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Winter maternity dresses for work?

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KellyJellyfish · 04/10/2023 22:02

Can anyone recommend any shops for maternity dresses? I’m having real trouble finding dresses suitable for work, doesn’t have to be super formal, I recently bought a simple black ribbed wrap dress from ASOS and it’s great, sadly haven’t found the same with their other ones.

the issue I’m having with buying stuff online is I end up sending the majority of it back (especially trousers) as it either doesn’t fit or I don’t like the quality. In particular a lot of material is paper thin and shows…everything, not ideal for the office. I did look at Seraphine and JoJo Mama but their stuff is a bit expensive for me, £50 per dress quickly racks up!

I’d love to try stuff on in store but a lot of shops only do maternity stuff online.
Can anyone recommend any good brands? Or shops I can try stuff on?

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Unexpectedlysinglemum · 04/10/2023 23:17

KellyJellyfish · 04/10/2023 22:02

Can anyone recommend any shops for maternity dresses? I’m having real trouble finding dresses suitable for work, doesn’t have to be super formal, I recently bought a simple black ribbed wrap dress from ASOS and it’s great, sadly haven’t found the same with their other ones.

the issue I’m having with buying stuff online is I end up sending the majority of it back (especially trousers) as it either doesn’t fit or I don’t like the quality. In particular a lot of material is paper thin and shows…everything, not ideal for the office. I did look at Seraphine and JoJo Mama but their stuff is a bit expensive for me, £50 per dress quickly racks up!

I’d love to try stuff on in store but a lot of shops only do maternity stuff online.
Can anyone recommend any good brands? Or shops I can try stuff on?

H&M mamma is good - order through the app for discounts. There is SO much seraphim's stuff on Vinted or on Facebook seraphine reselling pages - get on local mums Facebook groups and ask if anyone is selling. Their dresses and jumpers and jeans are great.

minipie · 04/10/2023 23:30

I agree maternity wear is an obvious thing to buy second hand, it won’t have had a lot of wear, so look on ebay and vinted. You may find bundles on ebay.

Also, unless you are v huge already bump wise, you don’t have to buy maternity stuff - I had a couple of trapeze shaped or stretchy knitted dresses that were not maternity but worked well (admittedly one of the stretchy ones was never quite the same afterwards!)

oliveroses · 04/10/2023 23:31

Another vote for Seraphine on vinted - bought all of my clothes on there for this pregnancy. It's been great!

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KellyJellyfish · 08/10/2023 22:09

Thanks all I’ll try vinted

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Matildahoney · 08/10/2023 22:16

Asda is great for dresses, I get a lot from Shein or New Look. Other than that I just size up in a regular jumper dress.

Epli · 08/10/2023 22:38

As above - H&M or Seraphine on vinted

CrispAppleStrudels · 08/10/2023 22:51

Seraphine have a big sale on at the minute - i got a couple of dresses + jumpers that im hoping will see me through winter in the office (i do 2days in the office / 3 days WFH) that were nearly half price (so £30 i think?).

New Look also have some quite nice maternity dresses in that ive smartened up with a jacket over the top and they were £25ish.

witmum · 08/10/2023 22:59

Asda was quite good for me.

New look just sized up rather than maternity was good for me at well.

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KellyJellyfish · 30/10/2023 19:40

Thanks all, found some great stuff in Asda

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CR7 · 30/10/2023 19:47

I've bought all mine from vinted. Topshop maternity and HM mama. Really great dresses and very cheap x

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