Poppy Delevingne displayed her growing baby bump for the first time on Thursday night, as she and her partner Archie Keswick attended model Rosemary Ferguson’s star-studded birthday party at Kensington’s Rooftop Gardens.
The model, 38, announced the happy news she was expecting her first child with the billionaire businessman, 44, last week, as she gushed becoming a mother is ‘all I ever wanted’.
And she cut a radiant figure at the glitzy bash, wearing a fitted black knit dress that left her blossoming bump on full display.
Poppy elevated her look with a long velvet coat embroidered with starry beaded detailing and gave herself several extra inches with black high heeled boots.
Toting a tasselled suede handbag, the pregnant star accessorised with a pair of gold chandelier earrings and styled her golden hair in sleek shiny waves.
Leaving the party, she hopped into the back of cab with boyfriend Archie, who kept a low profile in a puffy coat and black baseball cap.
Poppy Delevingne displayed her growing baby bump for the first time on Thursday night, as she and her partner Archie Keswick attended model Rosemary Ferguson’s star-studded birthday party at Kensington’s Rooftop Gardens
The model, 38, announced the happy news she was expecting her first child with the billionaire businessman, 44, last week, as she gushed becoming a mother is ‘all I ever wanted’
And she cut a radiant figure at the glitzy bash, wearing a fitted black knit dress that left her blossoming bump on full display
But despite looking in high spirits as she left, Poppy risked an awkward moment as her ex-husband James Cook was also rubbing shoulders with famous faces at the birthday bash.
The pair were previously married for eight years, before calling time on their union at the beginning of 2022.
James arrived at the event hand-in-hand with girlfriend, Lauren Brown, a talent booker for a modelling agency who looked the spitting image of Poppy.
Their uncanny similarities were emphasised by Lauren sporting a very similar outfit to Poppy for the evening, opting for a black satin dress teamed with a long coat, tights and heeled boots.
Poppy and James, who works for his family’s aerospace company, tied the knot in 2014 at a Knightsbridge church ceremony, with her sisters Cara and Chloe among the many bridesmaids.
However, rumours started to circulate about their marriage when James resigned as a director of her company Poppy Delevingne Limited, the firm which files the accounts for her ‘photographic activities’.
The Mail On Sunday reported in January 2022 that the pair had ‘consciously uncoupled’ after being little more than friends for the best part of a year.
The following month Poppy flashed her ringless hand to photographers at Perfect Magazine’s London Fashion Week party.
Poppy elevated her look with a long velvet coat embroidered with starry beaded detailing and gave herself several extra inches with black high heeled boots
Leaving the party, she hopped into the back of cab with boyfriend Archie, who kept a low profile in a puffy coat and black baseball cap
But despite looking in high spirits as she left, Poppy risked an awkward moment as her ex-husband James Cook was also in attendance at the event, arriving hand-in-hand with girlfriend, Lauren Brown, who looked the spitting image of Poppy
Their uncanny similarities were emphasised by Lauren sporting a very similar outfit to Poppy for the evening, opting for a black satin dress teamed with a long coat, tights and heeled boots
James and Poppy were previously married for eight years, before calling time on their union at the beginning of 2022 (pictured together)
She finally broke her silence and confirmed the split in September last year, when she admitted she thought the marriage would’ve ended even earlier if not for the ‘stigma’ surrounding divorce.
Speaking on the Origins With Cush Jumbo podcast, Poppy insisted that despite their split, she and James ‘will always have a good relationship’.
She explained: ‘There’s a lot of love and respect there. It just no longer worked for us.
‘I met him when I was 20 years old and 15 years is a long time and I think 15 years to be with someone is a success and sometimes these things just have to come to an end but even so within that, when it did end, that feeling, it was this sort of like bubbling up of freedom. I felt sort of 20 all over again.’
She added that since they separated she now feels she is ‘fully independent’ as she is able to make ‘every decision’ herself and gushed that she ‘chose me’.
Speaking about the stigma associated with divorce, Poppy confessed: ‘I think that’s why it should have probably ended earlier than it did, and I think one of the reasons why it didn’t is because of that stigma, which is extraordinary.
‘I’m quite sad, actually, that we should feel that there’s such a thing about it, that, god she’s divorced, damaged goods, no one’s going to want you.
‘Especially women in their late thirties who haven’t had a baby… It’s not easy to make that kind of a decision. It’s not by any stretch.
Poppy finally broke her silence on the split in September last year, when she admitted she thought the marriage would’ve ended even earlier if not for the ‘stigma’ surrounding divorce.
She is now preparing to become a mother, after discovering she was pregnant at a fitting for a Burberry show during London Fashion Week and revealed last week that she and Archie are expecting a baby girl (pictured in June)
Poppy’s sisters, model Cara, 32, (right) and socialite Chloe, 39, (centre) were both delighted when she told them the news
‘And I think within that, you have to have courage. You’ve got to love yourself, put yourself first, and you’ve got to be happy. We have one shot at life. Oh my god, I chose happiness. I chose me.’
She is now preparing to become a mother, after discovering she was pregnant at a fitting for a Burberry show during London Fashion Week.
She recalled noticing that her clothes were tighter than usual and had had an inkling something was different at the time, so went straight to get a pregnancy test.
Speaking to ELLE UK last week, Poppy revealed that she and Archie are expecting a baby girl and voiced her delight.
She said: ‘Obviously, I would have been fine with either and when I was younger I always thought when I get pregnant, I wouldn’t find out, but the second we got told we could find out, we did. I’m so excited. I come from all girls, we’re very girl heavy. Girls are great.’
She added that her sisters, model Cara, 32, and socialite Chloe, 39, were both delighted when she told them the news.
She said: ‘We were all in New York, with each other and with the bump and there was a lot of talking to the bump, stroking the bump. They’re just elated.’
Poppy and Archie kept the news of her pregnancy to themselves for a while and only told friends and family around the four-month mark.
Archie’s family has a reported private fortune of £6.35bn and he is no stranger to a high-profile relationship, having previously dated actress Sienna Miller (pictured together in 2021)
The model admitted she was ‘really nervous’ about her pregnancy and wanted to ‘protect’ it for a while.
She explained: ‘It just feels like such an extraordinary privilege to be able to do this, to be able to have a baby at this age and at this time, and when it happened, I couldn’t really believe it.’
She has long wanted to start a family of her own, but admitted in recent years she thought it might not happen for her and had ‘made peace with it’, before her joyous news.
Poppy and Archie went public with their romance in July when they attended the BST Hyde Park festival together.
Archie is the son of Simon Keswick, former director of multi-billion pound Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson – owner of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
The family has a private fortune of £6.35bn, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, and own a 18,000-acre estate in Angus.
Now the group’s interests range from prime Hong Kong real estate and brands, including the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, to Vietnam’s largest dairy producer.
Archie was previously described as a ‘demon on the tennis court’ who ‘loves house music’ by Tat
ler.
The Eton-educated businessman was named as one of the world’s most eligible bachelors back in 2019.
Archie is no stranger to a high-profile relationship, having previously dated actress Sienna Miller, who once lived with Poppy during their New York days.
While before finding love with Archie, Poppy was linked to Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece, 24, in April 2023.
Poppy was not the only one to have a run-in with a former flame at Rosemary’s star-studded birthday party, with Kate Moss reuniting with not one, but two of her exes at the bash.
The model, 51, bumped into ex-husband Jamie Hince as well as former boyfriend Jefferson Hack – with whom she shares daughter Lila Grace.
She looked incredible for the outing in a plunging black dress that was slashed to the naval and featuring silver embellishment on the seams.
Kate and Jamie tied the knot in a village church in the Cotswolds in July 2011, with the supermodel accompanied by 15 bridesmaids, including Lila.
While she began dating Jefferson in 2001 and welcomed Lila the following year, before evenutally splitting up in 2004.
However, they have an amicable relationship, ensuring their daughter spent a regular amount of time with each of them in her childhood.
Jefferson is now married to Anna Cleveland, who joined him at Rosemary’s star-studded birthday party.
Rosemary, an iconic Nineties model turned nutritionist and wellness guru, commanded a stellar turnout for her soiree.
Among the attendees were David and Victoria Beckham, who made a low-key exit as via a side door, as well as Sadie Frost, Darren Strowger and Sam Taylor-Johnson.
