The 2023 London Fashion Week, held on 17-21 February, will be remembered for several great designs exhibited. But Sinead O’Dwyer and Di Petsa’s designs worn by pregnant models will remain top of mind.

Not one, but two shows this season featured expectant models. A consistent champion of body diversity, womenswear designer Sinead O’Dwyer featured a heavily pregnant Tessa Kuragi on one of the first runways of the season. Meanwhile, Di Petsa — whose regal wet-look gowns have been worn by Kylie Jenner, Lizzo and even Gigi Hadid in her last trimester — opened its Fall-Winter 2023 show with a pregnant model, and created several garments which mimicked the baby bump silhouette.