First, how are you feeling? I’m definitely starting to feel like me again. The pandemic has affected every person, and I think it has been somewhat challenging to navigate being a new mom during that. I feel like my emotions have been so manic lately: happy, anxious, depressed, lonely, but also elated and cautiously optimistic…

My parents and I come from Guyana, South America. We migrated to the United States in 1987, when I was just one year old. Brooklyn, NY became our home. As my father currently nears the end of his life, he reminisces often. He tells me the version of old stories that my mother would never…

I’ve been impatiently waiting for more than eight months for this to end.That’s been eight months of vomiting, of losing weight, of suffering, then of putting on weight again…always suffering, of course. Eight months with two lockdowns: you were conceived in one and will be born in the other.Eight months with a wonderful fiancé who…

Photographed by Emma Bella Bassill 2020 has been really testing. Emotionally, how are you feeling? Well, I’m currently standing in my living room which flooded last week, surveying how much of it needs to be demoed…floors, walls. It’s days before Christmas and a month and a half before this baby in my belly is due….

Photographed by Evelyn Eslava, Mother Muse Elise Harris My road to motherhood has been unexpected. It’s been turbulent and painful and amazing. Becoming a mother was a sacred experience I look back on with excruciating memories. Becoming a mother challenged my every belief. It challenged who I thought I was. It broke me into a…

Photographed by Joyce Park, Hairstylist Ashlee Rose at Forward Artists Agency using Oribe, Wardrobe stylist Monica Rose at the Wall group Assisted by Katie Peare, Makeup artist Maria Vargas-Guzman using Westman Atelier and Ilia Beauty How are you feeling? I feel calm—something I wouldn’t have expected had you asked me a few months ago. As…

Wardrobe essentials for pregnancy and breastfeeding are all over the place, which is such great news. It took a long time to see designers focusing on stylish pieces for those chapters of our lives. But now comes the question, what about the chapter after the pregnancy and breastfeeding journey ends? I am a mother of…

Teat & Cosset never disappoints. Whether you’re growing your baby or breastfeeding, you’ll be able to find something from their collection that will fit your needs. Teat & Cosset offers stylish maternity wear and functionality for nursing mothers. Pregnancy and nursing pieces shouldn’t feel like a short-term investment! Their winter essentials have trusty tops with…

I was born the same month as the collapse of the USSR. It was a very challenging time. Cards were given to families to receive produce and essentials such as toilet paper and soap. My mother told me that, just because I was born, we were entitled to one more piece of soap!  We didn’t…

In your opinion, do motherhood and sexy still exist? After giving birth, my whole perspective shifted. I have never felt so womanly in my life. I’m softer—yes, rounder—yes, and I hold so much reverence for what my body is capable of. So yes, sexiness lives before, during, and after motherhood. In times when you aren’t…