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12 Celebs Who Rocked ‘80s Maternity Fashion
Remember sack dresses to baggy sweaters?
by
Morgan Brinlee
May 21, 2021
Jane Seymour was just over five months pregnant with her first child when she attended a screening of
East of Eden
in September 1981. She disguised her bump with a baggy, ruched top.
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Princess Diana favored loose-fitting sack dresses during both her pregnancies. In 1982, she attended a polo match in a green, polka-dotted Catherine Walker maternity dress just two weeks before Prince William’s birth.
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Draped in a glittering gold gown, Meryl Streep won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1983 while pregnant with her and Don Gummer’s second child together.
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At roughly five months pregnant, Farrah Fawcett dressed in figure-hugging polka-dots when she and Ryan O’Neal attended a film festival in Paris in September 1984.
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Model Jerry Hall and Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger welcomed their first child in March 1984. Hall opted for a nautical look during a beach trip a bit before the birth.
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Princess Caroline Of Hanover opted for loose-fitting outfits such as this billowy blouse and baggy blazer while pregnant with her second child in 1986.
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Mia Farrow’s signature maternity style included sleeveless sack dresses over dress shirts. In 1987, paparazzi spotted the then-42-year-old actress out in New York City while seven months pregnant with her and Woody Allen’s first child.
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Actress Peggy Rowe opted for casual comfort while seven months pregnant in August 1987. She paired a loose patterned t-shirt with matching pants to watch then-husband Erik Estrada play in a celebrity baseball match.
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Sarah, Duchess of York, turned a puffed-sleeved red gown into a glamorous maternity look while seven months pregnant with Princess Beatrice during a June 1988 appearance in London.
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Glenn Close donned a baggy black-and-white suit to mingle with Michael Douglas at the 1988 Griffith Awards while roughly seven months pregnant.
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Vanessa Williams hid the fact she was six months pregnant using an oversized striped cardigan while competing on a celebrity edition of
Family Feud
in March 1989.
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Melanie Griffith was expecting her second child in May 1989 when she attended the Police Athletic League’s 17th Annual Gala Dinner with then-partner Don Johnson in a loose-fitting sparkly gown.
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