Help me, please, wise fashionistas of Mumsnet!
The current situation: I’m 33, pregnant (not helping style situation), limited budget, two kids (soon to be 3) under school age.
My lifestyle: pre school drops offs, rushing between activities and clubs, will soon be bf a baby, playing with 2yo DS on the floor.
Body shape: 5’9”, size 10 (when not pregnant), quite big distance between crotch and hips (so can’t stand trousers that hang too low and show a builder’s bum). Average size boobs, longer than average torso so dresses with a ‘waist’ rarely work as they don’t fall on my slimmest part.
I wear: skinny jeans, slouchy jumpers, metallic Supergas, loose-fitting blouses/shirts (though can’t pull off many shirt styles as they look too boxy on my frame).
Shops I like: Hush (though I find the quality has seriously slipped recently), Cos, Toast, & Other Stories.
Can’t abide: Next, M&S - I find the cuts all wrong for my body shape, H&M (everything falls apart), anything too boho looking.
I’d quite like to be able to pull off the athleisure look for more casual days, but I’d say my natural style falls more towards the classic, clean lines, blocks of colour look. I don’t like too much pattern or bright colour but also don’t want to look a boring grey and sludgy mess! I haven’t had my colours done properly but suspect I’m a soft summer. Mousy hair that will soon be highlighted, grey eyes, pale-ish skin with a tendency to freckle.
I’m in the process of getting my hair sorted - it’s currently a frizzy mess that needs cutting and colouring. I need help with make up (I wear very little and I’m getting a bit old and tired for so little!) and clothes as I feel I’m stuck in a frumpy rut! I’d like to look a bit more ‘expensive’, more out together and generally less of a state.