Family Style And The Red-Carpet Inheritance

Coordinated next-of-kin walk-ons double as work. Sofia Coppola’s MoMA moment, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy’s gilded twinings, and the tailored sorties are seeding a fitted, press-ready look

xThey arrived like a miniature pageant at Museum of Modern Art’s recent film benefit. Sofia Coppola, draped in a glittering black Chanel number, stepped onto the MoMA carpet flanked by daughters, Romy and Cosima, each parroting her wardrobe flair.

This is not new at all. Beyoncé and Blue Ivy have been creating those gilded mirror images at premieres for years, and Angelina Jolie’s coordinated awards-season turns with Zahara have been treated as more than mere mother-daughter fashion. But the cadence has shifted. Instead of rare novelty cameos, harmonised red-carpet outings have become repeatable, narrativised