Trying to rebuild my wardrobe from scratch after having a baby. I lost all the weight I gained but all my clothes either fit different or are just not my style anymore. Right now I am drawn to athleisure and comfy casual. I’m a stay at home mom to my 8 month old, so it needs to be easy to move around in but also look put together enough that I don’t feel self conscious walking around the block or going to the store.

I don’t have a ton of money to spend on this, I’m looking to buy like 3-4 pairs of pants to rotate through and around 5-6 tops. However, I want them to be quality and able to stand up to repeated washing and a lot of wear. I recently bought a pair of dick sporting goods brand cotton sweatpants, but after 3 months there is a lot of fabric pilling in the thigh area :( does anyone have any recommendations for a pair that won’t do this?

ETA: Thank you for all the thoughtful responses!! This sub is the best.

Im a millennial, and while I’m so glad that the ultra low rise pants from my high school years are a distant memory, I will never get used to the physical sensation of a waistband at my belly button. It’s a sensory thing, for me.

I love that cute tailored sweats are in, but they have such high waists. If I wear them lower, the crotch hangs too low and, more importantly, the literal size of the waist band is made for a smaller radius (natural waist), not the wider part of the body, near the hip bone.

Any advice would be appreciated! I do not want to break out the sewing machine, but I’m getting desperate.