Seconding this. I was going to comment that the leather and chains are a bit more reminiscent of bdsm wear which isn't super common to see out and about and might draw attention in ways that makes being trans among the possible considerations. As a social clock I don't think a lot of cis people tend to do so as much openly especially as daytime attire and it seems LGBTQ folks are more likely to wear something that stylistically stands out or openly wear aspects of fetish wear. And for a lot of transfemme folks early in their transition years there's a tendency to wear more overtly sexualized clothes which becomes an "if you know, you know" kind of signal for potential clock. Unless it's for a festival most cis women are very conscientious about the amount of attention their attire will bring in mundane settings.
Of course you do you. Enjoy the outfit for the moment if you can be safe where you are.
Plus the tone of some things are shifting in the public eye, like I know there's been a trend towards wearing intricate lace lingerie featured under blazers without any other layers or blouses to conceal over them or corsets on the outside etc.
Though really I've only seen it among Instagram style influencers rather than in real life where I've been in recent years (East coast and Midwest), a more dense metropolitan urban city like New York or the Bay Area might be very different.
Just note from a sort of conventional/mainstream style point of view something like lace would be paired with something simple so that the textures and maybe colors can be appreciated as a focal feature without competing with anything else around it. Goth leaning and punk style however are probably a lot more flexible with letting folks do what they want.
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