@VeronicaJane: last weekend, my female partner and I had an associate come visit for a couple days. (This would be the first time she met me as my femself and this would be what she first saw me in) Monday I was going skiing with a friend of mine and wore my similar outfit. It's my apre' ski attire, is comfortable and it is as you say, more modest then simply leggings. I found out upon returning home after our guest had left, Dee said that she asked her what's with the mini skirt? Neither Dee or her friend are big on fashion, more pragmatic in their dressing. (Dee was giving me hell last night because I got "all dressed up" for my birthday party all because I had high heels own). That question really hurt, as it implied to me that I was expressing some kind of male attitude because I was dressing provocatively and "younger then a woman my age should"!