When mother and daughter walk the catwalk together

There are mothers who for their daughter's eighteenth birthday gift the grandmother's heirloom ring, and others who instead directly pass on the ambassador contract with luxury brands. Nepotism has been talked about a lot in recent years, but in fashion as in entertainment, it's a practice that has been going on for longer than we can imagine. If today Kris Jenner has become an icon, after all, it's because she has turned her role as a "momager" into a real profession. What better moment than Mother's Day to remember the best moments shared between mothers and daughters on the runway? Even better, what better example to start from if not the image of Naomi Campbell and her mother Valerie Morris-Campbell at Thierry Mugler's SS94 show? Thirty years have passed, but it remains one of the sweetest images in the history of fashion nepotism. Even though, in that case, the roles were reversed.

Naomi Campbell and Valerie Morris-Campbell, Mugler SS94

Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross, Mugler SS91

One of the first appearances of a celebrity mother with her daughter at Fashion Week comes from a Mugler show. It was 1990 when Diana Ross, already an established intergenerational star at the time, appeared for the first time with her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross at a show by the designer of ultra-sexy bodysuits. A year later, the two were invited to surprise walk for the maison at the SS91 presentation, when Tracee Ellis was only 17 years old. It was Ross who asked the designer if her daughter could participate in the show with her, a request that for the singer was an indispensable condition for accepting Mugler's offer. From then on, Ellis Ross's career took off, also invited to the show the following year. In the 1990s, only one other mother-daughter pair managed to reach the same level of popularity as the Ross duo, none other than Anna Wintour and the little Bee Shaffer. For Donna Karan's FW96 show, the editor-in-chief of Vogue US invited her very young daughter to sit front row next to her. In a white and red striped dress and bob, Bee Shaffer already seemed ready to follow in her mother's footsteps, although she later ended up in the entertainment world as a producer.

Bianca and Jade Jagger, Calvin Klein FW04

Calvin Klein 2016, Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz

It's hard to keep a low profile if your parents are Bianca and Mick Jagger. Jade, daughter of the English rockstar and his ex-wife, Nicaraguan model and actress, appeared in the front row with her mother at Calvin Klein's FW04 show to redeem the title of coolest couple at New York Fashion Week. Hard to compete with a look like her mother's, in jacket and tie, rosary and white trench: in Calvin Klein's historical archives, only Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz have approached the same level of style for the Life in the now campaign of 2016.

Vanessa Paradis and Lily Rose Depp for Chanel Couture Fall 2015

Vanessa Paradis and Lily Rose Depp for Chanel Couture Fall 2015

Pat and Anna Cleveland Lavin SS15

You can't talk about nepobaby without mentioning Lily Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. If the young star's career in the film world can be partly attributed to her father's success, her long-standing collaboration with Chanel bears her mother's signature, former face of the French maison. The two have appeared in the front row at the brand's shows on several occasions, but the first time they walked together for Karl Lagerfeld was for the Couture Fall 2015, when Lily Rose Depp was just 16 years old. That same year, Pat Cleveland and her daughter Anna debuted in a Lanvin campaign, although together they have been protagonists of endless adorable moments, at Fashion Week as well as in magazines and advertising billboards.

Kate and Lila Moss in Fendi, Met Gala 2023

Cindy Crowford and Kaia Garber for Omega

Jerry Hall and Georgia May Jagger, Chloé

Apart from the cases where Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner brought their daughters to the runway, respectively at Jean Paul Gaultier's FW22 show and at Valentino Haute Couture SS24, in recent years there have been several episodes where fashion has shifted the spotlight to mother-daughter pairs. From Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber, both established top models in the industry who have appeared together in several campaigns, to Kate Moss and Lila, both in Fendi on the red carpet at the Met Gala 2023, it seems very easy to pass on the "gene of success" in the fashion industry. Among the most recent Fashion Weeks, the appearance of Jerry Hall and Georgia May Jagger in the front row at the first show of Chloé's new creative director, Chemena Kamali, another descendant of the Rolling Stone lead singer who, like Jade, boasts an iconic mother, stands out.