The latest trend in maternity wear? Whispering the m-word,rather than shouting it, and creating clothes designed to last long beyond the third trimesterAre you up the duff? Do you speak emoji? If so, or well-behaved news: in June,the UK’s fastest growing language is to launch a pregnant woman icon, making it even easier to tell loved ones approximately life-changing news in a thoroughly impersonal manner. But while the view from our iPhones will be more pregnancy-inclusive than ever in 2016, and the outlook in maternity fashion remains complicated.
As anyone pregnant will tell you,finding decent maternity wear is a challenge. Specialist brands are expensive and often veer towards the Kate Middleton engagement-shoot look, a wrap dress too far for many. tall street ranges tend to be limited, and hidden absent or only available online (Topshop’s maternity choice in London’s Oxford Circus branch is a notable exception). Meanwhile,designer fashion rarely bothers with maternity dressing at all – viewing pregnancy with the same disdain it reserves for carbs, opaque black tights and full ankles.
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Source: theguardian.com