Kerry Washington designed her own maternity line for her character on hit show Scandal.
The actress - who gave birth to her daughter, Isabella Amarachi, with husband Nnamdi Asomugh in April - has revealed she and the political drama's costume designer, Lyn Paolo, were forced to create their own clothes for her to wear during filming in order to hide her blossoming baby bump and remain in-keeping with her character, Olivia Pope's fashionable look.
She told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "It was really fun for Lyn and I, because there didn't really exist a line out there . . . that was able to meet our needs in terms of the elevated level of fashion of Olivia Pope.
"So we wound up inventing our own maternity wear and changing beautiful top-of-the-line clothes into maternity clothes."
The 37-year-old actress and Lyn previously launched their own 'Scandal' clothing line in collaboration with The Limited's head of design, Elliot Staples, to help fans recreate Olivia Pope's signature on-air style.
She said: "People who love the look of the show can now step into this world in a way that is affordable and accessible because not everybody can afford to have the clothes they see on the show.
"It's been really fun to have a voice at every stage of the production from picking buttons, choosing fabrics and weighing in on hair and makeup people."
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