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For the St. Louis Gender Foundation’s (StLGF) monthly evening dinner meeting that took place on Saturday, May 14th, Ms. Essay chose this black sleeveless and belted pin-dot dress she purchased back in 2017 and wore for only two occasions up to this point in time. A black pair of heels with a simulated snake skin pattern completed the ensemble.
While seated on the living room’s sectional sofa with a few minutes available before needing to leave her residence to travel to the dinner meeting venue, Ms. Essay captured this pose with her smartphone clamped to a camera tripod and set for a timed-delay exposure.
Ms. Essay pauses a moment prior to departure from home to pose in front of the guest bedroom’s floor-standing mirror to capture a view of the dress she wore to the December 2021 dinner meeting of the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF).
For an unseasonably warm winter day in early March, Ms. Essay chose a recently purchased animal print pattern gold and black dress to wear to her bi-weekly nail appointment. This pose captured in one corner of her living room displays both the dress and the gold high heels.
A little more casual than my usual photos. It was nice to a little something more relaxed for once. An, after a couple of those martini's, I was very relaxed!
Travel is a health hazard it seems. Especially if the nasty covid fairy is waiting in the airport corridors waiting to anoint one with her evil wand. Shortly after arriving back in Australia, I found myself testing positive to covid and in self-isolation for a week. Mostly recovered now, but it was not a pleasant experience.
The seated sensual cross-legged pose on a sofa is somewhat iconic, so am making a few attempts here to replicate that look. For these photos, I am wearing a chocolate brown wool skirt with a color matching bodysuit and brown suede heels.
It's my turn to cook, but I think I will order a meal from one of the local restaurants and surprise the delivery man in my pretty new dress ha ha!
For her bi-weekly nail appointment in late March, Ms. Essay pulled out of the closet her beige safari bush jacket-style belted front button dress to wear to the salon.
After getting dressed and with a few minutes available before she needed to depart for the trip to the salon, Ms. Essay clamped her smartphone onto a photographic tripod and captured this time-delayed exposure while seated near the middle of the living room’s L-shaped sectional sofa.
On the first weekend in May, Ms. Essay scheduled a Saturday evening visit to a restaurant to see if it might be an appropriate venue to serve as a new site for future StLGF monthly dinner gatherings. Also on her schedule was a Sunday 2 p.m. Zoom meeting of the Board for the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF) for which she has served as president since 2017.
For both weekend activities, Ms. Essay chose to wear this same red front-buttoned and belted sleeveless print dress. This Saturday afternoon pose shows Ms. Essay soon after getting dressed as she appeared in the reflection of her guest bedroom’s floor-standing mirror.
Weather-wise, December is a transitional month around the St. Louis area when one day we may experience late Fall warmth and on another day we bundle up to respond to a freezing wintery snowstorm. For the St. Louis Gender Foundation’s (StLGF) scheduled monthly luncheon in December 2022, the weather forecast predicted clear skies and comfortable outdoor temperatures.
Mindful of the favorable weather forecast, Ms. Essay chose to wear to the December luncheon her relatively loose-fitting mauve color short sleeve dress and beige heels. This full-length standing pose of Ms. Essay wearing the mauve dress was captured using the smartphone’s camera mounted on a photographic tripod and with it set for a 10 second time-delayed exposure.
Inherent "social distancing" shown in this theater's vacant ladies room. Ms. Essay took this opportunity to capture a mirrored selfie before strolling in this largely deserted and semi-vacant shopping mall. A few days later, the theater ceased movie showings due to the pandemic.
To help feminize a less dressy (but warm) leather jacket and pants ensemble she preferred for that cold winter day, Ms. Essay chose a front frill blouse to wear to the February 2022 luncheon organized by the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF).
Upon her return back home, Ms. Essay captured in her living room this full-length pose of the leather jacket and faux leather leggings ensemble she wore to attend February’s monthly luncheon gathering organized by the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF).
One of the curious dynamics about this pose with natural sunlight light streaming through the living room’s west windows is how different the color of the dress looks in this seated pose compared to the lightbulb lit companion poses in this series.
Interestingly, the heels appear much the same shade of blue as in the other photos, however, the dress appears several shares darker than found in the other poses taken under “artificial” incandescent lighting.
The theme for the St. Louis Gender Foundation’s March dinner meeting revolved around St. Patrick’s Day with a program that included a “Green Dress” contest.
Earlier in the month, Ms. Essay wore a recently acquired glittery emerald green spaghetti-strap minidress for a scheduled Zoom meeting which also served as an opportunity to see if that minidress would be appropriate for the dinner meeting.
Instead of going with that very short hemmed minidress, Ms. Essay decided to attend the dinner meeting in this green petal tiered sleeveless dress that she purchased back in 2016. This pose shows Ms. Essay looking at the fit of the dress in the floor-standing mirror prior to departing her home for the dinner meeting.
I'm feeling so elated after my big reveal yesterday. It feels wonderful to have finally unburdened myself after all these years.
I've received so many messages of support, many commenting on how brave I have been. I've never considered myself to be a particularly brave person, but it's amazing the strength one can summon when something so important is at stake.
Back in September of 2022, Ms. Essay was invited to a dinner-for-four that included an individual whom Essay had not previously met who was then soon to undergo surgery for pancreatic cancer. Five (5) photos of the little blue dress Ms. Essay wore to that September dinner can be seen in her Flickr album titled, “2022”.
At the March 2023 luncheon organized by the St. Louis Gender Foundation, Ms. Essay was informed that the individual who had undergone the surgical procedure back in September passed away in February. Essay was invited by the other attendees of the September dinner to reconvene at the same restaurant to commemorate the life of the deceased one.
For this mid-March midweek dinner, Ms. Essay chose to wear a beige velour puffy cap-sleeve Calvin Klein dress that had not been previously worn to any public venue. This pose was captured with the use of a selfie-stick in front of the floor-standing dressing mirror located in 2nd floor front bedroom of Ms. Essay’s condo townhome
Weather-wise, December is a transitional month around the St. Louis area when one day we may experience late Fall warmth and on another day we bundle up to respond to a freezing wintery snowstorm. For the St. Louis Gender Foundation’s (StLGF) scheduled monthly luncheon in December 2022, the weather forecast predicted clear skies and comfortable outdoor temperatures.
Mindful of the favorable weather forecast, Ms. Essay chose to wear to the December luncheon her relatively loose-fitting mauve color short sleeve dress and beige heels.
As is her usual practice, Ms. Essay arrived at the restaurant approximately 30 minutes prior to the announced starting time for the luncheon and sat at the bar to create a gathering point for participants to congregate before moving to dining tables. This selfie taken by Ms. Essay at the restaurant’s bar also includes Belinda, who serves at the Editor for the StLGF’s monthly newsletter, The Gazette.
For the most recent 10-month, September 2021 – June 2022, hotel meeting room contract period, the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF) ran a deficit averaging over $20 per person, per meeting. That deficit was largely due to the fewer number of post-pandemic attendees trying to cover the fixed costs associated with holding those evening events at a hotel conference room.
To remedy that recent financial deficit dynamic for the upcoming 10-month period starting in September 2022, the group’s monthly gathering location will move from a hotel to a restaurant setting, much like how the StLGF’s 12 monthly luncheons have been conducted for the past several years.
During the months of June, July and August Ms. Essay received members’ suggestions for potential restaurant venues and checked them out on the same day of the week (Saturday) and the same time of the day (8 p.m.) when the StLGF has customarily gathered for its monthly (September – June) evening meetings.
On this particular July Saturday evening investigation of a suggested restaurant, Ms. Essay wore a sleeveless brown polka dot knit dress with color-matching brown suede, round-toe platform pumps. This pose shows Ms. Essay exiting her walk-in closet soon after getting dressed.
For the monthly luncheon convened by the St. Louis Gender Foundation (StLGF) in March, Ms. Essay chose to wear this recently purchased Tommy Hilfiger beige front zipper and belted sleeveless dress.
Over the years Ms. Essay’s seated poses on Flickr have attracted many views, faves and comments. This seated pose experimented with a different seating location on the sectional sofa as well as positioning one leg under herself.
Ms. Essay sits at the edge of the guestroom bed using her smartphone’s camera to capture a reflected pose off the glass of the bedroom’s floor-standing mirror. Since this dress is of a mid-thigh length, a portion of stocking-top can be seen when seated. It is because of that dynamic short length dresses and stockings that more modest gal’s choose sheer-to-the-waist pantyhose to preclude that stocking top exposure.
Ms. Essay purchased this dress for a mere 99 cents (US $0.99) during a one-week deep-discount sale advertised by the Dillard’s Clearance department store located in Jefferson City, Missouri’s Capital Mall. Although Ms. Essay normally wears a Misses Size 6, she has discovered over the years that she can also fit into a Junior’s Size 9. The Junior’s sizes are primarily marketed for teenage girls, but sometimes the Junior’s dresses have many of the same style elements found in dresses for more mature ladies.
The term “jumper” in the USA refers to a sleeveless dress without a collar that is worn over a blouse or sweater. When I was a child, my mother frequently wore jumper ensembles, especially in the late Fall, Winter, and early Spring seasons of the year.