Gigi Hadid Liked Her Sister Bella’s Brandon Maxwell Look So Much, She Brought It to Paris with Her
Three weeks ago—a lifetime, basically, when it comes to fashion month—Brandon Maxwell showed his Spring 2018 collection at Manhattan’s Doubles Club. Gigi Hadid opened the show, followed by her sister Bella, both wearing denim; then, some 30 looks later, Bella took a second lap of the runway, this time wearing a long-sleeved, floor-length white dress with a dramatic plunging neckline. And, even though Gigi also got to make a second appearance in a more formal look, it seems Bella’s was the one she was really coveting backstage. At least, one might assume as much, given that Gigi wore Bella’s runway dress, paired with fingers full of Messika rings of her own design, to launch her Gigi x Messika collection in Paris on Wednesday.
On the runway, Bella’s look was paired with nude sandals and animal-shaped earrings—part of Maxwell’s new collaboration with costume jeweler Lunch at the Ritz—while for her Messika launch, Gigi opted for an abundance of rings as well as a diamond choker valued at $93,000 along with tiny, safety pin-shaped earrings, all of her own design, and silver pointy-toed pumps. Yet for both Hadids, regardless of the accessories situation, the crisp white dress commanded attention. As all sisters know, it’s only fair that each girl gets her turn with the family’s current-season, fresh-off-the-runway gown.
It’s not the first time Gigi and Bella have opted for similar—or even matching—looks. After all, both are staunch advocates of Matrix glasses and black bomber jackets. Nor is it the first time one of them has plucked her own look straight off the runway: Bella, a Bulgari ambassador, wore a couture minidress by Alexandre Vauthier to a party by the jewelry brand in Milan earlier this year—a couture minidress she had previously worn during its runway debut. But it may well be the first time one sister wore a dress on the runway, and then another adopted it for a party—and across continents, no less. It’s a level up, but they still have a ways to go to attain Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-levels of coordination. (Or even Kaia Gerber and Bella-levels of coordination.)
33 Years of Coordination Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in West Hollywood, California, September 1994. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York, New York, January 1993. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in West Hollywood, California, July 2001. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles, California, March 2002. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the premiere of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle in Hollywood, California, June 2003. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in Los Angeles, California, May 2004. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the 12th annual amfAR Gala in Cannes, France, May 2005. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in New York, New York, November 2006. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen front-row at Jenni Kayne during New York Fashion Week Fall 2007. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, New York, June 2007. Photo by Getty Images. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, both in Diane Von Furstenberg, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala for “Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy” in New York, New York, May 2008. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate, in Lanvin, and Ashley Olsen, in Christian Lacroix, at the Elle Style Awards in London, England, February 2010. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the Metropolitan Opera premiere in New York, New York, March 2011. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala for “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” in New York, New York, May 2014. Photo by Getty Images. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in The Row at the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” Costume Institute Exhibition Gala in New York, New York, May 2016. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with Elizabeth Olsen, all in The Row, at the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, New York, June 2016. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen arrive at “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum on May 1, 2017 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen attend the Studio in a School 40th Anniversary Gala at Seagram Building Plaza on May 3, 2017 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate attend WSJ Magazine 2018 Innovator Awards Sponsored By Harry Winston, FlexJet & Barneys New York at MOMA on November 7, 2018 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Bella Hadid, a bubble bath, and Jenga—what more could you want?
