Maternity clothes - not black!

[April2009Baby]

I think that the title says it all really. I'm three months pregnant and clothes are starting to get tight. In the next few weeks I will have to start thinking about maternity clothes to mix in with the larger/looser things in my normal wardrobe.

The problem is, I hate black on me. I don't really wear black in normal life. I generally wear navy or brown (sometimes grey) as neutrals in winter. All maternity clothes seem to come either in black or in 'statement' colours.

Can any wise MN'ers point me in the direction of some navy, brown, or other non-black maternity clothes?

Budget-wise, mainly high street, but I could stretch for one or two things.

IO do lots of tops in some lovely colours, like this

purple wrap top

wine red warp top

Isabella Oliver tops are expensive, but you can sell them for a very good price afterwards as they are very good quality [note the trousers are of poor quality IMO]

ebay!!

Vivelamaternity.com have some really nice colours and styles - not too expensive either!!

Try Vertbaudet - I got some lovely soft grey maternity trousers from them. I think they have quite a lot in brown/grey. Also Blooming Marvellous I think had softer colours..

Thanks everyone. I think I will combine those suggestions too and look out for some of those brands on ebay!

i bought loads os white things on ebay and then tossed them all in the washing machine with my favourite colour fabric dye. Everyone commented on my lovely range of purple maternity clothes.

ooh, cunning!

I thought Jojomamanbebe actually had some nice things in the current catalgue - and was jealous because all maternity clothes were minging when I was pg

www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/detailgroup.php?type=GRP&code=ROLLNECK&branch=IM&category=BEC82

H&M - lots of purple, green, red, other colours

bugger. didn't mean to do that

this

this

this

etc

breastfeeding stuff is still dreadful though...

When you say high street which end of high street prices? I've just bought a long denim skirt from jojomamanbebe, and a purple wrap around cardi, which is actually cheaper than Monsoon or Fat Face where I bought some clothes in the spring, but more than Next or the other places where I got others - £32.40 each item, with a mumsnet 10% discount (£36 before discount), and no postage, and they arrived quickly. I don't like most of what's in the shops, I have an aversion to stretch and cling. And although I live and work in London I don't really feel like doing Oxford Street after work and missing the short time with ds, and local high street is limited and a pain to get into at the weekend.

In terms of price, I was thinking lower end (H&M, Topshop, etc) for stuff like t-shirts that I'll need quite a lot of (no time for washing in the week!), but I'd happily spend Monsoon prices on things like trousers or dresses, which I won't need many of.

Meant to say, thanks to both the people who said jojomamanbebe, they have some lovely stuff. Stuff I would wear even if I wasn't pregnant (well, if it were cut differently!)