Tina Fey has love-hate relationship with "mom jeans"

At the Council of Fashion Designer (CFDA) Fashion Awards on June 2nd, Tina Fey, mom to Alice Zenobia, 2 ½, admitted that prior to donning Ralph Lauren for the awards, she was in a full-on "mom jeans" outfit. She was "walking around the Upper East Side in, like, the worst outfit ever: mom sneakers, Capri-length jeans, and a t-shirt that was clinging to my muffin top."

She’s not proud of it though, saying, "I was like, ‘I have turned into such a hideous, unkempt mother, I am going to kill myself.’" She rationalizes her fashion choice to needing a kid-appropriate outfit because "when you’re at home with your kid, you have to wear stuff that can just get ruined."

The actress/writer, who presented the award for accessory designer of the year to Tory Burch, draws the line at shorts, though. She said, that according the British What Not To Wear, "the official cutoff for shorts is 7."

For more photos from the event, visit People.com’s photo gallery and the CFDA website.

Source: New York Magazine, Photo: Bill Davila/Startraks

Comments

I love Tina! I can totally relate to what she is talking about. A few times a week I look in the mirror and think my god what has happened to me! Usually some eyeliner and blush follows that thought!

- Allison on June 12th, 2008

I was like that, I so let my self go after having my daughter…a year after I turned my life around…I needed to look ‘pretty’ too in order to be happier.

- Bren on June 12th, 2008

Lmao at “t-shirt clinging to my muffin top”!

- esperanza on June 12th, 2008

Wowza! Tina looks amazing in that pic – I wouldn’t have recognized her without the title. I need to see some recent pics of little Alice

- Emaline on June 12th, 2008

What exactly are mom sneakers? (shrug)

Maybe it’s just you Tina, because Jennifer Garner certainly rocks the “mom sneakers”, shorts and t-shirt thing.

- Jen on June 12th, 2008

I don’t view capri jeans as “mom jeans”. I’ve seen mom jeans and those aren’t it! Besides, nothing wrong with jeans, tee and sneakers when you want to be comfortable and play around with your kids and get dirty without worrying…:)

Stop worrying, Tina! You’re good!

- FC on June 12th, 2008

http://tina-fey.org/photos/thumbnails.php?album=222

Here are some cute new ones of Alice from about a week ago. Not sure why any of the sites have not posted them. Alice used to look just like her father, but she is starting to resemble Tina a bit more.

I agree with you Emaline, Tina looks just incredible in those pictures. And Mom Jeans is one of the best SNL parodies in years.

Yey Tina!

- Lucy on June 12th, 2008