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| Pants: Loft. (similar here and here.) Chambray top: Old Navy. (just got this one and it’s a new favorite). Shoes: Ruche. Bag: Michael Kors. (similar here.) |
The hardest part about getting dressed lately isn’t that I need to work around whipping out my bosoms every couple hours to feed a baby, or the fact that most everything I wear will end up with spit-up on it, it’s not even the extra pounds, (although there are admittedly some of those) it’s that everything is sort of distributed unevenly. The weight’s hanging out in all the wrong places. My normal (read: non-post-partum) body is a decidedly boy shaped, flat-chested, curve-less affair. I’m comfortable with those imperfections. I spent years figuring out how to dress that around that non-existent chest, the wide rib cage, those short legs, and then my soft post-partum mid-section has to throw a curve ball at me; suddenly I’m a middle figure. And that’s an imperfection I’m not as comfortable dressing.
It’s times like these that I thank my lucky stars (ie: my mother) that I learned to alter clothes all those years ago. Take these pants, for instance. I had to size up to accommodate my larger than normal stomach, but that also meant that the legs were a baggy saggy mess. (Also, they were too long, but the fact that every pair of pants I own have to be hemmed is kind of old news). Anyways, some trimming through the sides and a quick hem job and voila.
Speaking of these pants: the main objective I had in wearing them was to not pair them with a black top. I find myself sometimes in a rut when I’m trying to style a pair of bottoms with two different colors, none of them being white, and at first all I could think of to wear with this was every black blouse in my closet. And then the hangers parted, the closet opened up and I remembered my chambray shirt.
This leads me to my next point, which is that every woman should have a chambray shirt. Total closet staple.
By the way,
Today is Mr.’s 32nd birthday.
32!
Hurrah!
Having your birthday on a Wednesday is like a cruel trick of fate, but we’re going to play hooky since the littles have a half day at school today, and then we’re going to party it up tonight with a little tree trimming and lots of sugar cookies anyway. You know, you can eat as many sweets as you want on your birthday and it doesn’t count, the calories just disappear into oblivion…
I’m surprised you didn’t know that.
Regardless, me and the littles are just super glad that Mr. was born.
He’s kind of a big deal around here.
Dressing post-partum was one of the most difficult things for me to do. I can totally appreciate this. I love how you styled these pants-chambray is a weakness of mine.
Chelsea
Haute Child in the City
Happy birthday to your Mr. This outfit is great. Wish I knew how to alter clothes! Although I need everything to be longer not shorter ;)
im loving your outfit – the chambray, the shoes… all of it! and you look great :)
thank you for the new inspiration on wearing these pants! I have, of course, always paired them with a black top but my chambray shirt will be a welcome change :)
Gah! My baby number four (now 8 months…eek!) totally set my stomach over the edge and it does not want to go anywhere! I hate it!! Even when my clothes fit everywhere else…not there! Blurg.
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Love your style! You look so pulled together for just having a baby! I was in sweats for months after!!
I totally agree, i love my Chambray shirt. It is so versatile and I also agree that I am notorious for pairing the type of pants you are wearing with a black shirt. I’m branching out slowly. That’s what fashion is all about, right?!!!
Agi:)
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I have that top and I love love love it. Like I want to buy two more because I fear I will wear this one until it has holes in it. And not cute holes. Happy birthday to the Mister!
xx,
Kate
ummmnowwhat.blogspot.com
I love your style so much! I agree, Chambray is a definite staple. You look fabulous by the way! And I agree- the calories do not count on birthdays :) (Or weekends in my opinion)
I thought I recognized that shirt! I tried the same one on in Old Navy. I should have bought it. I need one!
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Can’t wait to read more!
Love Amie x
Love your little blog. Perhaps we can follow each other, from one petite to another? :)
XO Lulu
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that bag is so gorgeous! and you can never go wrong with chambray :)
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How in the world did you just have a baby?! You give me hope one day to be a chic little mama! :)
love the combination of the pants and chambray top on you — looking fab as always cori! xo
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you look amazing, mama! and i agree with you… i have three chambray shirts. each is different and i wear them all!
I love this look you. So classic and stylish. I hope & your husband have a great day together!
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well despite whatever issues you feel like you’re having you look AMAZING!!! rocking this look like nobody’s business!!!!
happy birthday :)
xo. c & v
cake & valley
I love this look! Those pants are fantabulous.
Oh my goodness… I have all those things in my closet! And when I bought those pants, I told myself I would not wear them with black. And so far…I have only worn them wtih black. I put them on the in the morning for work with hot pink or something else fun — and always chicken out! This is the perfect combo to mute the pants and still not wear black! Now I find myself wishing for a black bubble necklace to wear over the chambray…perhaps a Christmas gift to myself! You look lovely as always, and your littles are just cheek-pinchingly adorable.
Love those pants on you!
Such a cute outfit! Love it. You look adorable.
You look amazing as always. Noone would ever know that you just had a baby! Your blog is so refreshing and thought provoking. Thanks for sharing