Anne Hathaway is proving that maternity fashion can be every bit as bold, modern and unexpected as any other red carpet moment.

The 43-year-old actress, who is expecting her third child with husband Adam Shulman, arrived at the Los Angeles world premiere of The End of Oak Street on August 9 in a striking look that placed her baby bump firmly at the centre of the styling.

A modern maternity moment

For the premiere, Hathaway wore a custom Atelier Prabal Gurung sculptural halterneck top crafted from light blue silk Mikado.

The dramatic design featured a high-low hem that revealed her baby bump, along with a cascading train finished with a rich crimson lining. Instead of pairing the couture top with a traditional evening skirt, Hathaway chose baggy ultra-low-rise jeans, creating a deliberate contrast between red carpet glamour and relaxed denim.

She completed the look with red and pink Aquazzura stiletto pumps, embellished drop earrings and layered gold and crystal bracelets.

Her beauty look followed the same confident direction. Hathaway wore her hair in a high ponytail and added bright red lipstick, echoing the crimson detail hidden beneath the train of her top.

The result was one of her most unconventional maternity appearances yet — polished enough for a major Hollywood premiere, but playful enough to feel distinctly personal.

Anne Hathaway enters a new chapter

Hathaway announced in June that she and Shulman were expecting their third child.

The couple are already parents to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 7.

Speaking at the premiere, the Oscar-winning actress reflected on experiencing pregnancy in her 40s after having her first two children in her 30s.

For Hathaway, the biggest difference appears to be perspective. She explained that turning 40 changed the way she thinks about time and encouraged her to be more present, grateful and aware of the experiences happening in front of her rather than constantly looking towards the future.

It gives this latest chapter of her life a different energy — one that seems to be reflected not only in the way she speaks about pregnancy, but also in the confidence of her recent fashion choices.

Fashion without traditional maternity rules

Hathaway’s premiere look continues a wider shift in celebrity maternity dressing.

Rather than concealing pregnancy beneath conventional silhouettes, stars are increasingly treating the baby bump as part of the fashion statement itself.

For Hathaway, that meant combining couture construction, exposed skin, denim and dramatic accessories in a look that resisted the usual expectations of maternity red carpet dressing.

The juxtaposition worked precisely because the pieces came from seemingly different worlds: a sculptural silk top worthy of couture, relaxed low-rise denim and sharply feminine stilettos.

It felt less like “maternity fashion” as a separate category and more like Anne Hathaway simply continuing to dress with the same experimentation and confidence she brings to every major appearance.

The End of Oak Street

The premiere also marked the arrival of Hathaway’s latest film, The End of Oak Street, a science-fiction mystery in which she stars opposite Ewan McGregor.

The pair play members of a family whose ordinary neighbourhood is suddenly disrupted when they come face-to-face with dinosaurs.

Hathaway described filming the project as an intense but joyful experience, particularly because of the close relationship that developed among the cast during production.

Despite the physically demanding shoot, the atmosphere behind the scenes remained highly supportive, with the actors developing what Hathaway described as a genuinely close connection.

A new kind of red carpet confidence

Hathaway has long been one of Hollywood’s most closely watched red carpet figures, but her current maternity style feels particularly free.

The actress is not using pregnancy as a reason to step away from fashion experimentation. Instead, she appears to be embracing it as another opportunity to play with proportion, silhouette and expectation.

At the Los Angeles premiere, the combination of a sculptural crop top, low-rise jeans and visible baby bump created a look that was elegant, provocative and unexpectedly casual at the same time.

For WOW Magazine, it is exactly the kind of fashion moment that defines contemporary celebrity style: personal, confident and completely uninterested in following old rules.