I first found Crave Maternity on twitter and instantly fell in love with their clothing.
They have a huge range of clothing from lounge wear and jeans, knitwear and coats to occasion wear and accessories.
I have to admit that it was the occasion wear that really sold me and I was disappointed that I didn’t have a wedding to go to.
I did, however, have Cybher to attend and when I tweeted that I was considering getting their Ikat Shift Dress to wear I was over the moon when they sent it to me to review.
The dress is a simple, short shift dress with a high crew neck and short sleeves which skims over the hips and bump. The back features a keyhole button opening. It can be dressed up for the evening with statement jewellery, or dressed down for the day and worn with a pair of leggings or jeans.
I have to admit that I am not confident with my legs at the moment, so I chose to wear mine with a pair of black leggings, but I loved the fact the dress had a chiffon layer over the top and enough material in the sleeve to hide the tops of the arms, without being hot.
I was a 12-14 before I got pregnant, so I chose to order the 14 to be safe. If I am honest, I would have liked a little bit of extra room around the tummy, but I am 36 weeks pregnant and am carrying a lot of water as well as baby. I did also have to enlist hubby to do the button up at the nape as I couldn’t reach properly.
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| Me and my namesake and bump mate Kara! |
The dress drew lots of admiring comments and I felt cool and comfortable all day, so much so I didn’t mind getting papped by Jay Mountford a.k.a. @CosmicGirlie
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| Photo by Jay Mountford |
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| Photo By Jay Mountford |
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| Photo by Jay Mountford |
The dress will also be perfect for after baby is born as it is hubby’s 40th two weeks after and I know I won’t be back in my normal clothes by then! I may even wear it for his Christening too!
Crave also do a small nursing range too, which I am hoping they will be building on as finding stylish nursing wear can be a challenge!
That is a lovely dress , you look fab for 36 weeks , thanks for the heads up on how to do comments – Sally
Thank you and my pleasure xxx