RANSVESTIA

To convince me, they told me I would be a very lovely toreador with tight pants, silk and lace blouse and a black velvet hat. I admitted they had a point there, and I added it would be fun if I wore a dark founda- tion, heavy eyebrows and a little moustache. The idea sounded great

to me.

But I thought of the boy accompanying me to the dance. Would he agree to be a girl for a night?-As he was the brother of one of us, the girl told us not to worry about it, she would take care of it and persuade him to accept. One of the girls owned a black wig and agreed to lend it to him for the event. Another one, who was a beautician, said she would look after his makeup. We had to find him a dress. One girl said her mother had a party dress looking like a Spanish dancer's gown and that it would certainly fit him without any major alterations.

The following weeks were filled with our thoughts, talks, and plans for the ball.

We had other meetings during which we made reports on the situa- tion. The beautician easily found the nurse's and doctor's uniform from the man who supplied the uniforms to the place where she worked. The "saloon girl" went with her boy friend to a costume rental store where they easily found what they needed.

As for myself, I knew I could not go to such a place to rent a male costume because I knew none would fit me. I explained the whole thing to my dressmaker and she said that she would be able to make the costume for me and give me a better fit than with a rented garment. She started to work on it and I went to her place to try it on. She was a pretty good designer besides her skill at sewing and the result was marvelous. I felt wonderful in it. The white silk blouse had lots of lace in the front and at the wrists. The little coat and the pants were of black velvet with golden embroidery. The pants fitted tightly on me. I had my best girdle on so my hips did not show too much and I had a nice slim shape.

The only missing things were the hat and the shoes. I went to the rental store and found a black velvet toreador hat. I borrowed black shoes from my brother. I combed my hair and fastened it on top of my head so it disappeared completely under my hat.

I invited some of the girls to my house to show them my costume. All said I was a pretty toreador and that I would be the favorite dancer

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