If you love this shirt, please click on the link to buy it now: https://aaronshirt.com/product/spring-heeled-jack-space-ballroom-in-hamden-ct-dec-272024-poster-t-shirts/ Paik exemplifies that delicate balance between Barneys and Barney, between loving fashion and loving motherhood (dinos, diapers, and all), and below, she delves into the why and how. I find that I’m more present than I have ever been. I’m an overthinker and my brain is always two steps ahead. Now, I am more tuned in to doing what needs to be done in the moment and taking it one step at a time without stressing too much about the future. Plus, what they say is true: babies grow up SO fast and I want to soak in all of the precious moments, like seeing my baby’s first tooth peek up from her little smile!
Fashion is a huge part of her universe, which also includes food via her small bread-baking brand called Breadrose. But when she became pregnant with her daughter Noon, now six months, Paik’s love affair with clothes began to shift slightly, as they do for all of us fashion nerds. Being self-employed, Paik didn’t have any real maternity leave. She of course stayed close to home for the first few weeks, with Noon, her husband Robert (women’s design director at Thom Browne), and their dog Archibald. But for her, pregnancy and postpartum dressing was about blending