The best times to go shopping are just before Christmas or St. Valentine's day. Pity that's only twice a year, and I did so much like that skirt I saw in Marks and Spencer last week. There are now many shops catering exclusively for transvestites - in this week's copy of Exchange and Mart thirty two businesses advertise solely for transvestites and numerous other adverts are obviously aimed at the same market. Transvestites are big business - so big in fact that even the Royal Bank of Scotland is getting in on the act. The bank is one of the first to issue cheque guarantee cards with a photograph of the owner etched on the back.
Transvestites can now apply for two cards - one with a male picture and one with a female picture.
This is obviously extremely useful for those who go shopping en femme. Most transvestites lurk alone in the closet for years. Some decide that they want to be able to pass as female in public and go to great lengths achieving the desired effect. My personal experience is more the former, although recently I have been working hard at the latter. Don't expect to recognise me en femme though - I'm staying in my closet until I'm absolutely sure I'm good enough not to look obviously male.