Consider that when the term "crossdressing" was still in vogue, society was considerably more binary than it is today. What I see now is more a sea of various states of ambiguity, androgyny and mixing than ever before. Certainly there are hardly any items of clothing or accessories that are considered sacrosanct and exclusive to either sex. Look back to the 1950's as point of reference as reality check of our progress.
Also consider that as women over time began to slowly push sartorial boundaries, it wasn't described with any particular term.
Under today's social norms the term "crossdressing" becomes almost meaningless unless you are trying to hark back to a world of decades past and its stereotypes who practiced it almost as a lifestyle with its customs, secrecy and little idiosyncrasies; something youth is less likely to adopt because they live far more openly.
Small wonder that language evolves and even then largely fails to accurately capture the complexities of humans.
No criticism to speak of, but simply observation. Maybe, if you don't have dysphoria, stop labeling yourself with a term.
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