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Anne Hathaway is back on the red carpet, but this time it was not an elaborate evening gown that caught everyone’s attention. Pregnant with her third child, the actress arrived at the world premiere of The End of Oak Street in Los Angeles wearing a pale blue silk top custom-made by Atelier Prabal Gurung, low-rise jeans and her baby bump fully on display.
Following the more glamorous looks that defined the promotional tour for The Odyssey, the choice revealed a more casual side of Anne and once again placed her at the centre of the fashion conversation.
Anne Hathaway is in the midst of a particularly busy period in her career. Following The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Odyssey, the actress has begun promoting The End of Oak Street while also experiencing a new pregnancy. Rather than attempting to conceal the changes in her body, her recent looks have incorporated them into her fashion narrative.
Vogue highlighted precisely this approach, known as bump-forward dressing: the baby bump is no longer something an outfit is expected to disguise, but instead becomes part of the look itself.
The shift reflects a movement that has already been gaining ground on the red carpet. Rihanna has been one of the key figures in transforming maternity fashion in recent years, embracing looks that celebrate the pregnant body rather than conceal it.
Anne is following that path in her own way. After statement gowns and looks from major maisons, she is now pairing a bespoke designer piece with something as everyday as denim, showing that glamour and casual dressing can coexist even at a film premiere.
What is particularly interesting is that Anne Hathaway has not adopted a formula for “maternity fashion”. She has simply incorporated pregnancy into the style she was already building.
In the midst of a major film promotional season, the actress continues to experiment, wear leading designers and turn each appearance into a new fashion conversation. Pregnancy has not interrupted that narrative — it has become part of it.
And perhaps that is where the most interesting shift lies: maternity fashion is no longer treated as a separate category. It simply becomes fashion.
Is Anne Hathaway merely entering a new chapter in her personal style, or is she helping to change the way fashion sees pregnancy for good?
