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.
Do they technically “go together”? Ehhhh. Sort of. But this is a beggars/choosers situation, and I was pretty happy with the results.
On me: BCBG Avery dress (no longer available, but this Elizabeth and James is very similar and on sale); Ann Taylor coat; no-name heels; vintage necklace; Melinda Maria earrings.
