High-waisted elastic jeans give "mommy style" a bad rap, but what else changes when we have a baby? A new study from the U.K. shows that a whopping 78 percent of moms change the way they dress after they have their first child.
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Two thousand moms were interviewed in the streets of the U.K. and via online poll at Shoe Zone to find out what has changed for them, fashion-wise, and why they ditched their familiar beauty routines. They found that 40 percent of the moms polled said that, on average, their heel height dropped by two inches. Eighteen percent cut their hair into a no-fuss bob, and seven percent stopped coloring their hair.
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Moms also feel pressure to drop some elements of their previous style, such as short skirts, skinny jeans, crop tops and bikinis, saying that as soon as they became a mom, these types of clothes were relegated to the donation bin.
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