Can you help me create a post pregnancy capsule wardrobe, please?

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I am at the inbetween stage - pregnancy clothes hanging off me, old clothes to tight and muffin top galore. My lovely wool jumpers I bought last year are too scratchy to cradle a newborn's head on .

Me:
5'3'' with a long body. 32 years old. 74 kg (aiming for 59 kg!!!). Brown hair, blue eyes, pale, pale skin...

Prefer trousers/ jeans at the moment opver dresses as I am often on the floor with my 3 year old (although dresses would be an easier way to be pulled together).

Love tunics, but not leggings due to wobbly bum/ legs

Breastfeeding, so need easy access to boobs whilst my belly is covered to hide stretch marks.

Statistics - 42-33-44
(used to be and aiming for 38-28-39)

Need to be warm. Cheap as I am aiming to lose weight (eating healthily rather than diet) and I am on maternity leave so have no money.

Prefer natural fabrics if posslble.

Sorry this is such a long list - I need help! I've just sorted throiugh what does fit and I have nice clothes, but nothing really goes together . It would be nice just to have a small selection of clothes that works, rather than loads.

I just want to look well put-together and sophisticated!

Thank you SO much for bothering to read!!!

Many maternity and BF tops are well worth keeping beyond their specific use, v flattering in general. Love this and this. You can also wear nice cardigans over slitty vests for BFing (I actually slit my own cheapy vests!)

If you can find a stretchy black miniskirt (try Matalan or somewhere cheap) that can be a Godsend, pre and post baby. Wear it over leggings to cover the wobbles, wear it over jeans to cover the gap. Leggings are fine as long as your bum has extra covering so you could also wear them with short sundresses and a woolly top/cardi. Nobody looks at your legs, they look at the baby. Or the huge norks.

Would say that babies don't give a toss about scratchiness of jumpers.

Ooh this is cheap.

Slitting your own vests - what a GREAT idea! Off to check the links

My post pregnancy capsule wardrobe was lots of trousers (cheap cargo trousers generally), long vests (primark etc. a good bet) as was bfing and shirts/cardigans/sweat tops I could wear over the top if it was cold (though was post natal over the summer both times so didnt really need to make too much use of them).

Found Primark, H&M and Newlook were good bets for cheap and cheerful clothes that would outgrow me as I lost weight - invested in good accessories and shoes I could wear regardless (and still do now).

Get some jeggings that come up nice and high-great for muffin tops. Put a dart in back as you lose weight. Put a (supportive)vest under (jojo do nice ones that support boobs) and then stick a long boyfriend cardi over. As you lose weight, you will be able to do cardi up, thus outlining newly-svelte outline.(wink). Team with a bright scarf, a beret and some boots to tuck jeggiings into, and bob's your uncle.

Beret MUST be worn at a jaunty angle/rakish slant.

Any examples? Links ? Wher could I buy these???

Thanks

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