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When it comes to dressing while pregnant, there is but one true master: Kim Kardashian West, whose sartorial transformation between her two pregnancies is akin to the makeover scene in The Princess Diaries. Except in this case, the Julie Andrews character is actually played by Kanye West.
During her cover shoot for InStyle Australia, model Chrissy Teigen told the magazine that Kim had given her a few tips on maternity style. She explains:
She told me to go stretchy. I always wanted to be the person who showed off the bump because it looks beautiful and I think you should embrace it. Kim does that well and I love seeing that belly of hers and I know Kanye does too — we're lucky to be with men who find pregnancy sexy. Thank God!
Bonus: Teigen even revealed where she got that maternity dress — the stretchy, tight-fitted one that she and Kim have both worn while pregnant. "There's this one Wolford tube dress that you can fold a million different ways, you can make it a skirt, a this, that," she says. "I bought it in every color in small, medium, large, in anticipation of the entire process, so I have, like, 45 of them." That exaggeration would land her at a $13,500 nine month dress investment, according to conservative estimates, but may she find ways to wear them for every occasion until the end of time.