Monday, September 13, 2010

Maternity Body Types: Lush & Low

Whether you're baby egg is positioning herself to arrive or your little nester simply prefers the nether regions of your torso.  You can avoid repeated inquiries regarding your delivery timeline by rebalancing your proportions through visual fashion illusions. 


Juliet Dream Maternity 'Emma' Top
$45 - nordstrom.com
Begin with a top of adequate length.  Your child should never fall below the blouse hemline.
Splendid Supima Slub Drapey Cardigan
$34 - piperlime.gap.com
Layer a shorter length garment overtop to raise the visual length of your torso

$92 - duematernity.com
Lengthen the limbs below your low-slung belly with a dark, knee-grazing skirt

Three Seasons Scarf
$20 - anthropologie.com
Add balancing bulk above to balance the width below
Bowtied-Beauty Boots
$248 - anthropologie.com
Extend your leggies in knee-high riding boots

Cooperative Mini Flap Kisslock Wallet
$14 - urbanoutfitters.com


Bright Yellow Large Floral Wood Drop Hoop Earrings
$8.89 - avalaya.com
Migrate gazes north with a colorful pair of hoops.


Low & Lush 2

Low & Lush 2 by cardiganempire


$86 - duematernity.com
The v-neck of this lengthy tunic will redirect gazes to your smile rather than your bump.

Paige Denim Blue Heights 14" High Panel Maternity Jeans
$179 - piperlime.gap.com
Straight and dark, the ultimate leg lengthener

$79.95 - endless.com
Pregnancy appropriate height
brown wood studs bangle
$15 - shoptwigs.com


Steve Madden BBullet Clutch
$58.95 - endless.com




1 hundred 98 cents = your own maternity fashion look book cheat sheet.


Procure your own pregnancy focused fashion look book. Complete with all your own pregnant styling rules of conduct and much more.

Still to come, tips for the tiny.



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Friday, September 10, 2010

Nesting: Thoroughly Modern Billie


So a momentary digression from our maternity body type series.  If you have not already, please review the two maternity body types already posted, and keep your pointer click poised for the remaining two figures to come.  

But last night as I was making dinner in my frilly, ditsy floral apron, dreaming about my vintage green, French Le Creuset...



Mister Andrew Thomas informed me that the little corn cob in my loins was decidedly modern.  In fact, Billie of my belly prefers clean architectural lines, minimalist abstract patterns, and bold color-blocking.  The fact that Billie's father is also a modern lover, was merely coincidental.  Although the genetic modern gene could indeed have been passed from father to son, but Andrew's analysis of the situation and his adamant abstinence from Boy Frocks has nothing to do with his findings.

So I began germinating the conception of Baby Billie's modern life, which naturally led me to shopping.  Below is what I fancy:

Baby Billie reclining in his espresso wood bouncer listening to Bossa Nova Jazz as his father reads One Red Dot with him.


Then his tiny, caramel colored head would lay upon his pristine Spot on Square Roh Crib, his view of his abstract mobile unobstructed by crib bars.





Snuggled up in his geometric Denise Schmidt quilt, the lights of his George Nelson Bubble Lamps would slowly dim.


As rays of sunlight filtered through the lace of trees outside his window, he would awake only to be ushered into his contemporary high chair of European design.  Upon seating, he would finger feed himself cold edamame as we prepare ourselves for a fine stroll at the museum of modern art.


It's a lovely daydream, no?  In reality, I really do want to buy this portable feeding chair from Phil & Teds, from which Baby Billie will eat multi-grain cheerios.  

 I'll keep you posted.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Maternity Body Types: Lofty Breeding

Boobelly: when the division between chest and abdomen become negligible, an unfortunate complication of pregnancy, particularly when mothers cook their buns high in the oven.  Whether wives tales read correctly, and you're having a boy or your baby to be prefers alpine altitudes, you still deserve a separation of assets.  Your aim: pair a cinch with a flare to create a feminine silhouette.



$129 - picklesandicecream.com
Empire positioned waist ties decouple baby and bust.
2 Tier Pebble Earring
$18 - amritasingh.com


Black Bow Kitten Heel
35 GBP - missselfridge.com
Fancy without challenging equilibrium.


Maternity Body Types: Lofty Breeding 2
Maternity Body Types: Lofty Breeding 2 by cardiganempire


$66 - expectedmaternity.com
Wrap your pregnant present in its own pretty package.  The tie is functional, so it can follow along with your progress.
$107 - endless.com

Olian Low Rise Corduroy Slim Fit Bootlet Pants
$37 - 6pm.com
Just enough  of a foundational flare to balance your penthouse assets.

$80.95 - endless.com




1 hundred 98 cents = your own maternity fashion look book cheat sheet.


Procure your own pregnancy focused fashion look book. Complete with all your own pregnant styling rules of conduct and much more.

Still to come, tips for those who carry low.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Maternity Body Types: Full & Fertile

Whether a petite frame leaves baby expanding in every inch of your abbreviated figure or the last homestretch of reproduction leaves you feeling universally puffy, you want to signal that you’re pregnant, not pudgy! Your aim: emphasize length over width.

Pregnant Body Type: Full & Fertile

Pregnant Body Type: Full & Fertile by cardiganempireSelect an ensemble that elongates from swollen ankle to puffy cheek.  Pointed flats extend into a slenderizing boot cut or trouser cut denim.  Top with a body-skimming blouse then drape a long sweater in a neutral hue.  Finish the lean look with an opera length necklace and an extended strap shoulder bag.

Pregnant Body Types: Full & Fertile II

Pregnant Body Types: Full & Fertile II by cardiganempireA deeply hued head to toe sillouhette lengthens your torso, neutralizing roundness and curtailing girth.  An open neckline draws attention to the countenance and long dangling earrings keep it there.
leopard and gold bangle set
$48 - shoptwigs.com



1 hundred 98 cents = your own maternity fashion look book cheat sheet.


Procure your own pregnancy focused fashion look book. Complete with all your own pregnant styling rules of conduct and much more.

Best of luck to fertility queens feeling big all over.  Mañana, is dedicated to preggers who carry high.

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Maternity Body Types

Chic belly nesters in all their varieties cleared the majority this week, but vintage shopping tips will not be forgotten.  Both fashion chapters shall be addressed in due time.  In the mean time, get ready to dress your belly bump.



1 hundred 98 cents = your own maternity fashion look book cheat sheet.


Procure your own pregnancy focused fashion look book. Complete with all your own pregnant styling rules of conduct and much more.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Flour Clothing Vintage Giveaway Winner

Winner #1 (aka comment #18): Missy Jesslyn
Can use her $100 Flour Clothing gift certificate towards the 50s Blue Garden Organza Dress


Winner #2 (aka comment #152): Missy Kristin
Can use her $50 Flour Clothing gift certificate towards the 40's Yellow & Grey Big City Day Dress



And now that I have returned to the borders of digital proximity, what would you like to see on Cardigan Empire next week?  Shopping for vintage strategies or Maternity Body Types
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