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Nicole Kidman kicked off Paris Fashion Week by twinning with her 15-year-old daughter, Sunday Rose.
Kidman, 57, arrived at the Balenciaga Haute Couture show on Wednesday, June 26, to much fanfare — stepping out into a sea of onlookers who excitedly snapped photos of the star, who donned an all-black, floor-length gown with matching opaque sunglasses, per photos obtained by Hello! magazine. The Family Affair actress, in turn, waved to her public with a huge grin on her face.
Next to Kidman was Sunday Rose, who matched her mom nearly to a T — dark sunnies and all. Like Kidman, Sunday went with an all-black aesthetic, though she opted for a velvet, long-sleeve mini dress with sheer black stockings and stiletto boots. (Kidman’s frock was short-sleeved and glittered in a metallic hue.) Both wore their long, blonde hair down, straight, and tucked behind their shoulders.
Kidman — who perhaps was channeling her witchy Practical Magic character at the event as she gears up for the sequel — shares Sunday Rose with husband Keith Urban, whom she wed in 2006. (The couple are also parents of Sunday’s younger sister, 13-year-old Faith Margaret.)
The Others star is also mom to adult children Isabella, 31, and Connor, 29, whom she shares with ex-husband Tom Cruise. Bella and Connor recently made headlines when they were photographed publicly with their father for the first time in nearly 15 years.
Kidman tends to keep her children — and her relationship with them — as close to the vest as possible, making Sunday Rose’s Fashion Week appearance a rare one for the teen. In fact, she and Faith made their red carpet debut alongside their parents in May when Kidman was being honored with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.
As for Kidman’s relationship with Bella and Connor — who are Scientologists like their dad — “I’m very private about all that. I have to protect all those relationships,” she told Who magazine in 2018. “I know 150% that I would give up my life for my children because it’s what my purpose is.”
Her eldest two children are adults who “are able to make their own decisions,” Kidman noted. “They have made choices to be Scientologists and, as a mother, it’s my job to love them.”
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