  as in Mini skirt territory.

Recently I bought this which was very similar which fits a treat that when matched with either white tights or girls socks looks so much like that child like me wearing for the first time a skirt!

It just feels fantastic to be back to then as a little sissy gurl in the innocence of that time after all the stuff I've faced this year.

The Plaid Appeal

For a very long time plaid designs had a hold on me from the tins of shortbread biscuits whose contents I devoured as a boy to Scottish Regimental soldiers in kilts via the sensational Bay City Rollers pop group I loved as a young boy.

Perhaps that's where that liking for plaid skirts and matching clan ties came in and my mum did have ladies kilt skirts that I sometimes would try on as I wasn't much for all the ceremonial things associated with the male kilt but did like skirts.

I almost bought one back in 1984 from the Giroscope magazine the bank National Girobank had.

Tartan mania

 I have this mania for short tartan skirts which no dooubt is yet another part of my  inner girl's loves having something of a crush on tartan back then.

The finish is really lovely and having an elasticated waist band is a perfect fit working well with black tights and shoes.