Yesterday was Maddie Moon‘s first time strolling at New York Trend Week. However the Brooklyn-based designer wasn’t alone in making her modeling debut on the Collina Strada’s fall ready-to-wear present—it was her daughter with fiancé Waris Ahluwalia first time modeling at 32-weeks in-utero, too. 

“[Collina Strada designer] Hillary was over for a low-key dinner one evening and we shared the information of our being pregnant,” Moon tells me. “I used to be solely exhibiting a bit on the time, however she requested if I needed to stroll in her present. I felt snug doing it as a result of I do know it is not a stunt—Hillary continuously designs clothes for people who find themselves usually ignored by vogue and options them on her runway.” 

Months later, right here we’re at Trend Week. Moon is now in her remaining trimester and exhibiting rather more dramatically. 

“I went in to strive on a number of outfits, and Hillary and I talked about how we each did not need me to really feel like a blob,” Moon says with amusing. “Generally it may be exhausting to search out clothes if you’re pregnant. However after I tried on the outfit I ended up strolling in, I simply felt modified. Usually, there is not regard for a way the mannequin feels within the clothes, however I felt attractive on this, and in order that’s why it as chosen. 

Her outfit included a pair of black silk-and-lace Boxing shorts and a creamy mint prime with on the highest buttons related a la the Rihanna being pregnant announcement. (Moon acknowledged Ri as a game-changer for being pregnant dressing typically.)