Blake Lively had a hell of a time adjusting to clothes after giving birth to her third child, so she asked designers to do better.
On Friday, the Gossip girl alum, who gave birth to her third child with her husband Ryan Reynolds in October 2019, shared several postpartum photos on her Instagram Stories and summed up some precious looks. After praising famed jeweler Lorraine Schwartz and a blue MaxMara coat, she called it ‘Sexy Grover Fashion’, and she revisited a Lanvin look worn this month The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon“Because no one had samples that fit me after I gave birth. And so many clothes from stores do not fit either. So. Very. ”
The 33-year-old writes: ‘It does not give a wonderful message to women if their bodies do not fit the brands. It is alienating and confusing. And I wish I felt so confident [then], as I do now, looking back a year later. That body gave me a baby. And manufactured the entire food supply of that baby. What a beautiful miracle. But instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure. Simply because I did not fit into clothes. How simple it is afterwards. ”
She also tagged body-positive blogger Katie Sturino for her work. “She reminds me, we can all ask better of the brands we love.”
Lively and Reynolds, who have been married since 2012, have three daughters: James (6), Inez (4) and Betty (1). The actress adopted her post-maternity body with an admirable attitude, which she exercises in a healthy diet and exercise. plan. “It seems you can not lose the £ 61 you gained during pregnancy by just browsing Instagram and wondering why you do not look like all the bikini models,” she wrote in an Instagram post in 2018. photo of herself and coach Don Saladino. “… 10 months to win, 14 months to lose. Feel very proud. ”
And in 2016, after the filming of the horror movie The Levels (for which she had two months to get her bikini ready after James’ birth), she pointed out the burden of new moms looking fit. “I focused on exercising well and eating well. ‘It takes two different coaches and a nutritionist to get me in shape, because it’s not normal to look like that eight months after I had a child,’ Lively told the UK. The sun.
“Women are putting pressure on themselves to make a baby look like a Victoria’s Secret model,” she added. “It simply came to our notice then. It was my job to look that way. ”
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