Trend Alert: Top five maternity must-haves

With the news that Lily Allen is pregnant we’ve decided to dedicate a few of today’s posts to the lovely lady and of course the subject of preganancy.

So it was an obvious choice to choose maternity wear for our daily trend alert post.

Over the past few years maternity wear has blossomed. It’s no longer all about baggy pants (think Pheobe from Friends), your other halves trackie bottoms and old tees or elasticated waistbands.

In fact, maternity clothing has become so popluar that highstreet store Topshop has opened up an arm dedicated to this fashion, and Asos has a special section on its site for this. Add to that speciality stores such as Mamas and Papas and pregant ladies have a great choice of clothing to chose from.

The growth of this style could be put down to the celebrity culture, where yummy mummies to-be are embracing their bumps and showing them off in on-trend outfits.

Here’s our top five.