Breastfeeding on an LA runway? Yes, and not for the reason you think

As a mother and a nurse in LA, I’m tired of feeling invisible.Yet even in Los Angeles — one of the most cosmopolitan cites in the world — I’ve struggled to choose between feeding my baby and being seen and present in my community. Motherhood is everywhere in our city and culture.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Yet breastfeeding mothers are still expected to disappear.That’s wrong.So we set about to create change.Now, models are suddenly taking to the LA runway with breastfeeding infants. California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!It sounds like a fashion revolution — and perhaps it is.Last month, we hosted “Breastfeeding on the Runway” at the historic Leimert Park in South LA.Four mothers walked the runway with their babies and breastfed them as part of the celebration. For me, this moment was about much more than fashion.It was about mothers’ place in our community.I am a board-certified lactation consultant, a nurse of more than a decade, a nonprofit CEO, a Black woman and a mother of four.

I have breastfed all four of my children, including my twins, who recently turned 1. I know firsthand that breastfeeding is beautiful, exhausting, empowering, inconvenient, emotional and deeply personal.It’s also something to celebrate.Los Angeles, an epicenter of fashion, constantly celebrates women’s bodies.We celebrate pregnancy.

We celebrate curves.We celebrate confidence.

We celebrate individuality. But when a woman uses that same body to feed her baby, suddenly there can be dis...