Recent Entries

• Antonia Wood

  by Ariane Durand March 7, 2023
  Today I went to the Antonia Wood Dressing Service in east London. Antonia is a trans woman and a make-up artiste. She offers makeovers, dressing services, photoshoots and similar services from her flat.   For this makeover we talked about the look I wanted to achieve and the sort of outfit I wante...

• Manchester

  by Ariane Durand March 6, 2023
  Ariane will be going to Manchester for the weekend of 17 to 19 March. The official reason is to watch City v Burnley at the Etihad in the FA Cup 6th round. That's 5.45pm on Saturday 18 March. Although I doubt Ariane will attend in person. I am not completely mad. But Ariane would be interested in s...

• Makeover

  by Ariane Durand March 6, 2023
  I am not the sort of girl who lets the grass grow under her stilettos. After coming out it took me approximately no time at all to realise that I needed to be transformed into Ariane and have some professional photos taken. So today I have had my hair cut at an upmarket salon in my local town. Now i...

• State of mind

  by Ariane Durand March 6, 2023
  It was only last Thursday evening when I came out to my friends. Somehow it seems longer. I paid a social call unannounced as I was in the area anyway. The conversation came round to their children, again, and trans issues. I had not intended to come out but suddenly I had the feeling that the time ...

• Introducing Ariane

  by Ariane Durand March 5, 2023
  Hello, my name is Ariane. I do have a story but for now I want to say why I'm here and what I'm doing. My femme side has been dormant for a long time. Essentially I have to dress in private and it's not much of a life. I didn't think I would ever be able to express myself properly. But recently I de...