I am a significant other who has been married for almost 40 years. We have two daughters, both grown. I have known about my husband's crossdressing since 1987. At that time one daughter was in college; the other in high school. When my husband first told me about his crossdressing, my reaction was, "Are you gay?" (And I never knew!!). He said "No, I just like to dress like a woman." My second question was, "Do you want to be a woman?" Again, he said, "No, I just want to dress like a woman." So began many conversations between us. I was, as most SO's are, bewildered, puzzled, embarrassed, and most of all terrified as I did not know what this meant. I did not know if my husband was out of control. I couldn't sleep, and I got sick! I told him I could not go on this way and he promised that he would do nothing without my permission. That helped me to regain a semblance of my life, and I was able to sleep without worrying that he was going to go out gallivanting when I was asleep.
Louise Brooks is one the most famous fashion icons of the 20th century and of the 1920s. You may not know her name, but you will know her face. Her distinctive black helmet like bob cut hair often worn with bangs or a fringe as we would call the curtain of hair today was her trademark.
The silent camera loved her freckled pale face and the dramatic physical features of her head were well suited to movies made only in black and white. Likewise Louise Brooks suited silent films best, as one look from her could convey more than a thousand words. Louise Brooks made only one talkie.
It is Christian Dior who was reputed to have said "Without foundation there can be no fashion." Perhaps he could equally have suggested that without 'fashion' there would be no need of foundations!
For without womens' (and mens') obsession throughout history with a tiny waist and thrusting breasts - except perhaps for the flat 'tube'-like fashion of the 1920s - corsetry and bras alike would probably never have been invented.
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