Forget about making the kids look half-decent at school gates. These days, it’s all about YOU.
Rushing to get your little ones out of bed and into their uniforms is not a priority. Mums are competing for the best dressed on the hardcourt-catwalk.
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Throwing on your duvet coat to disguise the fact you’re still in your jammies isn’t going to cut it in the fashion playground, but aside from not getting dressed there are mums who try their best but fail.
Clemmie Fieldsend, fashion editor, lists the five items that make moms look old and frumpy.
CAGOULE
Unless you’re queuing at the school gates in a cagoule because you’re helping out on a school trip that day, you should never wear one.
The anorak is a length that falls between the hip and the thighs, with a creased hood flapping in wind. Its shapeless and often dull colour makes anyone look out-of-style and dowdy.
ZIP OFF TROUSERS
The I-doeverything mom is always the one to be noticed. She is always wearing zip-off pants with multiple pockets on the sides that are filled with suncream, plasters, snacks and other necessities.
Not only for the officiant parenting, but also for the ugly, untylish, and frumpy pants.
A big no-no. Next.
ORTHOPAEDIC SHOEES
Orthopaedic shoes should not be worn for pick-up or drop off, unless it is a medical necessity.
Clunky and dated that make you look like you’ve given up on yourself and have no sense of what looks good. Avoid.
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As you stride up to it, you’ll be bouncing on either your mum-tum or thigh. You won’t want to hang there too long.
You may think you’re gaining style points by wearing a crossbody bag but when it’s too low you slip from fabulous to frumpy, instantly.
SKINNY JEANS
The coolest thing that you could ever own was once your most stylish pair of trousers.
Skinny jeans are not only unflattering but they also make you look older than your years.
And worse still are the mums who are clinging onto their maternity jeans because they’re too comfortable to let go, tragic.
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