Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Mom-to-be is lucky caftans are considered high style

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Strange times we are living in, and on top of it, I am pregnant with our first baby. A big plus to being pregnant during a pandemic has been not needing to buy any maternity clothes! Leggings and large T-shirts have worked out just fine so far staying at home. But that ends when my brother-in-law and his fiancée plan to hold a small wedding ceremony, when I will be 40 weeks pregnant and due any day. If I make it to that event, I obviously cannot show up in leggings and a T-shirt. I am trying to find something that will (a) fit, (b) not cost a lot and (c) possibly be usable in another capacity. (I hate buying things for just one wear.) Any suggestion­s?

My Facebook feed has been inundating me with well-priced caftans of all sorts. But beware! Many of those ads look suspicious­ly like overseas scammers — many in China — which might never send your garment or disappoint you with flimsy fabric that looks nothing like the glorious dresses on the models. (There are many online sites that identify scammer and poor-quality online clothing shops.) For more reliable options, take a look at uniqlo.com (especially the $49.90 Marimekko), modcloth.com, etsy.com, softsurrou­ndings.com (in the $100 range), hm.com, eshakti.com (which lets you personaliz­e styles), amazon.com and even walmart.com.

I have been trying to grow my hair, and it is getting longer, except for one pesky area that seems to keep breaking off. I believe it is the remnants of chemicalin­duced damage. Making this one section of hair look smooth and healthy is impossible, and it is aging my 48year-old self. Because of the pandemic, I haven’t colored in a few months, so I have some healthy outgrowth. My question: should I cut off the damage and sacrifice the length, or let it grow and cut the damage off when it’s longer. Side note: I love short hair on women and have worn pixies before, so I know I can pull off short hair. I just want to look my best.

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