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All tips : Fashion tips : Maximize your investment
Maximize your investment
by Teresa Gallagher and Maria Mueller of Anna Cris Maternity
Avoid impulsive shopping sprees! Start slowly and work your way up, selecting clothes that will work well together. For your first pieces, try to stick with basics that will go with everything. As you "grow" along, add fashionable prints and colors that will mix and match, giving you fresh new looks, as well an occasional, much needed, psychological boost. Black leggings, denim jeans, twill pants, and a short cotton interlock skirt are a few ideas for basic bottoms that allow creative combinations with any color or print top. Or, if you prefer to wear your tops as your basics, try a white or classic French blue button down oxford, a denim shirt, or a solid color cotton/spandex tunic top.
After establishing your basics, then feel free to splurge on that one complete fashion piece you just can’t live without - a boot leg jumpsuit, a fabulous print dress, or a coordinating pant suit. This will add a big splash of fashion to your maternity wardrobe in a financially minimal way.
For the workplace, if you need a 2 piece suit, start with one great style that makes you feel every bit as professional as you did before. If you need black or dark blue, look for some texture in the material, such as a ribbing, to add some interest. If color is acceptable in your work environment, venture from black to contemporary eggplants and burgundies. But take a wait- and- see approach. Resist the temptation to go out and buy five work outfits. You might be able to use your basic bottoms here, and coordinate them with a fashionable cardigan sweater set, or a solid color separates jacket layered over a smart career blouse.
- Teresa Gallagher and Maria Mueller of Anna Cris Maternity
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