It’s officially Black Maternal Health Week which was created to bring awareness to the disparities that Black women face in the American healthcare system. Even those of us who are celebrities have faced issues during their birth like Olympian Serena Williams who had to wear a Nike catsuit for the French Open in 2018 because of compression issues in her blood, according to Elle.
Speaking of Williams, she wore her first baby bump elegantly in a green gown halter-style gown with floral appliques to the 2017 “Rei Kawakubo Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between” Met Gala. One woman who doesn’t get her flowers enough is Kelis. Her maternity moments were filled with tons of color like her 2009 Four Seasons Hope Gala look. It was a psychedelic printed short dress in a satin blue and white. She’s always dying her hair eclectic colors and this look was no exception with her blue pompadour hairstyle.
Kimora Lee Simmons will always be fabulous and pregnancy just seems to enhance that for her. She was radiant in a photo below wearing a satin kimono-printed yellow dress with a floral print over a pair of black pants paired with strappy sandals. Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell has always been radiant on screen but this moment on the red carpet in her black and white color block minidress with white sandals in 2016 brought a smile to our faces. Another actress who wore her baby bump on a red carpet was Tika Sumpter in an all-black short dress with a silver zipper detail and clear heels for her Southside With You film premiere in 2016.
Our Fashion Issue cover star Keke Palmer’s maternity style was perfection as soon as she revealed her baby bump on the SNL show in 2022. Her sparkling New York Film Critics Circle Awards gown made her look ethereal too. She glowed in more ways than one that night. Actress Kerry Washington wearing a strapless…
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