OK, it goes in stages. In the first trimester you try your hardest not to look pregnant as if you try the opposite you’ll end up looking plain fat, full stop. I am also sure every woman’s body is different and I’ve told you already that mine went from looking not pregnant at all until about 17weeks to looking 7 months pregnant at week 20. I don’t know why it happened that way but it did. Ohhhh all these looks from people thinking how on earth they missed me being pregnant for so long. Honestly, some days at work I preferred not to get up from my desk chair just to NOT have that same conversation for the 11th time that day. So I chose looser tops for the first three or so months and all the bottoms still fit which was great.
The interesting bit about the wardrobe comes when you do start having a big belly and your wardrobe shrinks immensely. I love clothes so it’s quite an experience for me and my washing machine to be now operating weekly on a strictly limited collection of clothes that fit. For example, I only have two skirts that I can wear and two pairs of pants. Thank god there are dresses. Thank god there are Kookai dresses.
These are both Kookai made of their famous slightly stretchy yet thick enough cotton. Loved them before pregnancy, very comfy for the bump and (VERY IMPORTANT) make you feel you look good in pregnancy! This girl on Instagram told me she even gave birth in a plain black Kookai dress (fancy!). The downside can be the price but this is what the end-of-season sales are for, right? And they are good quality so will last you long. Both shirts are from Uniqlo. Ohhhhh I looooove Uniqlo and this is my biggest tragedy in life that we don’t have Uniqlo in New Zealand (yet – tell me it’s yet and we will one day).
Ha this is my secret-weapon dress as it’s so oversized that I will not look pregnant even on the delivery day, I am telling you especially if I am extremely careful with the angle at which I am standing. I bought it on a holiday in Thailand at this famous Chatuchak market for like $5. Highly recommended if you have like 20 hours of nothing to do in Bangkok as it is huge HUGE. Downside: it is made of this unknown horrible material (and I mean it is unknown as even the makers had no idea what to put onto the tag so didn’t put any tag on it at the end) but looks great on.
A few more dresses and if you were wondering how many of the Uniqlo shirts I own it’s three. I can’t really do the buttons up on the jacket anymore but it doesn’t matter (or does it??!!).
To the bottoms: so this is one of the two skirts that fit (you guessed it right, Kookai) and the pants (no name brand from Bali, so lucky I bought two identical pairs of these harem plants on a holiday a few years ago). Do you ever buy the same item of clothing in different colours?? I am SO guilty of this, I own identical dresses, pants, shoes the list can go on and on.
Another super important maternity wear rule that comes from my husband who is very far from the fashion world (which is a proof it must be indeed a very important rule) – get the long tank tops so your tummy doesn’t show. Honestly, this is a nightmarish fashion faux pas for me when there is this tiny 2cm bare skin stripe where your tank top finishes. Come on, they are like $5 from Glassons.
This is it, I guess, I told you my wardrobe has shrunk in pregnancy but I am still refusing to buy maternity wear as it’s ugly and I don’t like buying things that I will only use for three months.
Long tank tops everyone
xx
Anastasia
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