Pregnant Child in the City: To Embrace or Not to Embrace

This morning, I went to my "guilty pleasure" website to surf the showbiz headlines. The website--The Daily Mail--writes their features in a distinctly British voice which I find irresistible. While they have their own celebs across the pond to focus on ("Big Brother," for example, seems to be a much bigger phenomenon in England than it does here), they add their own two cents when it comes to covering American celebs.

Case in point: Heroes actress Ali Larter, who is about 7 1/2 months pregnant with her first child. The original article (link below) discusses nothing more than Ms. Larter enjoying an LA lunch with her husband, and begins as such:

"She is believed to have just a few more weeks to go until her due date. But Heroes actress Ali Larter still looked pretty glamorous as she lunched in Los Angeles yesterday. The 34-year-old actress wore a casual black outfit and tinted sunglasses as she strolled to her car with husband Hayes MacArthur."

As you can see from the pictures below (from The Daily Mail's orig. article), Ali wears black skinny jeans, black Chucks, and a fitted (though not tight) black tee.




What got me was not the article itself, but a comment made by a reader. The reader asked why late-term preggies "prefer to wear tight-fitting clothings when they are at the end stage of their pregnancies." They continued on by adding, "if the traditional maternity clothes (like what our moms used to wear) are no longer in vogue, there are many smock or a-line tops they can wear." The reader made a few disparaging remarks about pregnant women as well, though I felt like those weren't necessary to understand the gist of the argument.

In essence, this reader was asking what all we preggers ask ourselves about our growing bumps: To Embrace or Not to Embrace?

It's a question every modern pregnant lady faces, and the answer is never black-and-white. The truth is, it changes by the day. There will be times when wearing an old stretch knit dress from H & M suits us, and times when all we want is a big floaty caftan a la Mrs. Roper.


Most women's wardrobes (both pre-pregnancy and maternity) will contain pieces of both kinds. We may choose to embrace on some days, and diminish on others.

While this may be my first experience with pregnancy, I have found that not only do fitted pieces (like Ms. Larter's) actually look better, they can continue to be worn after my little pumpkin is born.

And in our current economy, wearability and longevity in clothing is top priority for most consumers.

I'm curious to know what readers think about this. Perhaps tomorrow will be a follow-up containing your responses...

Thanks for reading!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1327862/Ali-Larter-blooming-black-lunches-Los-Angeles.html#ixzz14noueFIl