Crossdressing Services/Transformation Shops

[Belinda]

I would love to viisit a dressing service. The Transformation chain in the uk is probably the one that is best known to me through ads, but if I lived in London I would surely try the Boudoir. The girls depcited in the photoshoots at the Boudouir do look very elegan and feminine. Dont think I could ever visit the Boudoir cant really tell my wife that I am going to London for the day on my own.

[Latanya]

cant help u there! but u ever in the northeast usa let me know

[Anna]

There are (at least) a couple of TV/CD hotels in the UK. One in North Wales (Transformations) and one in Blackpool.

See this article about the Transformations one...

http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/new ... _page.html

And the Blackpool one...

http://tvhotelblackpool.com/

[DonnaT]

I've heard some of the services in the UK charge a good bit more than many thought it was worth. YMMV.

[Anna]

Donna, you may well be right, particularly judging by the prices of some of the things they sell!

Never tried it myself.

[Anthony Simon]

The Transformation shop chain (of which the dressing service is a part) has a reputation for over-charging. In my experience, this can vary from way overcharging to kind of acceptable levels of over-charging (given that if you go in there you don't have to worry about people looking at you sideways etc.).

I don't know how good their dressing service is. But you can sometimes buy clothes cheap in the London shop that seem to have been part of the wardrobe for that - and it seems quite decent stuff. I know they have an area where you can sit around in once you're dressed because I've been in there once and seen people in it

The Boudoir seems extremely good. I think their makeup rates are £80 an hour, which strikes me as OK given how professional they look. They desribe themselves as a luxury dressing service, so don't expect cheap.

[Anna]

After a quick look around, most of them seem to charge £60.00 per hour for a make-up/dressing session.

[Paula G]

All seems a it pricey to me, but if it helps you to build the confidence to do it on your own it may be worth it for you. Personally I would suggest spreading your money around a bit more, get a decent wig from a reputable wig store ~ they all are accepting of us ~ then maybe visit a makeup counter, take it in easy stages if that helps.