stand-in babies: the newest accessory for spring

my friend andrea just had a baby and it occurred to me last night that i don't think she really gave birth. there's something about the baby pictures that are not quite right. like, they're too perfect and if i know andrea, her body is back to it's its-bits size that it was nine months ago. so i decided that it's not really her baby. it's a stand-in baby. she was wearing one of those fake hollywood tummies for nine months, which i'm referring to as a *hollywood tummy* because it's beyond obvious now that heidi klum did not in fact carry all those children the entire time while filming project runway seasons 3, 4, 5, 6 etc. all she did was un-velcro her fake tummy and voila...slammin' boby asap. andrea and heidi are fooling no one and this is my attempt to out them but also thank them because it's the most genius idea ever: stand-in babies as the hottest spring accessory for 2011.

once you have rented your baby, you need to dress the part. that's where mod/nos comes in.



layering is a must right now with this brutally cold weather. at the same time, sneak some spring pieces into your wardrobe, like this amazing striped sweater layered over a basic white button down and an adorable grey cotton blazer. pair it with black leggings (available at mod/nos) or denim and *poof* you have the perfect outfit to go with your stand-in baby. (it's also a great outfit for looking bad-ass when standing in front of a wall full of graffiti. with a rental baby, of course).

i'm not sure where you get said *stand-in babies* but i have facebooked both ms. klum and andrea to find out where i can rent one. i haven't heard back from them yet but i kinda want to borrow andrea's because according to the baby pictures, all hers does is sleep which in my mind is really the best thing one of these little angels could do. plus she's really cute and if i'm going to accessorizing my every move with another human being i would want it to be with Lucia the incredible stand-in baby.