The day has come: Gigi Hadid has returned from maternity leave to strut, once more, down the runway.
Making her catwalk return on Friday, the 25-year-old walked for Versace's AW21 show alongside her sister Bella Hadid, and what a return it was.
The new mother looked fierce in opening the show with her long, dark, blonde hair, holding a red bag teamed with a black overcoat and chunky platform heeled boots.
© YouTubegigi hadid versace
Meanwhile, her younger sister rocked long dark brown tresses, a black bandana and bold eyeliner, as well as a cute fuchsia-coloured mini dress.
© YouTubebella hadid versace
'Supers' Irina Shayk and Precious Lee also stomped the pre-filmed runway in the luxurious collection.
© YouTubebella hadid versace
The eldest Hadid model teased her catwalk comeback on her Instagram stories on Thursday, sharing the Versace show details with the caption: 'Tomorrow (my first show 'back'!)'
© Getty Imagesgigi hadid versace runway comeback
© Getty Imagesgigi hadid versace runway comeback
She also shared a picture of herself walking the AW20 Chanel runway, wearing adorable polkadot tights and cropped shorts, marking a year since the fashion moment, where she was 'secretly' pregnant.
© Dominique Charriau - Getty Imagesgigi hadid runway chanel
The Palestinian-Dutch-American found out she was pregnant the day before the Tom Ford AW20 show, which took place on February 7 2020, and later revealed on a Twitter thread how she found out, and what fashion month was like while newly pregnant.
'I found out the day before the Tom Ford show ?? I was so nauseous backstage ?? but I learned I could kinda control it if I continuously ate, so my mom would pack me snacks before each show ?? ?? bless, [sic]' Hadid wrote.
'But during fashion month in Europe it was hard to find bagels so I ate mostly bread & Dutch cheese (except for in London, Taylor gave me bagels). Backstage at Burberry was the hardest day with the nausea, I remember. [sic]'
© YouTubeGigi Hadid makes her return to the runway after Milan Fashion week for Versace, 6 months after giving birth to Khai, and a year since walking Chanel pregnant.
While the Versace show marks her return to the runway, Hadid has already been busy fulfilling other modelling obligations since giving birth her and Zayn Malik's daughter Khai, namely working with Maybelline, for which she is an ambassador.
She's a busy mum, that's for sure.
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