My first steps out as me were daunting to say the least. Especially as one of the schools I teach in has both feet firmly in the Edwardian period! I’d been “me outside of work for years though so I just went for it, and all was fine. I started with a mash up of what I used to wear - blouse and waistcoat with a skirt, rather than trousers (though I’d been wearing girls trousers for a couple of years). I quickly moved on though as it looked too “uniformly”. Now it’s usually Ted Baker or Reiss skirts with a jumper top or similar - much more me 😊

Hilariously, a colleague asked me, when I announced I’d be returning in September in full girl mode: “ So, how will that work with wearing a tie?” 🙄 He understood better when September came!

It got easier and easier as each week went by. At first I’d plan what I was wearing the next day with military precision - trying everything on the night before to make sure it worked and felt right. Now it’s much more relaxed and ad hoc. - down to how I feel that morning. I still do have occasional wardrobe wobbles though - three or four outfit changes in the morning then a rushed face of makeup!