Good places for maternity clothes, especially work ones

[HelenaCC]

Today I face up to relegating my pencil skirts to the closet for the next year or so. Unzipping a bit at the top is no longer working and I do have to get somehing worky. I mainly dress smart and wear suits but I dont want to spend a fortune. I have a few flowing non-maternity dresses ("fat or pregnant " style). Any recommendations of where to shop (Am in Manchester, so not London)?

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They have some nice stuff. It depends on how much you want to spend really. Isabella Oliver do nice stuff but it is expensive.

H&M also have some nice stuff.

There is also some smart stuff at crave

love the purple scoop neck wrap dress at crave. Maybe I dont have to spend the next 6 months in hideously unflattering trousers

I saw some nice pieces in dorothy perkins yesterday..?? quite reasonable prices too. x

i bought a lovely wrap dress in a size up from normal from Laura Ashley. It is black jersey and drapes beautifully. I wear it when i have important meetings at work and it looks really good even now my bump is so big it has its own gravity.

I have also bought a few wrap style maternity dresses from M&S and from Next. Their winter collection was pretty good. I haven't checked out their spring collection yet but it might be worth a look.

JJMB also has some lovely stuff which would be good for work which is not too badly priced.

good luck.

I've bought bags of great stuff for pennies on ebay - - it's definitely worth checking out.

next, DPs, H&M mama

I've got that purple scoop neck Crave dress and I practically live in it for work.

Red Herring at Debenhams is good

I got a great dress and some trousers in Gap, they are probably the things I have lived in the most - a couple of Red Herring bits too (tend to get complimented by old ladies when I wear these so maybe a bit frumpier than other stuff!!)

Why do Maternity designers think you should live in combat trousers? I have 3 children and have worked throughout the pregnancies. Formes used to be excellent but has closed down the best place now is Isabel Oliver but I also got some good pieces from Seraphina and Noppies.