That moment reminded me that if I don’t want to buy anything maternity for my wardrobe, I don’t have to. It also confirmed that I don’t have to hide my pregnancy. (Note: I no longer work full-time in an office, which is a privilege, and I can take liberties when I dress.) I don’t like to hear that expectant women have to worry about their careers when it comes to their careers. Feel the need to hide pregnancy! No one should feel this pressure—let them be!
At the moment, I style all my maternity looks below the bump, which means the bump is Outside. These days, when I wear clothes, I pretend my bulge isn’t there and I’m just showing off my midriff as I traditionally do – even though my midriff is now a bigger piece of bread than my body. Is out of. Maybe the inspiration came from Rihanna’s fabulous belly-bearing fashion choices while pregnant, or Madonna’s walk around London during her second pregnancy in 2000, decked out in a Union Jack T-shirt and cargo pants, which Was hanging by the grace of Gd. , Demi Moore was also completely naked on its cover Vanity Fair In 1991. Lest I forget Sienna Miller walking the red carpet Vogue World: London In a frothy Schiaparelli number – a ruffled cream crop top and a confectionary skirt.
I’m not the only one who has gone up and down. The other day at the opening of the Mamoun store in Williamsburg I met the designer of a cool-girl Italian label. Being pregnant, she wore her pants slightly loose. (Note: I tried this trick with zippers, and it doesn’t work. Your pants will unzip and, as a result, fall off.) She looked fabulous. Too laissez-faire, too much of anything!
Later, facialist Raquel Medina-Cleghorn sent me a photo of herself pregnant, when she attended Spring 2025 Sandy Liang show. She wore a pretty Little Bo Peep pink bow in her hair and wore an open cardi and low-slung jeans. “It felt really courageous to me, to be honest,” says Medina-Cleghorn. “Even though I don’t wear ‘professional’ clothes for work, I felt like having my midriff exposed was inappropriate in that setting. It was very intimate, so it was probably the only time I showed my stomach. Then, when I stood in line to enter the show space, many people took photos of my street style, which was a little embarrassing because I’m not used to it, but it made me feel great.
