Adjusting to a changing body is a complicated emotional process. Not only are we having to adjust to our changing bodies, but we have to deal with our clothes no longer fitting.
I know this isn’t geared towards pregnant women but it still resonates so much. I don’t think I’ll fit into my clothes postpartum and it’s good to reckon with that early on. Thank you for this!
You’re welcome. One of the hardest parts of pregnancy for me was my changing body. There is so much uncertainty surrounding pregnancy, especially around body change, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough. I wish I had the body confidence then that I have now. Congrats to you on making a human!
This made me think about thrift-store shopping, one of my favorite activities in my late teens and early 20s, right as I was sort of getting my footing in the world, but I still cared about fashion... so I wanted to look more unconventional/punk/whatever, and thrift stores were wonderful for that.
I also have a really hard time throwing clothing away. For me, it's probably part of that scarcity mindset I tried writing about a while back, the idea that you have to sort of hold onto everything forever, since you might not get another chance. All I can say is that I'm even more convinced that epigenetics has played a role in my life, with the superpower of frugality (and also supercurse) being part and parcel of who I was growing up.
Not to derail much from the central message here, Kristi! It's a very well articulated one, and I hope it helps a lot of folks who are adjusting to similar circumstances. Keep 'em coming!
Derail away! Thrifting was a necessity for me when I was a kid, but I have some favorite finds I’ve held onto since high school. The kids these days still see thrifting as part of individual expression, but it’s more than that too. They see it as the opposite of fast fashion, which is destroying the environment and not providing fair wages. My kids have a hard time buying new things, and they do care how it’s made, who made it and where it came from, and that makes me a proud Mama.
I went to a high end clothes shop and bought a couple of outfits that felt lovely and were colourful. I had never spent that much on clothes in one go before, so it was a bit of a shock but I know I'll be wearing them for years.
Great advice, Kristi! I had a very cathartic wardrobe clear out in the summer and it felt good to finally let go of some of the clothes I’d been hanging onto for a long time because I thought one day I might be able to fit into them again. In reality it was never going to happen, and I’m at peace with that now.
I found this really helpful Kristi thanks as someone whose post-pandemic clothes no longer fitted. This resonated with me “It’s really important that we find clothes we love in the bodies we’re in right now”. That’s the goal, to accept now not then. Thanks!
I know this isn’t geared towards pregnant women but it still resonates so much. I don’t think I’ll fit into my clothes postpartum and it’s good to reckon with that early on. Thank you for this!
You’re welcome. One of the hardest parts of pregnancy for me was my changing body. There is so much uncertainty surrounding pregnancy, especially around body change, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough. I wish I had the body confidence then that I have now. Congrats to you on making a human!
This made me think about thrift-store shopping, one of my favorite activities in my late teens and early 20s, right as I was sort of getting my footing in the world, but I still cared about fashion... so I wanted to look more unconventional/punk/whatever, and thrift stores were wonderful for that.
I also have a really hard time throwing clothing away. For me, it's probably part of that scarcity mindset I tried writing about a while back, the idea that you have to sort of hold onto everything forever, since you might not get another chance. All I can say is that I'm even more convinced that epigenetics has played a role in my life, with the superpower of frugality (and also supercurse) being part and parcel of who I was growing up.
Not to derail much from the central message here, Kristi! It's a very well articulated one, and I hope it helps a lot of folks who are adjusting to similar circumstances. Keep 'em coming!
Derail away! Thrifting was a necessity for me when I was a kid, but I have some favorite finds I’ve held onto since high school. The kids these days still see thrifting as part of individual expression, but it’s more than that too. They see it as the opposite of fast fashion, which is destroying the environment and not providing fair wages. My kids have a hard time buying new things, and they do care how it’s made, who made it and where it came from, and that makes me a proud Mama.
I love this. I saw it this way, too. I was VERY anti-system!
I went to a high end clothes shop and bought a couple of outfits that felt lovely and were colourful. I had never spent that much on clothes in one go before, so it was a bit of a shock but I know I'll be wearing them for years.
Great advice, Kristi! I had a very cathartic wardrobe clear out in the summer and it felt good to finally let go of some of the clothes I’d been hanging onto for a long time because I thought one day I might be able to fit into them again. In reality it was never going to happen, and I’m at peace with that now.
I found this really helpful Kristi thanks as someone whose post-pandemic clothes no longer fitted. This resonated with me “It’s really important that we find clothes we love in the bodies we’re in right now”. That’s the goal, to accept now not then. Thanks!
I’m so glad you found it helpful, Deborah!