I am by no means a fashionista, but I like to dress up and try to follow fashion trends as appropriate for my age. Maternity clothes are decidedly un-hip. They are functional, and only occassionally fashionable. And I'm sorry, they are also temporary so I'm not going to drop more than $25 on any single item! So no Hollywood-trendy expensive maternity clothing on this Midwestern chick!
I've been trying to stretch my wardrobe this time around by working in things from my pre-pregnancy wardrobe. Obviously certain pants, skirts and shirts are out of the mix till after baby comes. Plus a lot of my clothes from last time around have short sleeves and are more "summery." But I have a number of jackets and longer sweaters that I can still wear without looking ridiculous. I also can still wear most of my shoes and boots.
And it is now boot season. I'm proud to say that today, I'm roughly 7.5 months pregnant, and rocking a pair of knee-high suede boots with a high heel!
Yesterday I wore a cardigan and pants and felt about 15 years older than I actually am.
So today... it's suede blazer over maternity t-shirt, denim skirt (also maternity) with stretchy waistband, and my beloved boots. Normally, I wear tall and short boots all winter long. They make me feel sassy. Today, I feel like a hip and happening, sassy pregnant lady. Hopefully I look that way on the outside, too!
7 comments:
Good for you Sydney! Rock those boots proudly!
Way to wear leather;) I have to say, you have it MUCH better than I did about 11 years ago when I was pregnant the first time...back then there was NO maternity clothing outside of JC Penny, Younkers (2 racks, thanksalot) and Target. And the butt-ugly crap from Motherhood. But 3 years later Old Navy, Gap, all kinds of places started selling great maternity clothes. Sigh.
I love maternity clothes. This time I am making a whole heap of new ones. We are coming into summer so no boots for this little chick. I really like canvas shoes and sandals so that is what I am mainly wearing on my feet.
Good for you! I hated that I was stuck shoving flip flops on my swollen feet all summer . . .I didn't miss booze or caffeine when I was pregnant--I missed my shoes! And now my feet are at least a full size bigger and my beloved shoes don't fit. It was a sad sad day when I realized that, but now I get to start over and buy all new shoes, right?
NICE!!! I'm glad you can still be you even in maternity wear! :)
Woohoo! You Go Sexy Mama!
Jenn @ rookno17.blogspot.com
How funny! I just posted about my boots today! Lovin' my knee-high suede black boots at 6 months!!!
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