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Welcome to Design Diaries, a new collection where by we research the bodily manifestations of our closet tours IRL. We are asking pals and tastemakers to present us what they are *actually* donning through the week and to supply a minimal insight into their ideas on the recent condition of trend. This 7 days we are talking with the founder of Comme Si, Jenni Lee. In her third trimester of being pregnant, Lee is searching for comfortable nevertheless stylish merchandise on the days that she does get dressed.
What does your fashion *really* appear like proper now?
“Honestly, 70 per cent of the time you may obtain me putting on an oversize t-shirt with Comme Si boxer shorts or pregnancy leggings and Crocs. I operate from dwelling and haven’t been socializing during my pregnancy, so I have a tendency to use regardless of what feels most relaxed. I have began producing an exertion to ‘get dressed’ two to three times a week as a kind of self-treatment and placing intention for the day. I have realized that the mix of pandemic quarantine and being pregnant has turned me into a perennial pajama wearer! I’ll be sharing my fashion diary from the days I actually did get dressed, which will be extra attention-grabbing.”
Picture: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Picture: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Photograph: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
“Venturing out to the market place to acquire flowers for my office. You cannot go mistaken with an uncomplicated slip costume. Silk slips are my go-to generally and also for the duration of being pregnant. They are effortless, flattering, and silk provides a contact of anything specific, even when worn casually.”
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Do you have an outfit system or chosen type?
“I would explain my style as basic with a twist. I commonly favor to get clothes in styles and silhouettes that I know suit me nicely, in products that are comfy and versatile. I get a minor additional experimental and have fun with add-ons like sunglasses, socks, shoes, baggage, and jewelry. In the course of my 2nd and 3rd trimesters, my outfit components has been to obtain pieces that stretch in silhouettes that can be worn article-pregnancy, as well. I have found that jumpsuits, slip attire, and jersey attire are the finest possibilities.”
Photograph: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Photo: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Image: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
“This jumpsuit is really stretchy, so it has modified to my escalating stomach through each stage of pregnancy. I you should not depart the home typically, but on this working day I had to go to the financial institution mainly because I couldn’t try to remember my PIN code—taking any excuse to get dressed these days.”
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Predictions for what manner will look like post-pandemic? Or at the very least how you will costume?
“How we gown is a reflection of how we are experience, and I assume everyone’s common exhilaration and anticipation for a write-up-pandemic entire world will manifest by bright hues, playful styling, and experimental trend. Not getting ourselves also seriously—celebrating.”
Image: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Photo: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
Photo: Courtesy of Jenni Lee
“I was curious to see how this dress would fit more than my tummy. It really is produced from an added-smooth cotton jersey, so it’s quite comfy to put on, but the funky pattern tends to make it come to feel fewer informal. It’s an quick gown to toss on for date night—we’re trying to savor those people ahead of child arrives.”
