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As you can see in my photo above, I turned this colorful floral dress into a super hip top by tying a knot on my hips

I added 12 inches extra to the length of the skirt to avoid showing my legs, and that is because I was wearing super flat flats

We also love a bit of texture, like the short crochet wrap on offer at Free People and Totemes towel-esque sarong

We identified common challenges for petite expectant moms, such as pants with overly long inseams

The inspiration for my dress was Vincent Van Goghs painting "The Starry Night." I chose this painting for inspiration because it has always been a very calming painting to me with its post-impressionism style and use of a blue and yellow color scheme