2019-09-30_Hello!_Magazine_UK

O

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.

ROLEMODEL

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)

H

Accompaniedbyher
husbandRandeGerber,
CindyCrawfordsets
the goldstandard for
PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES. SPLASH NEWS party wear

TAKES A LEAF OUT OF HER

SUPERMODEL MUM CINDY’S STYLE BOOK

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