Stylish clothes for breast feeding - please help!

[Hollers81]

My dd is 14weeks old today and I'm bf'ing her. I'm sick of wearing frumpy clothes that are easy to feed her in. I've bought "normal" clothes but a bigger size to make it easier to feed her in but I just don't feel right. Does anyone have any ideas of where I can get nursing clothes from that look good but don't break the bank? I've tried the 2 big baby shops and eBay so far. Thanks

[Meglet]

Have you tried wearing nursing vests, try H&M maternity, jojomaman bebe, mothercare? I was able to wear my normal clothes over them when bf. No fiddly slits to mess about with either.

[TiredyCustards]

I've always just worn normal clothes. As long as you can access the boobs, anything goes. My favourite looks are:

Swing vest and skinny jeans
Dropped armhole dress, belted with leggings
Wrap or button up dress with tights and ballet shoes.
...and of course a stylish and massive scarf!

[littleoaktree]

I've always just worn normal clothes too, IMO specific 'bf' clothes are more frumpy, shaped more like maternity clothes and not actually that easy to use - I could never get the hang of the slits. I've bf for a total of nearly 3 years now (2 dc) and still bfing and I just wear normal clothes.

Vests are definitely key, wear them under other tops and you can pretty much wear anything and just pull the top down/up depending on the style.

If you're handy with a needle you can also alter clothes to be more bf friendly - eg fitted dresses with a higher neckline - if you unpick at the shoulder seam and insert buttons at the shoulder seam on both sides then you can just unbutton one side at a time to gain access.

Anything that buttons up is good so shirts, cardigans etc or wrap tops/dresses, jersey tops/dresses that you can just pull down.

The only time it's tricky is for more formal wear - like going to a wedding - that's generally when I've had to alter clothes.

[feelthis]

I too just wore normal top but a stretchy vest ( hm are good) under everything. Pull the top of the vest down under your boob and lift up top layer and that was it.

[GreatSoprendo]

I'm BFing a 16 week old and did buy a few BF tops and one dress early on - from Jojo Maman Bebe and Mamas and Papas. However I've given up wearing the specific BF clothes - they just seem so frumpy and not my usual style.
I definitely recommend the vest under top look - you can pull your top without exposing your tummy. In my experience the boob is easy to conceal behind baby and muslin but its the tummy that's more tricky. Either get vests with good stretchy straps that you can just pull down, or buy nursing vests that you can unclip. Or you can get the breastvest - I wear these a lot and think they are excellent.
Over vests I'm wearing loose tees in my normal size like these with skinny jeans and pumps, sandals or converse. The loose fit means you can buy normal size and still fit your enlarged boobs in so you dont feel so frumpy. I've also bought an excellent dress in H and M that has a pretend wrap over top that fastens with a stud so can just unpop it to feed. Can't find it online to send you a link though I'm afraid.
The hot weather has been tricky - too hot for double layers quite often - so sometimes I just got for a strapless dress with an elasticated top and just pull down to feed using a super big muslin as a cover up.

[BillStickersIsInnocent]

Yy to the vest under top. In this hot weather though I'm wearing shorts and loose vests that I can just pull up (DS is 16 months so covers any stomach exposed) or dresses with cowl necklines that I pull down (this exposes more but when it's this hot I don't care)