RiRi

▶ Femme name: RiRi

▶ Location: Australia

▶ How long you have been crossdressing: I have dabbled ever since I was young. Small things here and there. At around 15 I went and bought a few things myself and hid them away, wearing them privately when I could.

I further dabbled for years and went through the whole purging and then starting again process. In later 2020 during lockdowns, I told my partner at the time that I wanted to try this fully as I have always wanted to. When I saw myself fully for the first time, RiRi was born. So it has been about 3.5 years of dressing fully from head to toe.



▶ Say something about your crossdressing experience: Crossdressing has always been something I was really private about and ashamed to be doing. It has taken me a long time to be say to myself, “it is okay that you do this.” I am really proud of the progression I have taken. In the past few years, I have gained a whole new RiRi wardrobe and have opened up to some select friends. Almost all have been so encouraging. For them, I am really grateful.

In 2024, I took a huge step forward and went out for the first time as RiRi. I had tried the previous year but had been crippled by anxiety and fear. This time with the support of friends and some fellow members of the community, I was able to do it and went out to a few bars and a club fully dressed.

It was an incredibly liberating experience and the feeling of euphoria hung around for weeks. I’ve since gone out again and plan on making it a more regular thing. RiRi has spent too much time hidden – time for her to go out into the world and be happy.

▶ Reason you crossdress: For me, I crossdress as a form of escapism and it has a place where I can fully feel beautiful. My mind associates femininity with beauty and so Ta Da! I think also it is a feeling of being someone else who is desired and admired.

I have always admired so many trans women, crossdressers and drag queens for years at how they are able to go out fearlessly and I and so proud now that I can be included in that now.



▶ Things you like doing after getting dressed:Photoshoot time! Always. At least a few hundred pictures are taken in different poses. Now though, I have been going out dressed which has been so much fun. With a core group of girls who are so lovely, supportive and gorgeous. They have truly accepted me as one of their own and have given me a sense of friendship, pride and inner peace – love you girls.

▶ Your favorite outfits/style: Definitely have many outfits. When I was starting it was very much more hyper feminine items – costumes or lingerie. Which I still love. But now I’m in my fashion era so it’s definitely things I can wear that give off trendy, fashionable and sexy vibes.

▶ Where do you buy your clothes/makeup/shoes from: So many places. Amazon, Shein, Thrift shops. I am so lucky too to have bought a large collection of clothes and looks from a retiring drag queen who had incredible taste – thanks Alexa. Always on the lookout for shoe recommendations as I have larger feet so hit a girl up haha.



▶ How long does it take you to get ready: MANY MANY hours. I get very methodical when getting ready. The few times I have been out, I have had a professional help do my makeup / hair and wow, am I grateful. They performed wizardry on me..

▶ Instagram: @riri.says.hi

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