Last time I was pregnant, I had not a stitch of maternity clothing (my older child was 10!). I had to start from scratch, building a wardrobe piece by piece without killing my budget. The second pregnancy should theoretically be easy, right? I already have all these wonderful pieces that I loved wearing and knew I looked great in! One problem… my son was born in August and this time I’m due in March. This means I had a box full of summer dresses, capris, and tanks that would get no use this time around. I still had my jeans, and a sweater or two, a few tees, but not enough to get me through ten months of pregnancy.
Fashion Forward Maternity has an amazing solution to this problem. Why buy all new clothes, only to pack them up and haul them off to the clothing donation site less than a year later? With Fashion Forward, you can keep your staple pieces and work in some of the beautiful things they carry. Rent your items for a couple of months, send them back and exchange them for new items, keep your favorites until the end (or even after, they have some great nursing pieces too!).
As an example, you can rent 12 items at $12.50/month (plus the subscription price of $125/month) for a total monthly fee of $275. One possible clothing mix would be:
- 2 work pants
- 1 work skirt
- 1 work dress
- 3 work tops
- 3 casual tops
- 2 casual pants or 2 designer jeans
These 12 items have an average retail value of $1000. You can keep them as long as you want, or send them back to trade for something else. You CAN continue to look spectacular throughout your pregnancy, without filling a closet full of expensive clothes that you’ll never wear later.Fashion Forward sent me 3 items to try out their service, and it was actually a problem that showed me that their Customer Service was really top notch. One of the items I ordered was not available in the color I requested, and I received an email within hours from the CEO herself offering me another color or item. This isn’t well known in these parts, but my “real job” is managing a customer care department for a retail website, and I know how hard this kind of service is to provide. I was incredibly impressed. Here’s some other great points of the service:
- Shipping was FAST and FREE.
- The items were packed beautifully in tissue and arrived wrinkle free and ready to wear.
- The tops I picked out are unusual, not available at the maternity store at the mall, so I won’t look like every other mama in town.
- The fabrics are beautiful and the items well made, they aren’t your typical “disposable” maternity clothes.
- The items were clean, free of any smells, stains, snags. It’s possible they were brand new, but I know they can’t have been.
- The package included a free return label to return the items to Fashion Forward. I put the box in the baby’s closet and it will be easy to pack the stuff back up and ship it back.
Fashion Forward Maternity is offering a lucky reader the opportunity to borrow two standard items (Designer maternity jeans, anyone? Gorgeous nursing tops for spring?) or one Special Occasion maternity item for a month for FREE! Be sure to enter!
After a decade in the corporate world as a working mom, Rachel, a MWC guest blogger, took some time off to stay home with her newborn son and 9 year old daughter. She recently returned to work and is expecting her third child this spring. She also writes for The Examiner as the Baby and Toddler Gear Examiner in the Seattle area. Check out her stories and reviews HERE.
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I love the Megan Trouser Jean.
Great giveaway!
I entered in the rafflecopter, but wanted to leave a note too. Thanks for the chance to win!