Sadly... too many years have slipped by of denial, non-acceptance, missed opportunities and adventures lost.

But late in life, the need to express my feminine side remains, and in consolation I can still greatly admire the feminine form, either XX or XY, and its expression in private or public.

The photos here are from my original Flickr page of my lifetime female alter-ego, Elaine Margane. They were taken some years ago when Elaine was, well, Elaine, and was honored and humbled to please her many Flickr friends with her pics. The images have been selected from her page with the hard eyes of the Flickr police in mind. But Elaine's complete Flickr page (though now inactive) can still be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/248816em

"Dress shabbily, they notice the dress.

Dress impeccably, they notice the woman."

-- Coco Chanel, French fashion designer