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I found lots of cute maternity shirts for cheap at H&M but you do have to try it on though.

@night cheese: If I had a job haha!

I hate maternity clothes too - especially dresses!!

Honestly, the nicest stuff i wore on mat leave were non-maternity stuff. Seriously, i hate maternity clothing right now.

Yes, yes, yes. And for some reason I feel like places refuse to make things in fun colors? I found a pair of ankle-length work pants that I liked from Old Navy, but it only comes in black, navy, and I think another dark print. Not even gray! I need to change it up.

I will say though, I've really appreciated Old Navy and Gap's shipping and return policies - free shipping if you spend over $50 and then it's free return shipping too! So I'd just order a bunch of stuff in different sizes to see what worked, and then returned whatever I needed to. Lots of trips to the UPS store (which luckily is right by my work), but it was all free

Maybe I'm not so stylish but I didn't mind maternity clothes too much. I didn't buy much though! Mostly wore regular tops a size up and maternity pants. I wasn't working (was in school) though so I never had to deal with maternity work clothes!

Seriously. THE STRIPES. Because I'm already wide, let's slap on some stripes and look even wider.

I personally LOVE the shirts with writing on them. That way people have to walk all the way around my huge belly so they can read the whole thing.

I'd personally love to see maternity clothes take big boobs into account. Especially maternity bathing suits.

@night cheese: fortunately I have no prob with black! I could live with a totally black and gray wardrobe

But agree on the other points!

@Mrs.Panda: Old Navy tanks had the worst straps for me! Every time I'd forget and think I was going to give them another chance, nope...not happening. What proportions did they think pregnant women have?

I picked my maternity clothes purposefully so I actually liked them! Have you checked out ASOS? They were favorites. Free shopping both ways!

@Boogs: yeah, I wish it was free shopping but it's free shipping. I ordered a bunch of stuff and easily returned what I didn't want. I went by my measurements on their size chart and most of the stuff fit correctly!

I second AT Loft for cute maternity. Still only online, but I don't mind buying a ton of stuff and returning.
They almost always have a sale of some sort that's 40% off, to me getting a shirt for $20-30 is cheap, but I don't know what others consider cheap? I actually love a lot of my maternity clothes from them and they are good quality.

Agree that maternity in general has a lot of stripes, but...I like them! I'm only 25 weeks maybe I'll hate by end of summer. But for now I think they are cute for summer (lots of non maternity styles are striped right now too) and I think they do a good job accentuating the belly. I've noticed a few times that when I wore solid colors I looked sort of chubby/questionably pregnant. When in stripes I looked unmistakably pregnant.

I also have been buying a lot of non maternity maxis, maxi skirts and even regular short dresses. TJ Maxx has been a godsend - they have a ton of the foldover maxi skirts right now, the ones without a real waistband, for like $19-29, depending on brand. I've been living in them the last couple of weeks. Also a lot of maxi dresses there!

Lastly gap and pea in the pod. Gap is gap, I feel like it's just a good place for staples. Pea is expensive, but I am a shopaholic so I don't mind paying a lot for some great cute pieces and designer jeans. But their own line is reasonable, I think, especially the sale section.

All that being said - I do still think there is room in the market for a cute new line! I don't think what's out there is terrible, just limited. So I'd invest you should go on shark tank! Haha.

I was massive (9lb 11oz baby and polyhydramnios!) and managed almost completely without maternity clothes - bought one pair of jeans from Macy's and one from H&M, a few basic tanks/tees, and that was enough. Otherwise I got stretchy skirts and cardigans in larger sizes from the regular departments (I actually mostly shopped Salvation Army). Maybe to eschew maternity completely is an option for you?

I got some really cute and different things from Asos and H&M. I got my basics like shorts and tees from Thyme maternity, the brand babies r us carries and Target. I actually didn't think my maternity clothes sucked and I kind of miss a few items! I gave birth around Thanksgiving to a very big boy so my biggest complaint was some of my maternity clothes stopped fitting close to when I needed more coverage due to the weather!

I do remember it being tough at first when I really started to show and could no longer get away with combining a few maternity pieces with regular clothes. I hope you find some stuff that makes you feel good! Try Asos, they do free shipping and returns and their stuff was stylish and flattering for me.

Thus far, I haven't bought too many maternity things because I wear drapey/loose shirts. My jeans still fit but I really liked a lot of things at Motherhood Maternity. They had cute skater dresses/maxi dresses and I like Jessica Simpson's line there. I also want to second H&M and ASOS. They are online but they're not terrible. Old Navy and Target are pretty terrible in terms of what I've been trying to find.

I also don't mind stripes and black They're the majority of my wardrobe anyway.

@HLK208: same problem!!! I am definitely more clumsy while pregnant.