I browsed at Target's version of the Bella Band... I was curious, how do you conceal it for work outfits?
I can def see myself just layering shirts over for jeans/casual wear... but not quite sure how to work in a bella band with business casual pieces. Will I just have to wear cardigans?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@mrsjyw:
I wore it basically as if it were a long tank top. My office is more business casual so most days it was dress pants with cardigans.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
My work was never that fancy. Personally, I don't love the bella band anyway. It never seemed to keep my pants up, so I'd always be pulling them up. I would just go buy some maternity pants. You'll need them eventually anyway, so if you get them early you'll get more use out of them!
squash / 13199 posts
I bought a bella band and it worked for me for a while, my office is business casual so I could wear dress pants with the bella band over it and then a shirt/blouse and a jacket
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
I think cardis and jackets (and longer shirts) are going to be your best bet if you're trying to conceal the band. But, if it does show, it really can just look like a tank you layered underneath.
coconut / 8234 posts
I wore it the same way--it just looked like another shirt layered under my outfit. I'm also in a business casual environment, so slacks with a cardigan/nice sweater. It didn't look out of place.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
It worked while I was smaller, but I preferred the comfort of some maternity pants.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I wore it with suits even, up through like 16 weeks. Basically, you just need to make sure that whatever top you are wearing is longer than the bella band. I got some in-between tops that were long/flowy and you couldn't tell. I kind of hated the bellaband but it allowed me to extend my wardrobe for 8 weeks (I started wearing it around 8 weeks and wore it until 16 weeks then just wore maternity pants.)
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@artbee: I'm with you. I hated my belly band from target. The thing was always rolling down and it was a huge pain to go to the bathroom. If I had to do it over again, I would skip the band and buy a pair of maternity work pants in a size up from my normal size - medium to large.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I wore it like it was a tank top too. Pulled it low so it was right below my hips
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I saw iffy reviews on Bella bands and Bella band type things so I just went with maternity pants so they were comfy.
persimmon / 1341 posts
I hated the Target belly band and returned it right away because it kept sliding around and wouldn't stay in place. I say skip it and go with maternity pants.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I got the Bella Band, in navy and brown, to kind of blend with my pants. I wore lots of jeans and pants in that color, so I figured it would blend a bit better that way. it's not the stark band of white.
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