At the ongoing New York Fashion Week, on September 8, artist Maia Ruth Lee walked the ramp for designers Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta for their Spring 2018 show and gloriously displayed her baby bump.
The idea of a model, irrespective of the changing times, has remained
strangely consistent. It has been a norm for petite-frame models to
sashay down the ramp, showcasing couture from celebrated designers. It
is perhaps this practice that propelled Nichole Phelps, director at
Vogue Runaway, to put up a post when she noticed an ‘anomaly’ at the
recent New York Fashion Week.
On September 8, Maia Ruth Lee, an artist walked the ramp for designers
Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta for their Spring 2018 show and gloriously
displayed her baby bump. According to a report in Vogue, Lee who was
wearing a lavender snap-front cardigan dress, unbuttoned her dress at
the middle to reveal her pregnant belly. Phelps not only shared the
picture but also wrote, “I’ve been going to fashion shows for 21 years
and I’ve seen a pregnant model on the runway exactly one other time.
Something to think about.” The pictures, since then, have been liked
more than 17,000 times.
Lee, who is due next month, also shared pictures of herself walking
the ramp on her Instagram page, with the caption, “Thank u for having us
@eckhaus_latta congratulations on your new collection.”
Phelps’ astonishment is not entirely misplaced. The sight of a pregnant
model walking the ramp is indeed rare though there have been certain
exceptions. Here in India, supermodel Carol Gracias had walked the ramp
last year at the Lakme Fashion Week, flaunting her baby bump and
creating waves in the Indian fashion arena.
This was then followed by a glamorously pregnant Kareena Kapoor
Khan, who had walked the ramp for designers Anita Dongre and Sabyasachi
Mukherjee, thwarting stereotypes like the diva that she is.
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