{ Urban Renewal Vest; Urban Outfitters hat; Nine West flats; Foley & Corinna bag }
Ahhh.
Now this is a comfortable outfit.
The Favorites
My Looks
In The Evening (Dress)…
Nighttime (meaning cocktail- or black-tie-requiring) events at nearly seven months' pregnant can be tricky.
I try to avoid picking up big-ticket maternity items, since I don't see the point of spending a ton of money on a piece that will only be wearable for a couple of months…but formalwear presents a bit of a conundrum. When I was about this pregnant with Indy three summers ago, we went to a wedding and I didn't really plan in advance, figuring that I'd just yank some black dress with a bunch of stretch in it out of my closet and be done, but when I went to try on those stretchy black dresses: nope. Not even close. (I ended up wearing a high-waisted maxi that I had bought at a discount store in Canada with the intent of wearing it to my baby shower.)
Recalling this incident, I actually thought ahead for the Yale SOM spring formal and sifted through my closet in search of potential candidates a good week ahead of time…and was pretty excited to discover that two of my all-time favorite evening pieces - my neon BCBG dress (which I also own in pink, because I love it that much) and my retro-looking swing coat, both which are on my Favorites List mostly because they are super-floaty and comfortable whether pregnant or not - are both cut in a way that totally accommodates my new shape.
On The Off Days
One of my blogger friends, Jessica, recently put up a post on Instagram asking her readers if they'd also like to see what she wears on her "off" days - meaning her not-technically-post-worthy days - and the resounding answer (and my own answer) was "YES". Because while I enjoy using style blogs for inspiration on days when I want to dial it up a little, or to figure out how other women handle tricky looks that I'd like to try out myself…to me, what's more important than looking great on my "on" days is finding ways to look great on my "off" days.
Which is, to be honest, kind of…all of them. Or at least a solid 90% of them.
I do occasionally put up shots here of what I wear on more "special" occasions - a TV appearance, a night out with girlfriends, an evening event - but for the most part, my personal style posts feature the kinds of looks that I'm "really" wearing on a day-to-day basis; my "off" days are my days. My goal isn't to blow anyone out of the water with impeccable, cutting-edge, carefully-crafted looks - because I virtually never ever ever have time to do any "crafting" when I'm trying to get out of the house in the morning; we're talking ten minutes to get dressed, max - but rather to show how if you have the right basic pieces and a few fun accessories, crafting might not even be necessary.
Get Cropped
It's not quiiite shorts weather yet (almost!), but for these gorgeous spring days full-length jeans just feel too…wintry. I'm kind of over them (as you might have be able to tell based on the fact that I've been cuffing every pair of jeans I own for a solid month).
To the rescue: the perfect pair of crops.
I've been wearing Old Navy's Rockstar jeans for a couple of years now - they're the perfect skinnies with just a little stretch, come in every color imaginable, and are phenomenally affordable - and now they're available in a spring-perfect cropped length.
So Into You
{ Ray-Ban Sunglasses; Sanctuary Button-Down (similar); Ann Taylor Parachute Pants (similar) }
You may have noticed that I kind of like my sunglasses. I always have, mostly because sunglasses mean you can be lazy about things like putting on mascara and still look pretty good running out of the house in the morning…but since my son arrived I do not go without them.
You know how some women are super into shoes, and buy pair after pair after pair? I’m not really a shoe person (mostly because I will definitely screw them up, and if they were expensive that will make me sad)…but sunglasses?
