Nicole Richie to Design, Model New Clothing Line

Nicole Richie is known for her boho-chic style and her Hollywood pedigree - and with fans like Madonna wearing her House of Harlow 1960 jewelry line, her design career couldn’t be hotter. But it's about to get hotter still.

Hotter in a cute, maternal kind of way.

Pregnant with her second child (daughter Harlow Madden is 19 months old), the star has signed on to create (and model) a line of maternity clothes with Nicole's signature flair for A Pea in the Pod, a higher-end maternity fashion line.

Richie said that a collaboration was an easy call since “Pea in the Pod is such a known company for pregnant women. They carry great lines, and so when they asked me to create a line for them, I was really excited and eager to do it.”

Nicole Richie Maternity Clothes

Nicole Richie brings her unique style to the world of maternity clothes.

Being pregnant herself means Nicole is considerate of her customers: “You feel like you have to change your whole wardrobe - the last thing a woman wants to go through. So I really tried to make this line to get women excited.”

Nicole admits she doesn’t always wear maternity clothes, but thinks the pregnant form should be flaunted: “I think the pregnant body is beautiful, and I think you should show it off,” citing her jean cutoffs as a go-to this pregnancy.

To see more of the expectant mother modeling the new clothing line for fellow pregnant ladies, click to enlarge these Nicole Richie pictures below ...

Nic RichPea in the Pod Style