30+ Times Celebrity Kids Rewore Their Famous Parents’ Dresses

In 1998, Friends star Courteney Cox caused a Scream on the red carpet in a purple floral dress while then-husband David Arquette came dressed as Super Mario. Fast forward two decades and their 14-year-old daughter Coco blew off the mothballs and borrowed the vintage piece.

Courteney posted a pic of Coco on Instagram, writing, “I’m not one to hold onto things, but this was a damn good purchase! 21 years later…” Not one to hold onto things, Courteney? When you played Monica Gellar, she had a Secret Closet to hide her many clothes!

Salma Hayek and her 15-year-old daughter Valentina Pinault both dazzled in complementary red dresses at the 2023 Oscars. But, their choice to match up was even more special because Valentina was sporting her mom’s classic Isaac Mizrahi gown she originally wore all the way back in 1997.

That means the dress is 11 years older than Valentina! The rumor on the red carpet is that Salma and Valentina looked so great Chris De Burgh was going to re-record his classic song, but this time call it “Ladies in Red”.

Model, socialite, writer, journalist, film producer, equestrian, and member of the Monaco royal family, Charlotte Casiraghi is one of the trendiest royals in the world. However, it appears her mother, Princess Caroline of Monaco, beat her to it by decades.

Princess Caroline first wore this gorgeous plunging black embroidered Chanel gown to the Monaco Dances Forum in Monaco in 2000. Then, almost two decades later, Charlotte wore the same frock to the 2017 Monaco Rose Ball, or in French, the Bal de Rose.

German supermodel Heidi Klum wore a little black dress to a 1998 Comic Relief event. Six years later, she gave birth to Italian Formula One team manager Flavio Briatore’s daughter Leni. Then Heidi married English singer Seal and had two more kids with him.

Seal then adopted little Leni. Fast forward to 2022, and 18-year-old Leni is all grown up and fits into her mom’s clothes. So, she raided Heidi’s closet to wear the same silky dress to her prom in 2022. The color difference is due to camera flashes.

At the 2017 American Music Awards, musical legend and queen diva Diana Ross was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Her daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross, hosted the ceremony and wore about a dozen fabulous outfits and looked every bit as supreme as her mom did when she was the lead singer of Motown’s The Supremes.

After one quick change, Tracee emerged wearing the black sequined blouse, white pantsuit, and white bowtie ensemble that her mom wore while performing with Michael Jackson in 1981.

In 2021, Angelina Jolie took all five of her kids to the premiere of her latest film, Marvel’s Eternals. This premiere was all the more special considering Angie’s 16-year-old daughter donned one of her dazzling looks from back in the day.

Zahara chose wisely, picking Angelina’s fabulous Elie Saab Couture, which the actress last wore to the 2014 Oscars ceremony. At the same red-carpet event, Shiloh also recycled a tan Gabriela Hearst dress that Mom wore earlier that summer.

When Katherine Schwarzenegger married Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt, she wore a custom Armani Privé white crinoline lace bustier column gown with a full skirt that extended into a lace train.

But before you say — “Hey, that’s not the same dress” — the new Mrs. Pratt wore a custom lace embroidered short veil paired with a tulle veil once worn by her mother, Maria Shriver, on her wedding day in 1986.

Kim Kardashian often calls her mother out for copying her looks, but Kris Jenner finally exacted her revenge. She posted on Instagram, “Found this little gem in my archives […] Kim posted some pics on her App of the looks I’ve stolen from her in the past (literally LOL!!) but had to share the Valentino gown that was my pride and joy back in the ’80s!!”

Kris also added, “She looks so beautiful, and she wore it to the White House Correspondence dinner several years ago.”

Long before he became King Charles III, Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales had all of England celebrating when Diana gave birth to her first son in 1982. They named him William, and he was baptized in a white lace christening gown inspired by Queen Victoria’s wedding dress.

Six English monarchs have worn the special baby gown. First, Queen Victoria’s first son, Edward VII, then George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Queen Elizabeth II, and Charles III. Princes William and Harry also wore the robe.

Royal outfit swapping works both ways. In 2010, back before Prince William and Kate Middleton were even engaged, Kate’s mom Carole Middleton arrived on the final day of Royal Ascot wearing a cobalt-blue belted dress with black pumps.

Within a year, Will and Kate not only got engaged but also tied the knot. Royal weddings are expensive affairs, Kate limited her spending and recycled her mother’s outfit at a hospice in Ipswich, in the east of England.

Blake Lively isn’t just Mrs. Ryan Reynolds — she’s a great actress too, as evidenced by her shark-fighting skills in The Shallows. Blake invited her mom to 2020’s New York Fashion Week. But Elaine didn’t have a stitch to wear, so her loving daughter lent her one of her best maternity looks from the previous fall collection.

Elaine strutted up to the Marchesa Fashion Show wearing her daughter’s amazing red-and-black, tribal-inspired Ralph Lauren cloak, skinnies, and boots.

Now, you’d think that being an internationally renowned fashion designer, Victoria Beckham should be able to buy her daughter a new frock! But, the “2 Became 1” when Harper “Spiced Up Her Life” by raiding Mom’s closet on a 2021 family vacation to Italy.

Apparently, the former Spice Girl said to her daughter, “So, tell me what you want, what you really, really want…” And Harper replied, “That lace-trimmed orchid dress you wore last month.” Then Victoria said, “Who Do You Think You Are?”

In January 2023, Brooklyn Beckham was spotted wearing his dad’s England soccer shirt in Los Angeles. That thing belongs in a sports museum! David and Brooklyn often have what the English call bants (banter) over their fashion choices.

A few years ago, when Brooklyn was 16, he posted a brooding selfie on Instagram, saying he was “rocking the old-school Ralph Lauren look.” However, his dad immediately called him out, replying, “That’s my jumper!”

In December 2018, the present Queen of Spain, Queen Letizia, wore a red dress her mother-in-law, Queen Sofia of Spain, originally rocked way back in 1980.

Queen Sofia and her husband, King Juan Carlos, were on the Spanish throne for 40 years until the king abdicated after getting involved in a right royal scandal involving an elephant hunting trip. Juan Carlos went into exile in the United Arab Emirates and handed power to his son, Felipe, and daughter-in-law, Letizia.

In 2021, Brooke Shields’ broadcast journalism-studying daughter Rowan Francis Henchy couldn’t find a dress to wear to prom night. So, Mom lent her a stunning strapless scarlet red dress she once wore to the Golden Globes.

Brooke posted a photo of her radiant daughter on Instagram, along with the caption, “I thought it was a special night when I was nominated for a Golden Globe and wore this dress in 1998, but nothing could have prepared me to see my daughter wearing it to her prom.”

19-year-old Amelia Gray Hamlin wore the vintage Alaïa dress her mother, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna, wore many times between the late-1990s and 2015. Amelia posted a side-by-side comparison with the words, “My queen Lisa Rinna gave me one of her vintage dresses.” Gorgeous dress, but who wore it better?

More recently, Lisa also lent her other daughter, Delilah Belle Hamlin, a vintage aquamarine Versace dress she wore to the Oscars while pregnant with Delilah in 1998.

It’s not just moms that lend their daughters dresses. Kanye lent his daughter his famous $100,000 Pastelle jacket for a shopping trip to Paris with mom Kim Kardashian. The rapper originally wore the bright blue jacket to the 2008 American Music Awards with a sideways hat, gray suede shoes, and a tail!

Paris is known as the home of fashion, but no one was ready for nine-year-old fashionista North sporting her dad’s jacket with matching azure sunglasses, black pants, and chunky boots — but no tail.

This entry comes straight from the horse’s mouth. One of Gwyneth Paltrow’s eight million Instagram followers asked her, “Does Apple ever wear any of your fashion archives?”

The Iron Man and Avengers actress replied by posting a photo of her 19-year-old daughter wearing the iconic Alexander McQueen gown that she had worn to the Oscars ceremony way back in 2002.

In the ’80s and ’90s, model and actress Heather Locklear adorned every teenage boy’s wall. More recently, her daughter Ava rocked one of her mom’s old rock T-shirts. Or should we say one of her dad’s old T-shirts? Ava’s dad, you see, is Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.

Ava posted a photo on Instagram of her mom wearing the same T-shirt 20 years ago, saying, “I got it from my mama (Like I literally got this shirt from my mom’s closet.)”

Can you believe that even princesses have to borrow their mom’s clothes? In 1995, Queen Silvia wore a stunning Nina Ricci ballgown to the Nobel Prize ceremony in the Scandinavian country’s capital, Stockholm. 27 years later, in 2018, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden paid homage to her mother.

Delightful Victoria wore the same pink ruched bodice and flowing silver skirt dress. Of course, Victoria added her own flair with a different crown.

It may not be a crown, but we’ve found the next best thing. This is the Mellerio Ruby Tiara, also known as Queen Emma’s Ruby Tiara, and it’s pretty special as it’s reserved for Dutch Queens only. On the left is Queen Máxima of the Netherlands wearing the tiara to Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist’s royal wedding in Sweden.

In 2012, the Queen lent her daughter Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, her favorite tiara — which features rows of suspended diamonds between three large ruby and diamond scrolls.

The red and black leather jacket Michael Jackson wore in his infamous 1983 Thriller video has gone down in music folklore. The coat usually lives in a museum where it belongs. But back in 2011, the King of Pop’s daughter, Paris, wore the iconic jacket as she took to the stage to honor her father’s memory at the Michael Forever concert in Cardiff, Wales.

Paris was joined on stage by her brothers Prince and Blanket, and MJ’s siblings — Tito, Marlon, Jackie, and La Toya — all performed.

On Monday, June 24th, 2019, Chrissy Teigen wore a swirly, thousand-dollar 16Arlington ‘Billie’ feather-trimmed printed cady dress on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. But then, two days later, a curious and hilarious thing happened.

After raiding her daughter’s wardrobe, Chrissy’s 57-year-old mom Vilailuck Teigen posted a photo of herself on Instagram wearing the same green dress. Accompanying the photo, Vilailuck wrote, “So who wore better?” Chrissy responded, “Oh my god, you dork!” Nothing beats being trolled by your own mom!

The royals aren’t done with their clothes swapping yet! Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, is famed for her fashion sense. However, she’s passed not only her style on to her daughter Princess Isabella but she’s also passed on her wardrobe. Mary wore this elegant white three-piece power suit on a 2017 trip to Sweden’s Princess Victoria.

15-year-old Isabella wore the same blazer and trouser suit for her confirmation. The youngster mixed things up with a diamond and pearl pink pearl brooch her grandmother Queen Margrethe gave her on her Christening day.

While filming in Cartagena, Colombia, then 61-year-old Real Housewife of New York Ramona Singer wore a white swimsuit with a plunging neckline, topped off by a lovely blue-and-cream colored floral wrap and matching shorts. Then, her daughter, 23-year-old Avery, posted a pic of her wearing the same outfit in Mykonos, Greece.

Avery wrote, “Thanks, Ramon Singer, for the outfit.” Swimsuits aren’t the only fashion style this mom and daughter team share; they once had the same haircut.

Norway’s controversial Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore this black silk dress by Lanvin for the first time in 2004, attending an event in Oslo for the Nobel Prize. From the looks of things, she had to make a sharp exit via the car park.

When her eldest daughter Princess Ingrid-Alexandra was photographed for an official portrait for her 18th birthday in January 2022, she borrowed her mom’s dress. Who do you think wore it better? We’re going out on a limb to say Princess Ingrid-Alexandra.

During the 1980s and 1990s, you weren’t a proper fashion magazine unless the presence of Cindy Crawford graced your cover. She was the most famous American supermodel and appeared everywhere. Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli made this printed dress, especially for Cindy.

She first wore it to the 2003 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards in New York City and has worn it many times since. Fast forward 10 years, and Cindy’s then-13-year-old daughter, Kaia Gerber, wore the dress for a backyard photoshoot.

It’s not just in the West that moms and daughters swap clothes. Indian actress Mrunal Thakur shared a side-by-side comparison of her mother, Vandana Thakur, wearing her black sari with a rani pink pallu on Instagram.

The beautiful Bollywood star wrote, “Isn’t this the best thing in the world to be able to wear your mom’s saree and jewelry? I’m in love with my mom’s wedding saree (Shalu). I think I may end up wearing the same for my wedding.”

They say fashions come back around, and in 1991, Ivana Trump wore a six-figure white and gold dress by iconic American fashion designer Bob Mackie. In 2014, her daughter, Ivanka, recycled the glittery frock to wear to fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra’s wedding.

And in 2019, Ivanka borrowed the dress again for night two of designer Misha Nanoo and Mikey Hess’s wedding in Rome. To accompany a photo of her wearing her mom’s vintage outfit, Ivanka wrote, “A daughter’s never too old to clandestinely raid her mother’s closet! Shhh…!”

Lady Louise Windsor is the eldest child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. When she attended her cousin Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018, she wore a dress she borrowed from her mom.

Sophie first wore the royal navy blue dress with white spots — which was designed by Tunisian couturier Alaïa — when she attended the Patron’s Lunch, a celebration connected with Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday in 2016.

Back in 1994, Elizabeth Hurley literally made jaws drop. When she attended then-boyfriend Hugh Grant to London’s Four Weddings and Funeral premiere, the stunning English model and actress wore a plunging black Versace dress held together by several oversized gold safety pins.

The then-shocking outfit became so famous it became known simply as “that dress.” When Liz’s grown-up son Damien attended a Pat McGrath event in 2019, he didn’t wear “that dress,” but he did borrow the safety pin idea for his Versace black suit.

Sorry, guys — Margot Robbie is already spoken for… and not by Ken! When the Barbie actress married the world’s luckiest man, English film producer Tom Ackerly, she wore her mom, Sarie Kessle’s 30-year-old wedding dress. It’s a white off-the-shoulder lace gown, cinched at the waist by a ribbon.

The secret wedding took place in 2016 in Byron’s Bay on Australia’s Gold Coast. Paparazzi had to zoom in from a mile away, and since there are no photos of her mom’s wedding either, here are two pictures of the amazing Margot Robbie in her mom’s dress.

For Kris Jenner’s 67th birthday in 2022, four of the Kardashian-Jenner clan borrowed their clothes to dress up like their mom! Kim wore a sparkling emerald green ensemble and bow tie.

Khloé re-created Kris’ iconic 2017 blonde pixie pajama moment, while Kylie Jenner went all in wearing a sultry sequined black gown, statement choker, and bright red lipstick from her mom’s 1980s collection. Finally, Kourtney wore a pink tracksuit to pay homage to Kris’ “cool mom” cameo in Ariana Grande’s 2018 “Thank U, Next” music video.

Borrowing Angelina Jolie’s frock might be impressive, but how about borrowing a dress from the Queen of England? When Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020, her grandmother, the late, great Queen Elizabeth II, lent her a drop-dead gorgeous white embellished Norman Hartnell gown she first wore in 1962.

Blushing Beatrice also borrowed the Queen Mary Diamond Fringe tiara from Queen Elizabeth, who wore it on her own wedding day to Prince Philip in 1947. And since no one’s gonna beat wearing the Queen of England’s dress and wedding tiara, we’ll leave it there.