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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

How Rihanna’s baby bump sparked this year’s chicest maternity trend

Rihanna Instagram/Getty/Diggzy/Shutterstock

When Rihanna revealed her pregnancy to the world, fans erupted in unbridled joy. The singer and Barbadian hero, who is notoriously quiet about her private life, announced in January that she and boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child.

In a joint photoshoot with A$AP, RiRi debuted what would later become her signature maternity look: a bare baby bump. In this instance it was framed by a bright pink puffer coat from Karl Lagerfeld’s 1996 fall collection for Chanel, pale jeans and layers of bejeweled chains.

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