Made For Sex by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd Page B

lace, sequins, and satin in a variety of colors and textures. Her fingers strained to pull each garment from its hanger and try it on. At the end of the clothes rod hung a deep rose silk jacket, a full-length black satin coat, and two faux furs. “You’re ready for anything, aren’t you?”
    â€œYou have no idea.” Ronnie crossed the room and opened the door to a second closet. “Play clothes,” she said. Inside hung an assortment of costumes. Carla recognized some of them from the photograph album Ronnie had shown her. The pink little-girl dress and the leather-and-chain outfit hung with a leopard-patterned leotard, three leather dresses with multiple zippers, and several see-through lace bodysuits.
    â€œOn each hanger,” Ronnie explained, “are all the items necessary for that persona. Besides the clothes and underwear, I have coordinated jewelry, perfume, extra makeup, whatever’s needed, all in a plastic bag on the hanger. With one or two there’s even a wig, should you care to wear it. I love the wigs; they make me feel like a different person. Feel free to use anything, just put the stuff back in its place. Sometimes I need to dash into the bathroom and change quickly so I like to have everything ready.”
    Carla whistled, long and low.
    Ronnie opened the drawers of the wide dresser and showed Carla dozens of slips, bras both with and without cutouts so nipples could show through, satin and lace panties, silk teddies in a dozen colors, and garter belts with stockings. “Try anything on and wear whatever fits your mood. Or you might want to wear nothing at all under your evening clothes. There are few things more arousing than telling a man that you’re not wearing underwear, and then going out for an evening. But everything’s replaceable so if anything gets torn or whatever,” she winked, “we’ll get new.”
    When Carla looked as though she didn’t understand, Ronnie said, “Sometimes a man wants to tear clothes off or cut them off slowly and dramatically.”
    As Carla gazed into the drawers, she couldn’t imagine a piece of lingerie that Ronnie didn’t own. She picked up a cellophane package. “Panty hose?”
    â€œEven panty hose,” Ronnie said. “I have one friend who loves to pull them off of me, very slowly and lick each part he uncovers. Another friend likes to cut a hole in the crotch and have my legs—in the panty hose—wrapped around him. And, now that I think of it, I had a friend about two years ago who liked to wear them himself. He’d put a pair on before we went to dinner. He claimed they sweetened the anticipation and from the way he attacked me when we got back here, I don’t doubt it at all.”
    Carla tried not to be shocked. She had read about transvestites but she’d never thought to meet one. “Woman’s clothes?”
    â€œFirst of all, he wasn’t a transvestite,” Ronnie said, as if reading her friend’s mind. “Several men I know like to wear satin undies under their business suits. The slippery fabric feels good against the skin and it’s a sexy little secret.
    â€œSecondly, don’t judge. There’s nothing wrong with an activity that consenting adults enjoy in private, or, for that matter, in selected public locations. I learned that first time with Tim that labels are for people with small minds.”
    â€œYou’re right, of course. And I’m not being judgmental, just naive.”
    â€œFair enough.”
    On the side of the closet opposite Ronnie’s costumes were outfits for men: a Robin Hood-style green vest and tights, a black outfit that looked like it was designed for a second-story man, a silver lamé top and pants that had been cut to resemble a knight’s armor, and a white shirt and short pants combination. “For a naughty little boy,” Ronnie explained. Carla struggled to not let her