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    Wear a Summer Dress with Tights & Boots for Fall - Petite Curvy Mom Style

    Published: Sep 21, 2012 · Modified: Sep 30, 2019 by Christina Dennis · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 12 Comments

    by Christina Dennis

    Wear a Summer Dress with TIghts and Boots - Petite Curvy Mom Style by The DIY Mommy

    Summer has come to a close and as of yesterday I am now 30 years old. I've been considering doing posts on my style for a little while now, and with your email & comment encouragement and with my "I'm 30 now, so what do I need to feel self conscious for" attitude as of late, I present to you my very first one!

    I am rather short at 5'3" and I wear about a size 10 to 12 in clothing at the moment (that number has been anywhere from size 6 to size 16 since marriage and two pregnancies). I'm not euphorically happy with the shape of my body at present, but I remind myself that it has carried two babes and that my goal is to be healthy rather than some shape that is unrealistic in the near future.

    Wear a Summer Dress with TIghts and Boots - Petite Curvy Mom Style by The DIY Mommy

    I really enjoy fashion and fashion blogs. I see a lot of images of tall, willowy and gorgeous women in the latest trends and I thought it would be fun (and hopefully helpful to some other women with a body shape like mine) to show you how I put together some of my favourite outfits and what I do to highlight my favourite and not-so-favourite features of my petite and curvy mommy self.

    I also love to DIY (of course) and find things on a tight budget, so I'll incorporate those things into my style posts which for now I'm going to commit to once monthly. It's darn hard to take pictures of oneself while one's baby is sitting on the lawn and there's a toddler that may (or may not!) be napping in the house!

    Wear a Summer Dress with TIghts and Boots - Petite Curvy Mom Style by The DIY Mommy

    Here, I'm wearing a turquoise boho dress in a gorgeous silk/cotton with pretty lace detailing. I've cinched it at the waist with a belt to define one of my smaller parts, added chocolate brown tights for a more fall-ish look, and I'm wearing boots with a hidden 1" heel to add a little lift to my short self. It's a simple outfit, but I really love it and it's comfy enough for doing errands with a baby and a toddler in tow. There actually is a DIY element to this outfit - underneath the dress is a simple slip that I made lat minute because of the sheerness of the dress. I'll post a tutorial on that soon!

    Dress: Anthropologie (the sale rack!) $40
    Belt: Old $10
    Tights: Joe Fresh $6
    Boots: Leatherette strappy boot from GoJane.com $27.50

    Thanks for sticking with me through my first style post and encouraging me to do it!

    What is your favourite outfit to wear during the first part of fall?

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    1. Amanda @ Natural Mommie

      September 21, 2012 at 12:58 pm

      Love this post. Agreed...too many style posts with women 5'5 and up. Trying to dress a petite body is sooo different. Thanks for putting yourself out there! Love this look.

      Reply
    2. Christina Dennis

      September 21, 2012 at 7:38 pm

      Thanks so much, Amanda. You're right, it is absolutely different dressing a petite frame!

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    3. Cheryl

      September 23, 2012 at 12:20 am

      Your first post turned out great Christina! You seriously take stellar personal shots of yourself. Very impressive! You could be in an add for Anthro 🙂

      Reply
    4. Christina Dennis

      September 23, 2012 at 8:36 pm

      Hee hee! Thank you, Cheryl. Hubby bought me a new portrait lens for my camera for my birthday (er, I bought it because he told me to buy something I liked and say it was from him) and a tripod, so hopefully the pictures will improve and be a little easier to capture. 🙂

      Reply
      • Jesi

        May 18, 2013 at 9:34 am

        I'm very inspired by you! I am a (young) thirty something and am not ready for frumpy mom clothes but the looks out in the stores right now are not always cut for my frame-5'4" and 160 lb. I love your pictures and the ideas that you are putting on your site, keep it up!

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