I need clothes for work that are office attire but can be a casual office attire.
They are a little strict - no 3/4 pants, singlets, shorts, I have to ask about tights under dresses.
I don't want to spend a fortune as i won't get to wear them for long.
Where did you find nice but reasonably cheap ones???????
I have couple pair of very comfy black pants from Target. One pair folds down at top, the other pair (i got from a mate) have a V shape at the front that goes under bump. The second pair, you have to be bit more careful about having longer tops.
Comfy and they wash well and dry pretty quick so good for work without too much hassle.
Have you got a DFO near you? The pumpkin patch outlet has some great bargains and they have corporate style maternity wear.
i would try kmart, target or pumpkin patch :)
Kmart and target have some nice stuff. Alot of the fashion stuff (not actual maternity clothes) now is suitable to wear with a bump.
Pumpkin Patch online has some great bargains.
Pumpkin patch are great but can be quite expensive, you can normally find bub2b stuff in k-mart and the often have things on the clearance rack!
I have also found BIGW have some nice stuff thats not overly expensive.
Pumpkin patch and target have been my favourite.
For work I just had a pair of black pants and a few tops. Yeah, I ended up wearing the same thing a lot, but it isn't worth spending lots of money for a few months.
Quite a few "regular" clothes also work well. I bought a nice maxi dress the other day.
I lived in Target pants but also wore lots of non-maternity stretchy jersey dresses/skirts. They only started to look a bit dumb quite late into the pregnancy when my bump meant that they were a bit shorter at the front than the back. But my care factor wasn't very big!
bigW has some good mat.wear you can also get two bump bands for $20 - a black and a white one which can come in handy if worried about the lenth of shirts at the back. bub2be from kmart is also good. i've also found that both BigW and kmart also have mat.wear on clearance racks. also plus size shirts - i bought a fair few of them and still wear them!
Have you checked out ebay???
I will look out at the shops for you as well :)
All my mat clothes are Pumpkin patch or target. If you look carefully often have specials on.
I only have 1 pair of PP jeans, 1 pair of black target pants both from 1st preg and this preg have bought a pair or 3/4 length shorts.
Tops and tshirts all target and PP and all been on sale, not paid full price for any.
ebay is great
pumpkin patch
target
kmart
mumstheword
Where abouts are you? I know there is a really cheap independant shop in mount evelyn(victoria) that have business attire and casual attire for all occasions at only $10 - $30 a peice. It's a small town.. if there are more out there like this then you'd be in luck!!
Ebay
Pumpkin Patch
Target
Thanks girls. :) Have been keeping an eye out for stuff i like. Maybe it's just me. I'm not really into any of the fashions at the moment, let alone what i've seen maternity wise.
Whats with everything being with prints???? Work has agree to tights with dresses so on the look out for these type of things now :)
I bought a few things at Millers - not maternity clothes but larger size clothes. I paid $30 for a nice pair of dress pants which I wore from 5 to 9 months with 1st pregnancy and for this pregnancy I bought a beautiful lined skirt that I have been wearing the last two months - that was $30 too.
not sure if anyone has suggested this already as I havent read through all the posts but have you tried "freecycle"? (Google it, there should be one for your area)
People put things on there they dont want anymore & its all free. You can also post "wanted" but I think you have to "offer" something before you're allowed to ask for something... you can offer ANYTHING you dont use anymore :)
I hope I've helped & good luck hun ;)