2015 BET Awards Red Carpet: What & Who Our Star Moms Wore

Posted on June 29, 2015

We loved the interesting selections our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums wore on the red carpet last night at the 2015 BET Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. As usual, we’re doing our rundown on the designers who outfitted the ladies who walked the red carpet.

Kelly Rowland rocked a black asymmetric feathered mini frock by Lever Couture which featured a mock turtleneck and billowy sleeve cascading from the sleeves with slick back hair. It was a daring and bold move.

Amber Rose came hand in hand with her BFF Blac Chyna, both Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums. Each wore matching white suits and bustiers from lingerie designer La Perla. They even shared a kiss on the red carpet to celebrate the US Supreme Court’s decision which opened the door for gay couples in all states to marry.

Christina Milian also arrived in white. The reality TV star, actress and singer came decked out in a jeweled halter jumpsuit made by Erevos Aether and paired with Ruby Stella jewels and Jimmy Choo sandals. Cayooot!

Ciara made another fab choice by arriving in a plunging neckline Wes Gordon sheer dress made of embroidered metal, accented with minimal jewels and Stuart Weitzan pumps. She arrived with her new beau NFL Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.

Brandy went with her signature mini dress with a flare in this grey and black Michael Costello color block dress with pink pumps. Love the hair!

Monica looked regal in this flowing Stéphane Rolland Couture cape gown. Simply Stunning!

Lil Kim looked amaze balls as well while performing during the Bad Boys tribute. She popped out of a hole in the stage to the glee and delight of the audience.

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2015 BET Awards red carpet

Posted on June 28, 2015

We spotted a few of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums gracing the red carpet of the BET Awards red carpet broadcast tonight from Microsoft Theater on June 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

Ciara, Brandy Norwood, Amber Rose and Christina Milian all looked stunning.

More pics and details coming later.

Photos: BET/Getty

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What these 28 Celeb Moms did on Mother’s Day (PHOTOS)

Posted on May 11, 2015

For Mother’s Day yesterday, several of our favorite celeb moms and moms-to-be took to social media to send greetings to other mothers and to share tender moments with their children or moms. Like Beyonce above who shared a throwback photo of herself as a child with her mom and with her own daughter Blue Ivy.

Others Showed Generation of Mothers like…..

Kim Kardashian with her daughter North and mom Kris Jenner

Kelly Rowland’s son Titan being cradled by Kelly’s own mom.

Fergie with her mom and son, Axl.

Brandy Norwood with her daughter Sy’rai and her momager, Sonya.

Hillary Scott with her mom and daughter Eisele.

Second time Mom-to-be Tiffani Thiessen and her mom and grandmother.

Some Shared Photos of Themselves with their Children like…

Second-time Mom-to-be Tamera Mowry-Housley and her son Aden

Drew Barrymore and her Frankie.

Second-time Mom-to-Be Hilaria Baldwin and her daughter Carmen.

Phaedra Parks with her sons Ayden and Dylan.

Vanessa Lachey and her daughter Brooklyn.

Jenna Dewan Tatum with daughter Everly, feeding animals.

Ciara with son Future Zahir.

Jessica Alba with daughters Honor and Haven.

Nicole Richie with daughter Harlow.

Melissa Joan Hart and her boys Braydon, Tucker and Mason.

Monica Brown with her children, sons Rodney and Romelo and daughter Laiyah

The anonymous IG blogger Up Close and Stylish with daughter Little Miss Sunshine.

Vanessa Simmons and daughter Ava.

Tori Spelling took us back to when her children, Finn, Liam, Hattie and Stella were each in her belly when she was heavily pregnant.

Some did Just the Kids or with Grandma like…

Molly Sims‘ son Brooks with his new baby sister Scarlett

And then there are those who posed just with their moms like…

First Lady Michelle Obama and her mom Marian Robinson.

Ali Larter with her mom Margaret.

Toni Braxton with her mom Evelyn.

Others included the whole family with Dad too like…

Adrienne Bosh with daughter Dylan and son Jackson with hubby Chris Bosh.

Ivanka Trump with son Joseph, daughter Arabella and hubby Jared Kushner

Mom-to-be Emily Bustamante with daughter Taina, son Johan and longtime beau Fabolous

Awwwwww!!!!

Photos: Instagram

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REVIEW: Celeb favorite SoftBaby is Organic softness for baby

Posted on March 31, 2015

About 5 years ago, we featured organic onesies in our weekly Eco Friday posts for the edification of our Eco-conscious parents who are interested in earth-friendly products. The benefit of organic clothing for babies is that they are gentler to the sensitive skin of newborns and infants that are prone to allergic reactions from clothing. Outfitting them in clothes made of organic material such as organic cotton may lessen the chances of their skin becoming irritated from harmful pesticides and other irritants found in non-organic materials.

We got a chance to check out a relatively new organic baby clothing company called SoftBaby, which, according to the designer line, is loved by celeb moms Hayden Panettiere, Drew Barrymore and Ciara.

Here is a review from Bellyitch Reader Reviewer Chelsea who sampled a romper on her gorgeous 8-month old son Michael. Here is her review:

Fit – The first question when buying baby

clothes is does it fit? Great fit is key. Depending on the manufacturer, new

parents often finding themselves upsizing or downsizing based on the clothing’s

label to find the right fit for their baby. SoftBaby’s romper was a great fit

with no age guessing game. My 8 month old fit the 6-9 romper perfectly. There

was even some room for him to continue to grow.

Design and Texture – I loved SoftBaby’s design.

The unbleached organic cotton with yellow orange deer prints was adorable. The

romper would be a great baby shower unisex gift to give. Additionally, the

organic cotton was truly as soft as if it was picked directly from the field.

The thickness was a summer cotton and it made me wonder if SoftBaby was

considering having a winter cotton line of clothing as well.

Function –

Call it the “Great Soft Baby Crawling Suit.” The cotton moved freely with the baby as he speed

crawled around the house. Definitely no creasing, stretching or cotton

stiffness. The down side came when it was time to change Michael’s diaper. The

romper only had front snaps and no diaper snaps. The front snaps were a bit

stiff which made me worry that I may tear the fabric. And with no diaper snaps,

changing Michael required aerobatics on his part and for me to take the romper

almost off of him.

Overall: I would buy

the romper for myself or as a baby shower gift.

Good thing! Check out Softbaby which sells blankets, bloomers, rompers and bodysuits, starting at $40.

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Selfie Sunday: What Celeb moms are sharing on Instagram

Posted on March 22, 2015

It’s Selfie Sunday!

We follow your favorite celebrity mom so you don’t have to and here is what some of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums (like Ciara above) and moms-to-be are sharing in Instagram today and in recent weeks.

Ali Larter was snuggling up with her infant daughter.

Beyoncé was doing her creative interpretation of African art.

Bethenny Frankel shared a pic of herself on BravoTV‘s Watch What Happens Next. She will be on tonight at 10:30pm.

Jennifer Lopez was getting all dolled up.

Brandy Norwood was having a girl’s night out with a pal.

Hilaria Baldwin was showing off a bumpiliciois selfie.

Zoe Saldana was having a tender moment with her hubby Marc Perego.

Nicole Richie’s boys celebrated their birthdays in faux tats to match their dad’s.

Adrienne Bosh and daughter celebrated dad Chris Bosh‘s temp return back to the court while he’s out on injury.

Busy Phillips‘ daughter Birdie reenacted a scene from Full House for a school performance.

Garcelle Beauvais and twins Jaid and Jax enjoyed ice cream cones.

One of our fave fashion IG’ers Up Close & Stylish was looking ridiculously stylish while on a boardwalk stroll with her daughter

Emily B is showing really well as her bump grows. The Love and Hip Hop star is 7 months preggers now.

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2105 Grammy Award Red Carpet Fashion (PHOTOS)

Posted on February 9, 2015

Tonight was the 57th Annual Grammy Awards held at STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles.

And as usual, we spotted many of the celebrity mothers we’ve written about on Bellyitch in the past on the red carpet.

Congratulations to Beyonce (Best R&B Performance & Song) Erica Campbell (Best Gospel), Carrie Underwood (Best Country), Christina Aguilera (Best Pop Duo/Group) and Toni Braxton (Best R&B album) who all won awards tonight.

Here is what they wore (will update with more specifics later):

Congratulations to Beyonce in a laced with jewel overlay Proenza Schouler dress for winning the award for the best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for “Drunk in Love” tonight, and being the most nominated woman in Grammy history.

Kim Kardashian looked stunning in Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2015 robe dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewels. I loved her new haircut. Her makeup was flawless. The shape was a bit odd, but I think she pulled it off. Love. Love!

I thought Gwen Stefani in this black Spring 2015 Atelier Versace cropped jumpsuit looked hip and youthful. I was blown away to see her stray away from her signature red lip for once. Wow! .

Jennifer Hudson worked it in a white Tom Ford pencil length strapless dress. I like the trendy purple lip and that she is still rocking that pageboy hair cut.

Nicole Kidman in pre-fall 2015 Thierry Mugler and Prabal Gurung heels. This look is perfect and she looked healthy and amazing. That blunt bob cut is very current. Nice!

Ciara was going for the wow factor here in this gorgeous couture Alexandre Vauthier Spring 2014 gown with black “Mea Culpa” Christian Louboutin pumps.

Toni Braxton looked like a goddess in Marc Bouwer Fall 2015.

Congrats to Erica Campbell who won the Best Gospel Gospel album for her solo project, “Hero”. She was regal in a royal purple dress by LUM, toting a petite glack Onna Ehrlich clutch with Casadei Offiical pumps.

This is such a different but very gorgeous look for Giuliana Rancic in Steven Khalil with Gianvito Rossi shoes and Jack Vartanian earrings.

And another stunner Giuliana Rancic later in a Bouchra Jarrar jumpsuit.

Not a mom but my fave for the night was Rihanna in Giambattista Valli. Yeah, she was meme-ified a bunch tonight, but I think she owned the moment, stood out and glowed. Her make up was flawless, the strapless halter bodice portion fit perfectly and the billowy layers made me smile.

Photos: Getty

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What Celebrity moms are up to on Instagram

Posted on February 4, 2015

What are some of the celebrity mothers we’ve profiled here on Bellyitch are up to these days? A good place to keep track of their ups and downs and projects is by checking in on them in Instagram where they freely share pics and other updates like Eva Marcille above who recently won a battle with her ex Kevin McCall over their 1-year old adorable daughter Marley. Here she is looking effortlessly chic while driving in her ride somewhere.

What else? We ~~stalk~~follow them so you don’t have to!

Gwen Stefani recently visited Qatar

Beyonce too is/was in Asia & took some time off to hit her computer and look stylish while doing so.

The Wests’: Kim Kardashian West, Nori West & Kanye West visited the zoo. Awwww!

Nicole Richie was in a hijab the same week as World Hijab Day while scouting for fabric for her fashion line

Alicia Keys and hubby Swizz Beatz were having their first date after the birth of their second son: Rollerskating! How fun!

Drew Barrymore was playing the part of Baby from Dirty Dancing for pal Jimmy Fallon‘s lip sync battle with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart.

Ciara was showing off her cute cherubic son, Future to her fans and followers whilst barefooted.

Kerry Washington looked absolutely beautiful while promoting a book charity drive for FirstBook.Org.

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Best Celebrity maternity style of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014

We’re at the end of another fab year at Bellyitch Blog. The team got together and voted on who the top ten most fashionable pregnant American celebrities were in 2014. Here they are:

1. Blake Lively

First time mom-to-be actress Blake Lively is doing an excellent job being playful with colors, textures and accessories. She mixes cute capes and necklaces and has perfect flowing hair. The Gossip Girl alum totally changed the maternity fashion game with her effervescent and seemingly effortless style. We are sure there is a stylist somewhere who deserves credit too. We think.

2. Stacy Keibler

Stacy Keibler channeled BoHo Chic this first pregnancy by accenting her various casual looks with cute fedoras gladiator sandals and playful fringe purses. When going out and about, the former WWE wrestler sticks with a black palette but kept it playful with color. Her debut bump in a black cut out dress kept the gossip and fashion blogs talking and catapulted her to the top of the bump watch list this past summer.

3. Zoe Saldana

Currently pregnant with twins, Zoe Saldana carried off her best looks early in her pregnancy rocking a super cute black shirt dresses, slip dresses and bump hugging pencil-skirt length dresses while attending fashion week shows and promoting her various projects. We loved her styled look for the cover of Elle the best because it was so unexpectedly sexy and wild.

4. Carrie Underwood

Country singer Carrie Underwood was one of the hardest working pregnant celebrities this year. The American Idol winning singer-actress could be found in baby doll dresses, Grecian gowns, and mini dresses while hosting award shows, and performing at major concert events all across the country.

5. Ciara

Ciara introduced us to her maternity style in a custom 20s style pin-striped suit this summer. She kept her fans and followers following her on Instagram on their toes with her cute ensembles and even cuter dance moves and mini-IG fashion shoots. There was no stopping this singer-songwriter who welcomed son Future recently and promptly dropped the weight and rocked Paris Fashion week.

6. Kelly Rowland

Singer and award-winning chart-topper Kelly Rowland kept it comfy in the bump-hugging jersey maxi-midi dresses she sported much this pregnancy. She also wasn’t afraid to experiment and change up her hairstyle often all pregnancy long going with a bold and different halo braid at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles.

7. Kourtney Kardashian

The eldest sister in the Kardashian klan, Kourtney, mixed it up a bunch this third pregnancy. She was trendy in overalls early in her pregnancy, played up stripes with a bold yellow shoppers bag by late second trimester. She showed lots of leg in mini mini dresses but also wore ringlets and maxi dresses at other times. It was all unexpected and no set pattern with Kourt.

8. Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington stayed low-profile with her pregnancy but once the word was out, we got to see her all award-season long, she sported different designers’ custom looks and never stopped mixing it up. She even worked in the crop top trend from last spring into her maternity red-carpet wardrobe. Yass, Kerry!

9. Molly Sims

Former model Molly Sims has been having the best styled year on red carpets this second pregnancy. From cropped and fishtails to glam and beaded, Sims has been a head turner these days. It’s definitely a step up or in a different direction than first round. And we also like how she has been very versatile with her hair styles doing Hollywood waves, sleek and straight and 80s flips at different events. Werk.

10. Savannah Guthrie

This TV journalist Savannah Guthrie bumped it up daily on TODAY and kept a big bright smile as an accessory . Although, she made knee-length dresses with side scrunching a staple, we love how she mixed it up with color, accent collars and necklaces, and threw in denim and other fabrics in her look every now and again. She was definitely a style maven for the professional preggers mama at the office.

Honorable Mention: Yandy Smith

We love any celebrity, pregnant or not, who experiments much with color and isn’t afraid to go with hot pink at one event then flip the switch and go with cobalt blue at another and that’s why we couldn’t leave out Love and Hip Hop‘s Yandy Smith to rep the reality TV show genre along with Kourt. This music industry manager and reality TV star also kept her hair game on point, sporting luscious long ringlets at promotional events for her various projects.

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20 More Celebrity Christmas 2014 Photos

Posted on December 26, 2014

Many of our current and past Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums took to their Instagram accounts today to share Christmas wishes. Here are a few of our faves:

Fergie and Josh Duhamel and son Axl

Oprah, Stedman and family

Rachel Zoe and family

Lil Kim

Milla Jovovich’s daughter reading a letter to Santa.

Ciara

Holly Madison

Alica Keys and Swizz Beatz help son Egypt top the tree

Snooki and Jwoww and their newest additions

Tamara Mowry-Housley

Drew Barrymore

Busy Phillips

Vintage Barack and Michelle Obama

Brandy Norwood

Adrienne and Chris Bosh and family

Jaime King

Toni Braxton and familhy

Autumn Reeser

Photos: Instagram, Who Say

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23 Celebrity Moms’ 2014 Thanksgiving Day Photos

Posted on November 27, 2014

Today is Thanksgiving and many families are taking the time to gather and celebrate all they are thankful and grateful to have. We checked into social media to peep what some of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums, current moms-to-be and other past featured moms are doing this Thanksgiving Holiday week.