Tummy, can I wear a dress without looking preg or needing control pants?

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I would love to wear dresses, never have really as before babies I was a jeans girl really. Now I'd like to wear them, I'm size 12, 5ft and have a bit of a wobbly belly due to having split tummy muscles from preg never going totally back and my love of all things cakey! Can I wear a dress? If so what sort of style, I have literally no idea...help!

I have a tummy issue and wear dresses all the time.

I am tall and a generous 12 with decent legs so I find dresses much more flattering than tops with jeans as if you get the right one they hide the flaws!

Wrap dresses are flattering and I like empire line ones or A line but that may not work so well on a shorter body?

Tunic styles with leggings?

Empire line makes me look pregnant. Wrap dresses are better. That's all my pearls of wisdom used up but I will be watching with interest

same problem here. I find wrap dresses look terrible - they cling to my tummy.

I am no expert - I just wear dresses as so much comfier and easier to decide what to wear.... I tend to go for a long sleeve top with a dress on top. Most of mine are from Gap but often see stuff similar in places like fat face and white stuff

My most recent purchase (ie the only one that I can still link to is this):

www.gap.eu/browse/product.do?cid=66915&vid=1&pid=847784 which looks totally different on me to how it looks in the photo.

on another dress thread rookiemater gave a link to this dress which looks lovely and v versitile and flattering/easy to wear?
www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Womens-Dresses/Above-Knee-Dresses/WH278-BLK/Womens-Black-Joyful-Jersey-Dress.html (hope that it is ok mn ettiquette to repost???)

Phase Eight often have dresses with quite clever ruching/draping around the tummy area - v forgiving. Spanx pants (or similar) also v good for ironing out any remaining lumps and bumps - good for evening but not sure how comfy for day-wear.