Aubrey Plaza’s Sleek Maternity Look Makes Late-Night Dressing Feel Effortless

Aubrey Plaza made late-night maternity dressing look less like a special category and more like a smart uniform. On Tuesday, April 21, in New York City, she stepped onto Late Night with Seth Meyers in a black minidress from Camilla and Marc, cut with a plunging neckline and an Empire waist just under the bust, then finished it with sheer black tights and black Betsey Johnson pumps.

That silhouette is doing real work. The Empire waist gives the dress shape without clinging, which is exactly why it lands so cleanly for pregnancy dressing: it creates room where it matters and keeps the rest of the line crisp. The tights add a continuous dark column, and the pumps keep the whole look polished rather than precious. It is the kind of outfit that can go from a studio taping to dinner without needing a wardrobe switch, and that is the appeal. Plaza did not dress for novelty. She dressed like someone who knows a strong black dress can carry the whole night.

Plaza, 41, is expecting her first child with actor Christopher Abbott, and the look fit the moment without turning it into a costume. That is where her maternity style has started to feel distinct. It has read as modern, low-key and deliberately understated, with none of the heavy styling or overtly trend-driven flourishes that can make pregnancy dressing feel overdesigned. Instead, Plaza is leaning into pieces that already have structure, then letting the bump change the shape.

The on-air energy matched the clothes. Plaza joked with Seth Meyers about the pregnancy and even quipped that he might need to deliver the baby, which gave the appearance the easy, slightly mischievous tone Plaza does so well. A few days earlier, she had debuted her baby bump on The View, so the black mini on Late Night felt like the next step in a style run that is building momentum fast.

What makes this outfit click is how ordinary the formula is. A black mini, an Empire waist, tights and pumps are all familiar pieces, but on Plaza they suddenly feel like the blueprint for polished pregnancy dressing. It is proof that maternity style does not need a new vocabulary to feel current. Sometimes it just needs a sharper cut and a better shoe.