Do you dress like a mum?

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Be warned! Those of you on the look out for a hooded coat that is warm and waterproof, heals this warning. You may end up looking like a mum.

i refuse to take fashion advice from someone who describes things as "blingin' ".

seriously, i spend most of my time in leggings and ugg boots, because they are warm and still look nice. i don't see how wearing neon trainers and pyjama bottoms on the school run will do me any favours at all.

Coats have always been a problem area for me as I hate almost all of them. My current selection is:
Faux leather biker jacker (TK Maxx)
Extremely gorgeous cream Faux Fur coat (Primark)
Very thin unwarm/unwaterproof ASOS parka only worn in driving rain
Ancient Trespass Ski Jacket only worn in snow.

Coats make me feel frumpy and sort of squashed, I hate them. I would rather add wrist warmers/scarves and a vest layer to keep warm.

However this is nothing to do with mum-clothes or not, it's just me

And come to that she is no fashion guru wearing those horrid trainers! Trainers are for running and sport only imho.

I actually thought her get-up was supposed to illustrate mumsy frumpishness until I started reading the piece, which implied she - unlike most mums - was amazingly on trend.

She seems very pleased with herself

I hate being cold and wet more than looking frumpy. In this weather the frumpy look prevails.

I love my mum coat, it's warm and (as she points out) the hood means my hair doesn't get soaked pushing the buggy in the rain. I agree it's not remotely stylish but I really don't care. I am, however, wearing an oversized jumper with a neon pattern on it - style win apparently! (DH hates the jumper....)

Wow, Molly, you're amayyyyyzing.

That red sweatshirts with the leaping stallion is so outré, and obviously, like, totally reflects your personality. Nothing bland about you!

The the way you're cocking your right leg out just so, and looking down at the ground. Anyone would think you were a real model.

And man, you are so rocking those converse. There is absolutely nothing mumsy about converse at all, right?!

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Loads of people invest in padded sleeping bag jackets. It's just that it's only Mums who come in for criticism of same. Because God forbid we should ever forget - a mother's place is in the wrong. :)

Her dc aren't school age yet, wait til she's on the school run, it's pissing down with rain, winds blowing a gale and her little one decides to jump into the nearest waist deep puddle...

Eek, sorry Molls. I read it again and see that you've graduated from converse to Nike Air Max.

Muuuuuuuch better.

She's too cool for school .

Why can't everyone leave everyone else a-bloody-lone?

Huh. I'm not a mum and I wear pretty much all those "mum clothes". I think they look pretty darn good and don't especially care if other people don't.

But surely Molly Gunn is kidding herself? She is the epitome of what many would call 'Mum dressing'. That Skinny printed jeans/sweater/sneakers is surely the wardrobe of the Mum In Denial?

I have always seen Esther Walker as the Boden Poster girl. She has that rounded Milky Mumsy look in every photo I've ever seen. Not that there ia anything wrong with that but she is another one who is kidding herself especially if her 'sportswear' is not the American kind (fashion terminology for smart casual) but yoga pants/stretch pants etc. That is the uniform of many a Mother in the playground on her way to Yoga/Pilates then a skinny latte in Otolenghis.

'Marc Jacobs hobo'

What even is that?

Why is she using it as a changing bag?

I don't think she would be at all impressed with me and my boots freebie.

And she looks a complete mess in the pictures. A sloppy jumper and leggings? She looks 14

My husband has a YMC shawl collar duffel coat. Must tell him he has hit the fashion jackpot. TK Maxx has YMC in quite a lot .

Its a tackier designer bag- I agree with her about changing bags but the Marc Jacobs bag linings are foul - worse than any changing bag pattern.

There are plenty of desirable and stylish designer bags. The Hobo is not one of them.

There is a mc mum look,mum uniform.skinny jeans,uggs,coat or puffa coat
The worthy mammies have slings.the twee mammies have bags with cupcakes motif
I dress for work but see the mc tribe out about.and yes they look mumsy

I think that I can safely say that I am not "about" bold printed sweatshirts. In fact, I am not, have never been and firmly expect never to be "about" an item of clothing. I also note in passing that Millionhands want to charge me £34 for a t-shirt and that Ganni's oversized colourful knots start at £120.

90% of women in the UK dress in skinnies, converse and a jumper, so I'm not sure what is so 'mum' about that.

I guess I'm not sure what the article is supposed to be about. Is she suggesting we all dress like her (er, no thanks) or is she suggesting mums don't get enough shit and we need more thrown at us for dressing in clothes appropriate for looking after kids? Pointless article with no merit and no value. Disappointing.

I think she means that obviously your priorities change once you've had children, and that that's fine and understandable so long as "fashion fun" remains your top priority.

I have a few MJ bags Mignonette ad the lining doesn't bother me - the bags are great quality and I like the style of them.

Anyway her knee cocked slightly in stance annoys the hell out of me. Guardian should have commissioned an article that didn't take the existence of an imaginary generic 'mum' for granted. Disappointing. But I suppose at least she's not added a snazzy scarf, that's my real bugbear on women who think they've nailed stylish dressing at toddler groups.

I'm a mum! Therefore anything I wear is "dressing like a mum"

I look way better than her though. No jumpers with animals on. I have to dress like a grown up for work.

Did she really say one of her friends bought a "mum coat" and another mum SHOUTED AT HER ACROSS THE PLAYGROUND? Are they actually adults not school kids? That was the kind of thing that happened when I was 12 and somebody's parents bought them an uncool coat.

also how does this work?

Converse= frumpy mum shoes

Nike Air Max= cool

She might have a mainline Marc Jacobs bag I suppose - I don't think they have the printed lining? She looks like fairly typical for a mum to me though.

I honestly think that she, along with most teenagers wearing that kind of look, looks completely ridiculous. If she thinks that's what's fashionable, she might want to have a look at what the teenagers in the college I go to look like.

...I assume she IS going for a teenage look, right?