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nlookerscouldhardly
believetheireyeswhen
KaiaGerberturnedupto
celebrateher18thbirthday
inNew York,asit wasa
picture-perfectflashbackto
a red-carpetmomentofher
famous mother Cindy
Crawfordinthe1990s.
Itwas certainlynot by
chancethatKaialookedthe
imageofhermodelmumat
her burlesque-themed
birthdaybashattheParadise
ClubinTimesSquare.She
wasclearlypayinghomageina
bespokeVersacedesignwith
crossoverstrapsanda choker
stylefastening– a nearidentica
replicatotheonewornb
Cindyat theMTVVideoMusi
Awards 27 yearsago.
Thecelebrationscoincide
with thestartofNew Yor
FashionWeek,andKenda
Jenner, Winnie Harlo
Leonardo DiCaprio an
BrooklynBeckhamwereamo
theguests– alongsideCin
whoarrivedonthearmof h
husbandRandeGerber.

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While Kaia was clear
channellinghermum’s sty
CindyherselfhadCherinmi
whenshechosea gold-bea
headdressandzippedmeta
jumpsuitfortheoccasion.
Cindy,53,hasspokenab
herprideinherchildren–
andhermodelsonPresley,
saying:“It’sbeautifulasa mo
towatchyourchildrengro
andbecome whoeverthe
goingtobe,andI thinkthatm
it easierformetowatchmysel
gettingolder.”
Shehasalsorevealedho
usedtoteaseherdaughter,whois
nowoneoftheworld’smostsought-
aftermodels,bysaying:“Youhave
myoldlegs– givethemback.”
Offirstbecomingawareofher
mum’sfame,Kaiaremarked:“It
wasonlyonmyeighthbirthday,at
Disneyland, thatI started to
understandwhatwasgoingon.I
wantedtotakepictureswiththe
princesses,andeveryonewantedto
takepictureswith[mymom].”
Kaia, who completed her
birthdaylookwithbouffanthair,
hassaidofhermilestonebirthday:
“Being 18 to me means
independence.Ageis verymuchso
a concept– I thinkit placesa label
onyou.
“EversinceI wasyounger,people
toldmethatI wasa reallyoldsoul
becauseI feltlikeI understood
thingsthatI neverlearnt...I feela
lotmoreconfidentgoing in to
being an adult.”

AS SHE CELEBRATES HER 18 th BIRTHDAY

KAIA GERBER

Likemother,like
daughter:Kaia
arrivesforher
birthdaybashin a
bespokeVersace
outfitreminiscentof
onewornbyCindy
in 1992 (above left)

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Accompaniedbyher
husbandRandeGerber,
CindyCrawfordsets
the goldstandard for
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