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Liz Lange creates designer duds and affordable frocks for the masses. Whether you are pinching pennies or doling out dollars, any expectant mama can afford a piece of the fashion mogul's signature clothing. While chatting about the relaunch of her high end line, Liz dished on wardrobe staples as well as items worth a splurge!

lilsugar: What one item should a woman splurge on during her pregnancy?

Liz Lange: I love a great little dress, like a fun dress. I find to me that is like practically wearing a nightgown it is so comfortable, and yet you look so pulled together and so great and so sexy and so chic. There’s a dress on our line called the Tina dress in a palm-leaf coral print and I just think it is so universally flattering, so cute and so happy. I think there are really two ways to spend this Spring. Either you are going to spend on something so practical that it is just an investment piece that you are just going to turn to again and again and it is so versatile that you know you can just wear it to death. Or I think also it is something that is irresistible and that is going to make you feel so happy and so cute every time you put it on, even if it's not one of those things that you can wear every day of the week and I would put the Tina dress in that [category].

The Cathy Off-the-Shoulder Top you could wear with your white jeans or your dark jeans, you could wear it over your bathing suit this Summer. Depending on how tall you are, you could probably wear it as a little mini dress with a pair or slides or flip flops. I’m having that piece made for me. I love it. I just think you want there to be some pieces that are just special to you and make you happy. Don’t just treat your pregnancy wardrobe strictly like a commodity-driven thing. Have a little fun with it – even in this horrible economy. This is still such an exciting time for you and you should indulge yourself a little bit.

I do believe in mixing and matching and that is why I do the line with Target – because I am a huge believer. The other way to make your maternity wardrobe look super expensive is if you haven’t outgrown any of your accessories. I love costume, I collect costume jewelry, the chunkier the better. Load it up with bling – and it doesn’t have to be real. Just add some fun, and that’s stuff you already own. The same goes for your shoes, and scarves and your cardigans that maybe you can’t button any more that are fun pop colors and you can throw on unbuttoned and tie around your neck just to change things up.

lilsugar: Your line at Target revolutionized maternity-wear beyond the mumu and empire tops. Do you plan to make any changes to that line now?

Liz Lange: That line we’ve always tried to keep connected to our high-end line. I just love that line for Target. Beyond its price point, that I find to be genius, that line is a little bit more casual. We’ve always done a lot of denim on that line. [It] has been in place for six year and it works as it is. The only change is that as seasons change and inspirations change, I’m only one person so I’m always kind of inspired by similar things for both lines.

Check out Liz Lange's tips for maintaining work-life balance, and the joys of motherhood in tomorrow's post. You can see the entire interview by clicking here.

Building a new wardrobe that will only be worn for a few months is a daunting task. No one wants to spend a fortune on clothes that fit their pregnant figure, plus, given the state of the economy and the cost of newborn baby supplies, most household budgets don't allow for indulgent maternity shopping sprees.

Legendary maternity designer Liz Lange has dressed Hollywood stars like Bridget Moynahan, Julia Roberts, Cindy Crawford, and Kelly Ripa, on big budgets — but the pregnancy mogul also knows a thing or two about how regular women dress. She shared her thoughts about essential maternity purchases and her favorite pieces from her new collection.

lilsugar: Given the state of the economy, what key pieces should a woman invest in to get through her pregnancy?

Liz Lange: I think that there a few ways to look at that. First of all, eight key pieces are so lifestyle dependent, so it is always hard for me to say specifically for any woman what her key pieces should be. Maybe you work and then your key pieces are so different than a mom who spends her day at the playground chasing her 2-year old and she is also pregnant. So I think first of all, one has to look at themselves and look at their lifestyle and figure out what are those things that I go back to time and time again when I’m not pregnant. Those are the things that I need to invest in when I am pregnant because again, my body is changing but most likely my personal preferences and the way I like to dress and my needs are not really changing.

I think that today, jeans have become, not a trend, but a wardrobe staple. I would probably invest in a pair of those and if I could only invest in one, it would probably be a darker wash because I think they are more versatile. I believe in the little black dress, or perhaps it is not so little in this case! You can throw a cardigan or jacket over it and wear it to work. Pile on some chunky necklace and a little pair of kitten heels and wear it out at night. I believe in the pencil skirt, maybe depending on the season, a great t-shirt that’s fitted that you can wear as an underpinning under a suit jacket or sweater or cardigan, that you can also wear on its own with a pair of jeans on the weekend. I think most women want to have a great pair of black pants. I lived in those pants for like a year after my child was born.

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The woman who introduced the world to chic, form-fitting designs that celebrate the pregnant woman's bod is shaking things up again! Six years after introducing her maternity line to the masses through her collaboration with Target, Liz Lange is debuting more beautiful duds to flatter burgeoning bellies.

The Brown University grad and former Vogue editor, is relaunching her high-end line of maternity fashions after taking a year-long hiatus to reassess her business. The new Liz Lange Collection, which hits maternity shops and Nordstrom.com this week, includes dresses, silk blouses, skirts, pants, sweaters, jackets, and for the first time — denim!

The designer took some time to chat with us about her latest line, how to get the most bang for your buck with a maternity wardrobe and the ways she juggles work and motherhood.

lilsugar: Tell us about the new line. What are you most excited about?

Liz Lange: Even though I adore the collection that we do for Target, my roots and my beginnings are always in the high-end collection. That’s where I started it all and that’s where I got to work one-on-one with customers and with all of the celebrities I dressed over the years. We took two seasons off and so I'm just so excited to be relaunching in general. It’s really a continuation of everything we always did. We’ve always been about really, really wearable clothing even when we do trends, its always in a pretty and wearable way and not too out there. Really good quality stretch fabrics, clean silhouettes and classic American style, very uptown NYC, where I got my start.

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Old Navy lured out some of Hollywood's hottest young stars for its "New Year, New Old Navy" party in NYC last night to celebrate the store's new, hip creative direction. While none of the red carpet cuties wore any color at all (come on now guys, I know it's Manhattan, but muted isn't an actual dress code), they still managed to turn up the heat. Victoria's Secret's Sexiest Newcomer Blake Lively looked smokin' in her pants and top combo alongside fellow Gossip-er Chace Crawford. He wasn't looking too shabby himself. Oh, how I miss that show already. Neither Sophia Bush nor Kristen Bell seems to miss a party these days, so of course they were there for the event, as was Little Miss Serious Hero and activist Hayden P. Blake, Kristen, and Hayden may all be cozying up with their boys these days, but is Mr. TRL Damien Fahey taken? If not, someone should snatch him right up.

To see more from the party including Becki Newton, Bethenny Frankel, Heatherette boys, Natasha Bedingfield, and all the lovelies above just read more

Just because you are expecting and can’t partake in a celebratory glass of champagne this New Year’s Eve, doesn’t mean you have to sit home watching Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest. In fact, pregnant women can embrace the season’s most popular styles in maternity clothes at every price level.

According to our friends over at FabSugar, sequins are big this year and maternity designers seem to have picked up on this. For the pregnant woman looking for sparkle, check out this little number on the left from A Pea in the Pod ($219.99), or this one on the right on sale for 59.99.














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Maternity maven and mother of two, Liz Lange forever changed the way society viewed the baby bump — making a woman's burgeoning belly something that should be celebrated in clothing, not covered.

Her high-end apparel stocked the shelves of Liz Lange Maternity boutiques on Madison Avenue, in Beverly Hills and on Long Island giving wealthy women who were "with child" outfits they could shine in. The designer also styled pregnant celebrities from Julia Roberts to Reese Witherspoon. Then in 2002, Liz brought that same pregnancy glow to the masses with her Liz Lange for Target line.

According to Women's Wear Daily, earlier this month "The company was sold to Bluestar Alliance for an estimated $50 to $60 million, industry sources said."

And yesterday, Page Six suggested that Liz won't be slowing down anytime soon. It said:

"(Lange) is penning a follow-up to her "Guide to Maternity Style" to be called "The Fourth Trimester: A No-nonsense Guide to Feeling Good, Looking Great, and Doing Your Best as a New Mother (And as a Woman)."

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