“This is not a maternity feature, this means you. But what a great year to be pregnant”
Glorious Pre-Raphaelite inspired shoot by Barry Lategan, exactly how I dream of dressing every day. Those hats! …
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, March 1971
Get the look with a gorgeous printed smock dress over at Vintage-a-Peel

Smock and skirt by Tony Berkeley. Shoes by Pedro Garcia. Wristlet by Pablo & Delia. Hat by Malcolm Raines at The Sweet Shop.

Smock and skirt by Gina Fratini. Shoes by Pedro Garcia. Hat by Malcolm Raines at The Sweet Shop. Necklace by Pablo & Delia
I loved smocks in the seventies… my favourite one was a natural coloured bum-length cheese cloth smock billowing from the above-the-bust bodice with lovely flowing sleeves, with little graphic Battle of Hasting soldiers decorating the bottom hem…. I usually wore it with jeans, and a number of times had to say ‘no, I’m not preggars’… I wore that smock to it’s demise.. I think I bought it from Miss Selfridge…
My mum was pregnant three times in the 1970s and I remember her saying it was a great time to be pregnant because of the prevailing trend for smocks and Laura Ashley frocks. In fact I still have some of her maternity gear which I wear for lounging around the flat… There’s a nice ‘circle of life’ feeling when I wear something she wore when she was pregnant with me 🙂