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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Olivia Petter

Breastmilk on the runway at London Fashion Week is not the statement some think it is

Finally, London Fashion Week got its talking point. This year’s viral moment was brought to you courtesy of Di Petsa, whose spring/summer 2027 collection, “Holy Milk” – a paean to motherhood and all its accompanying rituals, from the raw to the refined. Apparently.

Many of the women walking down the runway were either pregnant or mothers themselves, accompanied by their children – some infants, some grown-up male models – and every look incorporated elements of birth and nurturing, including a royal blue corset that cut away underneath one of the model’s breasts, which she kept covered with a hand painted entirely white.

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