You South Africa – 29 August 2019

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17-year-o

ness– an

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wellonh

thanksto

fromhis

locks,the

pout,the

fidence.

Damia

allthera

centlyla

PatMcGr

brandin

Inana

SkinFeti

beseenin

jacket,hi

fantstyle

“Soexc

OST teenage

boys would

dieofembar-

rassment if

youtoldthem

theywerethe

spittingimage

oftheir mom.

ot DamianHurley.The

oldisrevellinginthelike-

nd it’s payingoffbigtime.

ethHurley’s onlychildis

hiswaytoa lucrativecareer

otheattributesheinherited

famousmom:thelustrous

epiercingblueeyes,the sultry

ework-it-for-the-cameracon-

an,whoseandrogynouslookis

ageinthe modellingworld, re-

andedhisfirstcampaign with

rathLabs, anupmarketbeauty

the UK.

ad foritsnewfoundationline,

sh:SublimePerfection,hecan

na whiteshirtandblackleather

s locksshapedintoa giantbouf-

eashestaresbroodinglyforth.

citedtoshowyouguyssome-

thingsecretI’vebeenworkingon,”the

teenwroteonInstagramalongsidea

photofromthecampaign.

Rushingtothecommentssection

to praiseherson,Liz( 54 )cooed,“My

north,mysouth,myeastandmy

west.I loveyou.”

Thecampaignisthebrainchildof

PatMcGrath, whomVoguerecently

namedtheworld’s mostinfluential

makeupartist.Severalotherup-and-

comingstarsfeaturetoo,including

formerRuPaul’sDragRacewinner

VioletChachkiandChinesemodel-

lingsensationZhengyangZhang.

Socialmediaeruptedasfans

fawnedoverDamian’slikeness

tohismom.“They’remorphed

intoone!”oneexclaimed.

AndDamiantookthingsa

stepfurtherwhenhearrivedat

thelaunchpartyforSublime

Perfectionina suitversionof

hismother’siconicVersace

safetypindress,whichshe

woretothe 1994 premiereof

FourWeddings anda Funeral

withthenboyfriendHugh

Grant.

Lizandherson,who’s also

dabbledinacting, areclose.

“GivenI’ma singlemother

andhe’s anonlychild,byde-

fault we spend a lotof

timetogether,”themodel

andactresstoldthe Mailon

Sunday’s Youmagazine

lastyear.“We’recomforta-

blewitheachother.”

AMIAN

often ac-

compa-

nies his

mom to

redcarpet

eventsandgoeson

fundraisingtrips

withherabroadto

raiseawarenessfor

variouscharitable

causesclosetoher

heart.Heevenland-

eda cameoonherE!

dramaseriesTheRoyalsin 2016.

Somefindthebondcharming,

othersa bitoverthetop.

“I’msorry,” s ays SkyNewspresent-

er EamonnHolmes,who’sa dadof

threeboys. “I thinkit’sseriouslyweird.”

When Liz let slip last year that it was

LIKE MOTHER,

LIKE SON

Androgynous

DamianHurley

is followinginhis

mom’s footsteps

COMPILEDBYNICIDEWET

Damian Hurley is often mom Elizabeth’s plus
one at events. Here they attend the opening
of the Dinosaurs in the Wild virtual experi-
ence in London last year.

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