Feel like I desperately need some style help.
I used to be pretty fashionable - now I look frumpy and old.
I have two kids - one just turned 5 (born in Covid) and one who is 2 who - for reasons related to his health - I am still breastfeeding (despite being desperate to stop and “have my body back” after so many years of pregnancy and BFing). I know some people lose weight breastfeeding but I am not one of them - in fact I seem to gain ever more weight the longer I do it. I also have a pretty stressful job and have a tendency to eat chocolate when stressed.
I have always been a little “curvy” in adulthood (though I used to be an hourglass so clothes looked pretty good on me), but now I am overweight. None of my pre baby clothes fit me but I also just feel completely lost about what will suit me now. i realised recently that it’s very rare now for me to see photos of myself and not hate them (where has my neck gone? My chins/ jowls now seem to slide into it).
I am fairly fit and get a decent amount of exercise, but all clothes seem to look awful on me. Insanely the other day I thought I probably looked better in my underwear than I do my clothes! And, er, I don’t look great in my underwear
you are all brilliant - can you suggest how I find me find my style mojo again?
I am 5”4, a 14 to 16 now, with big thighs (always suspected I have lipedema), a post baby stomach and frankly ginormous boobs (am wearing 34g but suspect I need to be measured for an even bigger size)
What type of styles should I be looking at?
I like me and em clothes but I now think I look terrible in everything I bought from there recently, so please please help!
And did anyone else feel like this and how did you get out of it?
thank you so so much for any advice