Pregnant women can look good, too!

 

Unlike the 1950s when there were limited options for maternity wear, today there are so many more choices – from fabrics to colours to designs.

Can pregnant women be fashionable?

Fashion stylist and PR consultant Peter Lum says it's all about looking and feeling good.

That means pregnant women don't have to “check out” of their lives for nine months – when they eat anything and wear the dowdiest of dresses that look like nighties – only to return to their sexy and fashionable selves after the baby is born.

Nope, today's pregnant women can wear knitwear dresses, shift dresses, sarung wraps and pants, too.

Citing examples of some local celebrities who were still fashionable when they were pregnant, Lum says, “For me these are modern women and there are very few who dare embrace the fact that they are pregnant. I don't think it would occur to the masses that they can walk out in a knit dress and show off their belly.”