photo of Carys in mom’s dress

Wide open doors, golden life and famous friendships. Among the “privileges” of nepo baby, also the dream of all fashion addicts: the possibility of drawing on dream wardrobes and wearing iconic clothes that have made history. See under Apple Moses (Paltrow), Leni Klum who chose a dress from her mother Heidi for the prom or Alexandra from Hanover, splendid in vintage Chanel from the collection of maman Caroline of Monaco. Carys Douglas is added to the list than for a special occasion she wore a legendary dress by mother Catherine Zeta-Jones.

April 20th Carys Zeta Douglas celebrated her 21st birthday. An important number in Anglo-Saxon culture which marks the official entry into adulthood (and the possibility of drinking a Cosmopiltan at the counter of a bar). The daughter of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jonesone of the most solid couples in Hollywood, celebrated with a party with friends (“The best 21st I could ask for”, wrote the birthday girl on Instagram, sharing a roundup of the evening’s shots) and chose an unforgettable outfit.

Catherine Zeta-Jones on the red carpet at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards

The dress in question is a pink satin sheath dress with white lace details and floral embroidery that start from the décolleté and continue along the hips and finish at the bottom, which mother Catherine wore on the red carpet of the MTV Movie Awards of 1999when the daughter was not yet born. Signed Emanuel Ungarothe star of at the time Zorro she paired it with a pair of silver sandals and a Fendi Baguette, making everyone in attendance turn heads. 25 years have passed and the satin and lace slip dress still makes him look good, thanks also to the beauty of Carys, copy of the unforgettable Elena De La Vega.

Catherine Zeta-Jones with the dress worn by her daughter Carys 25 years later

High-sounding surname and physique du rôle manifesto of his Hollywood pedigree, seen and appreciated in the Fendi 2019 campaign MeAndMyPeekaboo together with mum but also more recently on the red carpet of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where she shone wrapped in an Elie Saab dress alongside her parents, Carys has all it takes to follow in her family’s artistic footsteps, first set in Beverly Hills by her grandfather Kirk in the 1950s. “Carys is a wonderful actress, a very good singer and pianist and she loves fashion”, she (heart of) her mother had said speaking of her daughter’s different talents. Miss Douglas today attends the prestigious Brown University, where she studies international relations and cinema and the future is yet to be written.

“Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Carys, you are the joy of my life”, wrote Catherine posting some tb photos of her second daughter (before her Dylan, born in August 2000), “the 21 years spent watching you blossom and become the most amazing woman you are I am a God given gift that I never take for granted and that I appreciate every day of my life. Thank you for being you I love with all my heart.” Little mini mes growing up.