Her daughter Anne Nicole Smith wore her deceased mother’s dress: ‘It’s closest to her embrace’
On a traditional gala dinner Barnstable Brown On the eve of Kentucky Derby 2025, Dannielynn Birkhead (18), daughter of late actresses and models Anne Nicole Smith and photographer Larry Birkheadshe gave a touching honor to her mother. On the red carpet she appeared in an elegant black dress with a deep neckline and decorative crystal straps, the same dress that Anna Nicole wore at that dinner exactly 21 years ago, 2004, reports People.
– Dannielynn wears Anne Nicole’s dress she wore 21 years ago at this same event. Life in a full circle – Larry wrote on Instagram.
– She said she chose a dress because she was her mom and ‘it’s great cool’.
« This is closest to hugs I can get from her, » Dannielynn told reporters as she walked the red carpet.
Larry Birkhead, who met Anna Nicole at this event in 2003, admitted that it was emotional to see his daughter in that dress.
« The last time I saw that dress, she was on Anna, » he said.
He recalled one moment from Dannielyn’s childhood.
– When Dannielynn was a little girl, she came to the dress and put her hand on her. And now, when it’s big enough to wear it, it all looks unreal.
Although the dress was slightly more bold than what she normally chooses, Dannielynn chose her herself, and Larry thinks it is a fashion step and a personal moment of connecting with her mother.
– I think she’s a fashion experiment for himself. Also, I think it’s very significant to wear it. I am glad that he finally begins to wear some Mom’s things because she could literally choose a new combination every day for the rest of her life and would never wear the same, since we have how much we have, ”he said.
He also revealed that he spends more than $ 200,000 annually at the storage of all wardrobes and things Anne Nicole to preserve them for his daughter.
– I just hoped to appreciate those things one day. Only now he begins to show curiosity towards fashion and the world of his mom, ”he admitted.
– When someone dies, you think, ‘I won’t get rid of anything.’ And then you go through emotions and ask yourself, ‘Do I need it at all?’ It was special that she chose that dress.
Larry and Dannielynn have been participating in Kentucky Derby together since she was three.
– This tradition actually started because the first year was canceled by the nanny. Everyone was saying, ‘How sweet.’ And then I thought, ‘It wasn’t so much hassle last year.’ That’s how it became a tradition. People started looking for us, so the outfits also had to be more striking, ”Larry said.
At Derby 2024. Larry wore a gray suit with a black tie, while Dannielynn chose a black combination that Janet Jackson used to wear. A year before, 2023, she wore a dress with a print of sunflower designer Leo Lina, while Larry was dressed simply.
