Co founder vanessa newman of butchbaby.
Androgynous maternity clothes.
It was then that newman began to notice the bias in maternity wear.
The majority of it feels cheaper in quality and doesn t compliment the body in the way more masculine women may want their body complimented.
Designing maternity clothes for genderqueer parents.
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Butchbaby is alternity wear for those who prefer androgynous pregnancy clothes fashion startup butchbaby is preparing to debut the first line of maternity clothes for masculine transgender.
Was founded by vanessa newman after conversations with her best friend another butch about wanting to carry children but not knowing what they d wear.
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Now one company hopes to fill this need with the first androgynous maternity line for queer individuals butchbaby co.
Maternity wear today is very feminine.
In identifying as butch or masculine or androgynous odds are you aren t wearing clothing that would have you presenting as feminine.
My style was very androgynous she explains but the market didn t serve that.
It s no secret that maternity clothes can be aggressively feminine and feminized but what about the androgynous and masculine identified people expecting a baby who don t want to sacrifice their.
I would occasionally go to events and say i was working on an androgynous maternity line and people would be like that s so great let me give you my card and that s kind of when i realized.
Going androgynous is one thing when you re in street clothes but it s a whole other ball game when we re talking formal wear and dressing up as a wedding guest is different than for other formal occasions because we tend to want outfits that are bright happy and playful.
And gender neutral maternity clothes.
Androgyny is about letting go of restrictions and gender.
