These Pants Weren’t Made for Pregnancy — But They’re Nailing It

If you’re pregnant and staring down your closet thinking, nothing fits and I refuse to buy hard pants, allow me to introduce you to the hero item you didn’t know was a maternity essential: the lululemon Align Palazzo Pant.

These pants are not technically maternity—which honestly makes them even better. The Aligns are famously buttery-soft, but in Palazzo form, it’s next-level forgiving. The band stretches a lot (like, “third trimester, post-snack, still comfy” stretchy) without digging in...