033. Personal Style in Motherhood: 'Getting Dressed Makes Me A Better Mom'.
A Guest Column by Christina Tumminello.
A few weeks ago, I published the first part of a newsletter series called ‘Personal Style and The Different Stages Of Life’, and many of you wrote to say it resonated and you wanted me to write more on this subject. One of the main topics I addressed, and indeed one of the life events that most affect our relationship with self-image and our wardrobe, is motherhood. Both during pregnancy and post-partum, some women find that as their lives dramatically change and their priorities get recentered around their growing family, so does their relationship with style. I wanted to delve into this fascinating topic but didn’t feel completely qualified to, seeing as I am not a mother myself.
Readers of Every Body Gets Dressed, meet my wonderful fellow Substacker
. I discovered Christina’s Substack, when she kindly added Every Body Gets Dressed to the list of Substacks she recommends to her own readers. I fell in love with her writing, which is at times truly personal and vulnerable, and her brilliant outfit formula edits. Even though I am not a mother, I particularly enjoyed reading her Getting Dressed When You’re Growing A Human series, and her features Transitions Are Hard and I’m A Better Mom When I Like My Outfit, where she relates how she leaned on her personal style to get her through times of change like going back to work. In today’s newsletter, she shares her personal experience with style in motherhood and her go-to outfit formulas.Whether you are pregnant, planning to be, a mother, or a childfree chick like me, I cannot recommend enough that you subscribe to Christina’s Substack. You can (and should) also follow her on Instagram. Enjoy Christina’s wonderful writing, and I will speak to you next Sunday.
PS: If you are a Substack writer and would like to contribute to this Personal Style and The Different Stages Of Life series, or if have a story to tell the readers of Every Body Gets Dressed, don’t hesitate to DM or email me; I’d love to have more guest writers write for the newsletter (and vice versa!).
For as long as I can remember, I have loved getting dressed. I take great care in the outfits I create, and I lean into personal style as a way to express who I am, how I am feeling (and maybe even how I want to feel) and how I want to be seen.