(Nokt Paisley Burnout Boyfriend V-Neck; Juicy Couture Era Sunglasses; Foley & Corinna Mid City Tote.)
Interview on Nokt (via):
Jordan is one of my closest friends! She has a wonderful blog, Ramshackleglam that highlights her talents as a home maker, a cook, a diy-er, her great personal style and of course, her writing. She is pregnant with her first and of course I was dying to feature her on our blog and in our clothes! We sent Jordan two of our tops in the paisley print, one in pink and the other blue. She styled both in three different ways. Dressed up for going out, casual around the house, and the blue one she wore layered with a different print when we went for her birthday lunch in Brooklyn.
You are a blogger and a writer, but also an ex-actress. Tell me a little bit about your different careers.
I was an actress from about age 13 to age 26, when I came to the extremely painful and hard-won realization that I’d spent 13 years pursuing something that was not the right career path for me. Unfortunately, I wasn’t sure what was…and when I moved back to New York to get into journalism at the exact moment in time when the entire industry initiated a hiring freeze, I was left at a bit of a crossroads. After enormously misguided stints bartending, managing a law firm, and attending hospitality school, I eventually started blogging mostly because I needed something – anything – to change. And what ended up happening was just that: everything changed, and I found what I’d been looking for. Right now, the backbone of my career is blogging, freelance writing, and hosting, but it changes every single day…which is what I love most about it.
Your personal style has always been a bit of a mix between casual and glam… how are you adapting your personal style to being pregnant?
Despite the fact that yes, pregnancy is uncomfortable and weird in many ways, I’m actually loving all the changes that my body is going through. It’s an incredible feeling, looking at the curve of your stomach and knowing that there’s a baby waiting in there. So I’m actually having a lot of fun with pregnancy style: I’m trying out different silhouettes, as well as fabrics and patterns that I’d ordinarily shy away from (just yesterday, for example, I wore a retro dress with a sweetheart neckline and feminine pumps – verrrry un-me, but I loved it).
What are the pieces you are in love with these days? What do you always want to put on?
As summer sets in, I’m all about short shorts (if they’re low-cut enough, they fit comfortably under my tummy) with relaxed-fit tops or cotton minidresses paired with a Rebecca Minkoff MAC Clutch (I did some damage at her recent sample sale). When it comes to footwear, I’m thrilled to be pregnant during the summer because I can just wander around in flip-flops, and then stick them in my purse and switch to the high heels once I get to wherever it is that I’m going.
Women go through so many changes in such a short period of time when they are pregnant, what has been the biggest change for you?
Physically, of course you change so dramatically that you need to be more open-minded about what kinds of things you’ll wear. I was never really into the baby-doll silhouette, for example…but I’d heard that it was the most flattering style once you started showing, and yep: it totally is. The key (which I don’t always follow, but do as I say, etc) is to avoid buying anything (especially bras) in advance of when you actually need it, because you can’t predict what your body will end up doing or what will end up feeling right for you.
But it’s the emotional changes, of course, that have been the biggies. Want to hear something cheesy? I think I’ve become a little kinder and more patient with others. I feel closer to my friends and family, and more protective of those key relationships in my life. And, in total opposition to what I expected, in some ways I feel calmer than I’ve felt in years – maybe ever. Of course I have lovely hormone-related emotional meltdowns every so often, and I’m definitely nervous about all the changes that are coming our way, but it’s an amazing thing to be so certain that something will make you happy, and to just be waiting for that happiness to come into your life.
And I can’t wait to be an aunt! (or a pseudo one). Thanks Jordan!
