Episode Three – Intentional Style
Do you know how to “dress for the day?” Do you use your clothing as a tool, instead of a shield? Until recently, I wasn’t very purposeful about my style choices. With some help and inspiration from two amazing women, I’ve discovered the joy of intentional style. Abby Barnhart and Nicole Otchy are my guests for Episode Three of the Intentional Chatter Podcast.
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Pictures, Links & Resources:
Abby’s original “dress for the day” picture
My daughter’s pattern mixing in our pregnancy announcement picture
This is the picture I sent Nicole while I was stuck in bed with a back injury. Couldn’t move, but loved what I was wearing. (My son wanted to show her what he was wearing, too!)
AE’s floral print mixing on display
- – Nicole’s post about clothing being a tool not a shield
- – aVOID (Provides information about the use of child labor by different manufacturers)
- – Information on the Bangladesh garment factory tragedy (and I loved this commentary in response)
- – Book on ethical fashion: Overdressed : The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth Cline
- – Abby’s favorite outfit
- – Delusions of Grandeur mixing dots and florals and mint on mint
- – Nicole’s 6 Wardrobe Essentials for New Moms
- – Madewell Dress that Nicole loves: The Afternoon Dress
- – 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes!
- – Abby’s post on folding a scarf
- – Cool tripod for taking selflies. 🙂
I would love to hear your input! Share your thoughts on Parenting and Yoga in the comments below or send me a tweet using the hashtag #IntentionalChatter.
Wow. That scarf-tying video is amazing. Did you read the behind the scenes post on how they made it? So cool.
I love my scarves, but haven’t been wearing them lately because between grasping baby fingers and voluminous baby spit-ups, they just don’t seem to be very practical. Maybe if they were machine washable.
This was fun, ladies! Thank you!
No, I didn’t read that…yet. I’ll go and look for it now. It was amazing. Thankfully, the spitting up has drastically reduced for my little man, so I don’t have too much to worry about there. I find it super convenient to use my scarf to discretely nurse, too.
The link to the how-we-made-it post is in the description of the video. So complicated.
T-Rex seems to think that spitting up is a competitive sport and he’s training for a spot on the Olympic team. -_- He also dislikes having anything over his head while nursing, but I did use a scarf for that purpose a few times in his first month or so.
Both of my kids could have won Olympic goal in that sport, Katie! hahaha With AE, she was still spitting up a fair amount through her entire first year. So, I was pleasantly surprised when LM’s spitting up drastically reduced around 8 months of age. Hopefully T-Rex is more like him than her!
And, I wanted to clarify, LM is also very anti having anything on his head. I use the scarf to cover my own otherwise exposed skin. 🙂
Oh man, I hope he lets up soon! It is gross.
Perhaps if I had been able to work the scarf better when he was younger it would have worked, but he’s now at the grabby stage where nothing within arm’s reach stays in place.
Case in point, he just decided I wasn’t allowed to type while nursing, twisted around, and shoved the keyboard out of my lap. Sigh. 🙂
Oh yes, we don’t call LM “Grabby McGrabbers” for nothing. My favorite recent grabbing incident involved him pulling the (full of clean dishes) wire drying rack off the counter, and dropping it on the floor – when I was trying to clean the kitchen with him in the ergo. They don’t seem to have the same priorities as us, huh?
Yikes! No, they certainly don’t!
I looked at this yesterday, just before I came down with a wicked fever and suspected adult hand-foot-mouth disease. Thank you! I’m certain I feel 10x better in my cotton summer dress and leggings than I would have in my sweats! (Especially with my hair washed and dried!) 😀