FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

Dear readers of Franziska's out and about blog! Franziska has recently set up an Instagram account and welcomes you to connect to her. So far, there is little to see, but I will make use of this account to announce every new posting from this blog with one selected picture. But who knows where these opportunities lead to: instant  (ha ha ha) photo sharing, reels of Franzi in motion, or live coverage from my days out and about. I am looking forward to this new crossdressing dimension and to hearing from you about it.

You might remember my trip to Cologne in 2023 and my posting from 09.02.2024, in which I report about the purchase of a cute pair of shorts. On CDH, I posted the question ““Who says that you cannot wear cute shorts as a 6 feet tall crossdresser in your upper 50s?” ( LINK ), to which I received some encouraging comments.   Now, this is the day I was looking forward to, to wear them out. It was almost mid-July 2023 and it was very warm in Frankfurt. I hear from other crossdressers that they dread the summer months (or even adjourn to crossdress), as they deem them to be too warm to go out en femme. I disagree. Just wear the right things, as any CIS girl does. You do not have to wear nylons to be feminine and you don’t have to strut around in high heels, if they do not go well with your skimpy daytime summer outfit. There will be three postings to cover this day: late morning, afternoon, and evening, wherein the first two will feature this summer outfit of white satin shirt, jean shor...

Yesterday evening, I accompanied my wife to an event. It is not unusual that she is invited to certain societal events in Frankfurt, due to the nature of her work and the position she has. And I go along whenever I can (in drab of course), sort of as the pretty accompaniment that you often see alongside successful corporate managers. What’s in it for me? It tends to be an interesting mix of good food, good drinks, and some culture, sometimes a good conversation with an interesting individual. But the event yesterday, described as  a “marketing platform and meeting place for opinion makers” was very tough on me.  Out of the, say, 300 participants (about 50:50 men and women) 80% of the men wore dark suits, to which most of those below 50 years of age wore white sneakers, and the others – such as me – wore dark business shoes. Amongst the female participants, 80% (including my wife) wore the cutest of cocktail dresses and high heels, strutting and flaunting about the room, to the...

We are still in the retrospective mode here, looking at June 2018. I want to build some tension for the newer stuff from the second half of 2023, to follow in a couple of weeks. And we are still in this period of my life where I worked and lived elsewhere during the week, allowing me to enjoy more frequent but shorter outings on weeknights. Portraits of the evening A very cute dress that I bought this evening, which I still own, but which I unfortunately very rarely wear. And black sandals go with almost anything, as most of you know. That is the post title subject. I love this dress and I try to wear it at least once every summer. The last time you have seen it, was during my 2023 weekend trip to Cologne, which of course was years after this occasion here in 2018. And guess what, in this city they had a large department store (and still have, which is not a given in many cities), and guess again, that store had (and still has) sort of a Champagne bar. And as we all know, Franzi is mag...