Just joined this forum. I am a CD. Pretty new on trying out this love of my life, but I was always not the so-called 'normal' man.
Being a CD - it's not a fascination with women's clothes, it's the charm of being an actual women, although not to the level trans women would go. Clothes provide a personification of the women wearing it. Not just the dress, but as a person, I am someone else during that time. For some it may not matter, but for me being passable or even more attractive than an average cis matters, and i would go lengths to ensure that. At the same time, i love being a male when I am not cross-dressing, so gender dysphoria has not set in, at least, for now. However, I avoid male features which would be an issue while CDing. Example, not being muscular, but trying to be lean, waist training for the hour glass figure, not having body hair, etc.
Hope to hear your thoughts.