{"id":10654,"date":"2021-01-14T11:26:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=184032"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:38:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:38:45","slug":"the-problem-with-postpartum-style-files","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/the-problem-with-postpartum-style-files\/","title":{"rendered":"The Problem With Postpartum Style Files"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 12: Gigi Hadid is seen in SoHo on January 12, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the first few months after having my first baby, stroller walks around the block (via the cake shop) were all consuming. Getting the stroller together, bumping it down a small flight of stairs, begging my newborn to please not cry until we got home, and remembering to do the one thing I had set out to do in the first place (which I usually forgot) filled every inch of time and space of my newborn bubble brain. And I can tell you what was absolutely not in that space – any single solitary desire to be cute.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an overused lament of new moms everywhere that we\u2019re lucky if our daily outfits are stain-free, let alone worthy of trend setting. So, it seems somewhat alien that any postpartum out-and-about (even a celebrity’s) could be regarded as a fashion fest. Of course it\u2019s not surprising. Famous beings who recently procreated make for winning paparazzi gossip fodder. And, right now, Gigi Hadid<\/a> is at the forefront. Since giving birth to baby-girl-secret-name with partner Zayn Malik, she\u2019s made pushing a stroller around the neighborhood look like an ad for Gucci x Bugaboo.<\/p>\n

In mid-December, she introduced us to her strolling style in a Thom Brown chesterfield coat with a Louis Vuitton monogrammed fleece hat. By new year she rugged up in a Mango coat complete with suede kitten heel boots by label Dear Frances. The next day she was kitted out head-to-toe in Wardrobe.NYC, then one day later it was Prada shades and Victoria Beckham sneakers.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 19: Gigi Hadid is seen in SoHo on December 19, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 11: Gigi Hadid is seen in Chelsea on January 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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NEW YORK CITY, NY - JANUARY 10: Gigi Hadid goes for a walk with her baby and a friend on January 10th, 2020 in New York City, New York. (Photo by LRNYC\/MEGA\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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MANHATTAN , NY - DECEMBER 15: Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid seen walking in Soho on December 15, 2020 in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by LRNYC\/MEGA\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

But perhaps this is what life is like for Team Malik-Hadid. While, for us, fashion is relegated to a pile of are-they-washed clothes, for them it\u2019s an orderly rail of fresh press arrivals. Coats, tees, and sweats, new with swing tags, all begging to be part of the next well-documented strolling adventure. And, I\u2019m a little jealous. While an Everest of washing and matted hair might be a new-mom rite of passage, try to find one who wouldn\u2019t trade these things for a neverending dry-cleaning account and rolling Prada deliveries\u2026.<\/p>\n

The problem is the spin – the narrative we devise whenever we\u2019re delivered these types of pictures. That a sleek physique in chic ensembles is the desirable, attainable endgame for women who\u2019ve just become mothers. That, despite the bleeding and the lactating and the not sleeping and the raging hormones, we should also be giving careful consideration to our wardrobes. This has nothing to do with Hadid personally, however. She\u2019s gorgeous and young and fashion is her game. The dangerous issue is the underlying pressure we place on the \u201cbounce back\u201d and we use these images as fuel for the fire. Trying to keep all of the balls in the air all of the time is a quick ticket to burnout town.<\/p>\n

With the baby boom currently unfolding in Hollywood<\/a> (Emma Roberts<\/a>, Emily Ratajkowski<\/a>, Sophie Turner, Ashlee Simpson, Ciara) there\u2019s sure to be a swath of headlines alluding to \u201chow did they do it?\u201d and photo shoots featuring re-skinnied tummies cradling tiny newborns (read: Hilaria Baldwin<\/a>). We\u2019re privy to such a small portion of the procreating population via the interweb though, and this acute corner of genetically blessed people should be celebrated for their motherly newness not just for their naturally occurring lack of ab separation.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say you can\u2019t love to look good. I\u2019m not going to lie, fastening a pair of real pants after nine months in stretch tights was a sacred moment for me. And I say moment because they were more uncomfortable than the maternity pad and the c-section scar combined, so they were shelved yet again.<\/p>\n

The truth is, at this point in your life, none of the pretty stuff really matters. In those first few months, whether you look accidentally hot or like a hot accident, all you\u2019re thinking about is your baby, sleep, coffee, and cupcakes. And not necessarily in that order.<\/p>\n

Today, Hadid posted a birthday shout-out to her baby daddy, coining them \u201cteam no sleep.\u201d And while this may sound a little mean-spirited, it made me smile. She\u2019s entered the mad and messy world of motherhood and it\u2019s nice to hear she\u2019s just like the rest of us, albeit perhaps in nicer pants.<\/p>\n

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