Okay, I know that maternity shirts are cut longer since your belly is bigger. Duh. But I don't remember having such a hard time finding shirts that don't come down to my fricking knees! Like t-shirts & basics, not tunics.
I know I'm sort of short (5'3"), but geez!
Re: A vent about mat clothes
I lived in the maternity version of The Gap's Favorite Tees. (I'm a big fan of the non-maternity version when not pregnant.)
I had good luck with gap maternity t's too. I actually still wear one! I'm a shorty too - 5'2" here.
I also had some good luck with the target brand, although i didn't really like the way they fit around the neck/arms/shoulders. but the length was good.
I could never wear the "maternity" store brands - all the tops were huge. But I did love my leggings from one of those stores.
Good luck - I ended up wearing a lot of dresses.
Yeah but at 34 weeks you'll start cussing all of those shirts for being too short
I'm 5'3" as well and a size 16-18 and my gripe was always that maternity clothes are made for supermodels with basketball bellies. My mom would rave about the great "normal" maternity clothes available today when all she could buy in the 70s were A-line dresses and mumus.. and all I really wanted was an A-line dress or mumu and couldn't find them LOL.
I was able to get away with maternity tops till about 34-35 weeks last time, then they were too short, but they didn't come down to my lower thigh/knees like these did.
This time it will be August in SC when I'm 34+ weeks. I'll be in maxi dresses exclusively at that point for sure.
I ordered some Gap ones that arrived today that are too long. I think they are the Pure Body ones though. One fit great - a little long but that's fine as it should last to the end of my pregnancy or real close. Maybe it was cut like the Favorite Tee? I'll check. Thanks for this tip.
I just found most maternity clothes awful in general. Like just because I was pregnant, I would certainly not want anything that looked remotely good. LOL. *sigh*