{"id":5557,"date":"2012-05-07T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T08:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=5557"},"modified":"2016-11-02T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:29:01","slug":"mum-fashion-yes-its-not-too-late-to-look-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/mum-fashion-yes-its-not-too-late-to-look-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum Fashion: Yes, It’s Not Too Late To Look Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

One reason why I love weekends and bank holidays so much is that I don’t have to do the school run.<\/h2>\r\nWhich of late, like many mums and dads has become the bane of my life dragging a reluctant 2 year old out in the pouring rain to pick up an over tired 5 year old and getting soaked twice a day no matter what I wear. All of which means most days I feel and look like a washed out drudge.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWhile obviously it doesn’t matter what you wear on the school run, I do like fashion and yearn to look a little bit on trend again sometime before the decade is out. So I’m liking it that a variety of mums have started blogging about what they wear on the school run and beyond and offering tips on what clothes work for a busy mum.\r\n

Clothes-Loving<\/h3>\r\nOne blog School Gate Style<\/a> is written\u00a0 by a ‘clothes-loving, shopping-obsessed, mum of 3’ and is a brilliant look at investment pieces, shoes that work for busy mums and how to get great clothes on a budget: School Gate Style Swap<\/a>.The blog is written by mum Avril Keys from Belfast who says her blog features stylish practical, high-street outfits to help mums find fashion inspiration.\r\n

Blogs that I relate<\/h3>\r\nPersonally I find blogs like these a great read, especially as I don’t feel the fashion magazines I used to read talk to me in any way whatsoever. One magazine which I was reading yesterday (supposedly aimed at mums) had a ridiculous fashion spread with a \u00a3930 dress, a \u00a3500 jacket and a \u00a3170 bag and that was on the budget page! I don’t know about you but I still want to be fashionable even though I need my clothes to be practical and cost effective.\r\n

Mum style blogs<\/h3>\r\nIt’s why I’m also loving the US blog Aint’ No Mom Jeans<\/a>, which sums up the ethos of mum style blogs very nicely for me – ‘mom style is something for us that can stand up to the toddler test:\u00a0 it can be pulled on, easily washed, is something that can be worn whether you are kicking a ball around the park, going down the slide or taking the kiddos out for lunch.\u00a0 It’s influenced by trends, but not defined by them.’<\/em>\r\n\r\nOn the UK front Cocomamastyle<\/a> blogger Helen Canning also shows very smartly how “you don’t need to say goodbye to style the minute that little plastic stick says \u2018pregnant.” She has a great post on must -have cross the body bags<\/a> (ideal if you’re pushing a pram or stroller) and pick of this season’s best dresses<\/a> that won’t break the bank.\r\n\r\nBut what do you think? Do you feel as if you’ve fallen into a fashion gap? Where do you get your fashion inspiration from? Any blogs you’d like to recommend to us?\r\n

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