Rifling through a parent’s wardrobe is a joyful rite of passage, even more so when your mother happens to be one of the best-dressed women in Hollywood. And Carys Douglas, the 23-year-old daughter of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, didn’t waste the opportunity to wear one of her Oscar-winning mum’s most iconic looks of all time on Wednesday, when she stepped out in New York for a Gucci x Moda Operandi event.
Douglas joined the likes of Alex Consani, Nicky Hilton and Anok Yai at Oriana in SoHo, where the Italian fashion house held a stylish cocktail evening. Douglas raided her mother’s wardrobe for the occasion, pulling the spectacular lace Gucci top Zeta-Jones wore to the 1996 premiere of The Long Kiss Goodnight.
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Like her mother, Douglas wore an all-lace look, although swapped Zeta-Jones’ form-fitting trousers for a thigh-skimming black skirt with lashings of lace along the hemline. It’s nearly 30 years to the day since Zeta-Jones turned heads in the delicate Gucci number, but as Douglas demonstrated, it’s never too late to give an old favourite a new lease of life.
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Lace, too, is having a real moment. Sultry, bedroom-inspired textures were a staple on the likes of Chanel and Victoria Beckham’s recent runways, with both collections enticing us to slip into something slightly more sensual – and there’s nothing quite as sensual as lace.
Delicate, romantic and with all the excitement of lingerie, lace will give any outfit a feminine edge and, when styled right, is also a sophisticated choice for party season. Start subtle: a silky, lace-trimmed dress is a glamorous choice for those more formal festive affairs, while a lace-trimmed skirt worn with pointed heels and a cashmere knit is guaranteed to deliver fashion credibility. In short: lace pieces are a worthy winter investment.