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Barbara Palvin walks Victoria’s Secret show six weeks postpartum

Published 19 October 2026

Barbara Palvin walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles on October 18, six weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Sylvie. The model returned to the runway less than two months after the reported September 7 birth, appearing in two looks at the event. Palvin said backstage that she was grateful for help from her family and friends, who supported her during the transition to motherhood and her return to work. She described becoming a parent as a major adjustment and said she would not have been at the show without that support. Her husband, actor Dylan Sprouse, watched from the front row and cheered her on. The couple announced their daughter’s arrival in a joint social media post later in September. Palvin has spoken about the demands of adjusting to life with a newborn while returning to her career. Sprouse said he had been filming during the week of the show and came back to attend it. Palvin also characterized her return as ordinary, saying that maternity leave in the United States is six to eight weeks and that she was six weeks postpartum. That was her description of the timing, not an independently established account of leave available to U.S....

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