A thoughtful Linda Wells podcast, how there's limited space for Taylor Swift critique (don't come for me), and a SHOP that's basically my actual wishlist.
I didn't want my style to change with children but I certainly rethink lux fabrics incase they slime me, platform shoes so I can chase them, big earrings in case they tug them off, anything short so no one sees my breakfast when I'm strapping them in the car. I do have one of those houses that looks like children don't live in it because I've taught them not to trash it but I tried wearing my glam/special clothes around my children and I found myself hesitating to pick them up when they were dirty or let them cry on my shoulder and I was like this is fucked. I'm going to wear kid friendly clothes I don't care about getting dirt/snot/grime on because my kids are more important. When they're older, I'll unlock my daily glam again but until then I'm wearing clothes I can climb in at the park and not panic if it gets blood all over it. 😂
Karla Deras!!! I’ve been following her since Karla’s Closet and the inception of The Line By K! It’s been so nice to see the successes of bloggers from that golden era a la Elin Kling with Toteme, Margaret Zhang with Vogue China, Sara Crampton with The Undone, Chriselle Lim with PHLUR (which I’m desperate to smell and get in Aus).
I actually feel like becoming a mum has helped me crystallize my own sense of style more than ever. There just isn’t the time to not wear, buy or shop for clothes that I don’t love and feel 10/10 in. Plus getting dressed has taken on a whole new transformative power (especially after a night full of wakes) that has made me hone into my own style and really think about the outfits I want to put together.
Zara I love that article (along with your other recs!) and your thoughts on what it means to dress like a mum. Like you said of course there are some practicalities but all in all we don’t have to stop wearing what we enjoy wearing just because we have given birth. Amy Smilovic talked about her experience becoming a mum she feel she had to “look” like a mum and now dress a certain way but concluded that she thinks now it is because she was still discovering her own style not because she was now a mum. There is so much psychology behind fashion and what we choose to wear.
A friend's grandmother told her (and she told me), children get bored of the stuff they see all the time. So if you always wear big earrings, they aren't going to find them interesting enough to pull on. If there's always coffee table books on the coffee table, they will get bored of pulling them off - all those things just become background. It's the different they're attracted to.
I don't understand why so many women feel they have to sign their lives away in order to be "the best parent" ever. Parenting isn't all about sacrifice and I feel making the child the centre of the universe often results in spoiled, entitled children.
I didn't want my style to change with children but I certainly rethink lux fabrics incase they slime me, platform shoes so I can chase them, big earrings in case they tug them off, anything short so no one sees my breakfast when I'm strapping them in the car. I do have one of those houses that looks like children don't live in it because I've taught them not to trash it but I tried wearing my glam/special clothes around my children and I found myself hesitating to pick them up when they were dirty or let them cry on my shoulder and I was like this is fucked. I'm going to wear kid friendly clothes I don't care about getting dirt/snot/grime on because my kids are more important. When they're older, I'll unlock my daily glam again but until then I'm wearing clothes I can climb in at the park and not panic if it gets blood all over it. 😂
Karla Deras!!! I’ve been following her since Karla’s Closet and the inception of The Line By K! It’s been so nice to see the successes of bloggers from that golden era a la Elin Kling with Toteme, Margaret Zhang with Vogue China, Sara Crampton with The Undone, Chriselle Lim with PHLUR (which I’m desperate to smell and get in Aus).
I actually feel like becoming a mum has helped me crystallize my own sense of style more than ever. There just isn’t the time to not wear, buy or shop for clothes that I don’t love and feel 10/10 in. Plus getting dressed has taken on a whole new transformative power (especially after a night full of wakes) that has made me hone into my own style and really think about the outfits I want to put together.
Zara I love that article (along with your other recs!) and your thoughts on what it means to dress like a mum. Like you said of course there are some practicalities but all in all we don’t have to stop wearing what we enjoy wearing just because we have given birth. Amy Smilovic talked about her experience becoming a mum she feel she had to “look” like a mum and now dress a certain way but concluded that she thinks now it is because she was still discovering her own style not because she was now a mum. There is so much psychology behind fashion and what we choose to wear.
P.s. Tree Paine sounds terrifying 🤣
A friend's grandmother told her (and she told me), children get bored of the stuff they see all the time. So if you always wear big earrings, they aren't going to find them interesting enough to pull on. If there's always coffee table books on the coffee table, they will get bored of pulling them off - all those things just become background. It's the different they're attracted to.
I don't understand why so many women feel they have to sign their lives away in order to be "the best parent" ever. Parenting isn't all about sacrifice and I feel making the child the centre of the universe often results in spoiled, entitled children.
Zara!!!! Tree Paine EMAILED YOU!!!!!! I fear I’ve been asking all the wrong questions during our friendship
Hey Zara! I love your earrings in the first photo. Super edgy. ;) Who makes them?