A few weeks after Ryan Norville gave birth to her second child—when the Paris-based floral designer finally felt ready to wear something besides maternity PJs and terrycloth robes—she came to a stark realization: Norville had no idea what her personal style looked like postpartum.
Disoriented and eager to reconnect with pre-baby Ryan, the new mom of two tried wearing the items she used to love. “With my postpartum clothes, I went to a different extreme in wanting to feel like myself again,” Norville tells Marie Claire. “I would dress up and be a bit more glamorous, hoping to recognize myself in the mirror.” But the woman Norville now saw looking back was, understandably, different—and she had a new set of wardrobe priorities than before giving birth.
