Gigi Hadid turned 23 on the 23rd, making it her lucky “golden” birthday—and giving her the most lavish theme to run with at her birthday party. Except it wasn’t a Golden Girls theme, it was just gold, literally — here’s Gigi’s party look, a glitzy gold Atelier Versace dress and makeup; her sister Bella matched in leopard because it’s important to show sister solidarity without upstaging. Even Mama Hadid joined in on the gold glam, matching with her two girls. Just look at those model genes!
Paps seemed to be stationed at Gigi’s place for a good portion of the afternoon, go figure! They photographed a man struggling to carry a “Gigi” rose arrangement into her building. They also caught Bella entering the place with the most extra gold-wrapped gift.
Gigi’s mom, Yolanda Hadid, wished her little girl a happy birthday via Instagram with a throw back pic and the most adorable caption:
“❤️Happy birthday my sweet angel, thank you for being the first person to teach me the true meaning of unconditional love. I am so proud of the extraordinary young woman you’ve become and your ability to show love, compassion and kindness to all that crosses your path in life. Thank you for choosing me to be your mommy, I’am honored and cherish everyday we travel this journey together. The good times, the bad and everything in between always and forever…. I pray that each day, Love, Health and happiness will come your way.. #MyLove #MyLife #MyHappiness”
Naaawwwwww. Just look at those chubby little cheeks on baby Gigi!
The party’s guestlist was a veritable supermodel runway: Olivia Culpo, Hailey Baldwin, Joan Smalls, Martha Hunt, Lily Aldridge, Gigi’s brother Anwar Hadid, and his girlfriend Nicola Peltz and many more were seen arriving at the Brooklyn Heights Social Club. Cara Delevingne was also there, Instagram stories from the night revealed.
Gigi’s cake was a gold jersey; the birthday girl, understandably, switched from her skin-tight gold dress to gold-embellished sweats before blowing the candles out.
Gigi via Instagram Stories. #Happy23rdBirthdayGigi pic.twitter.com/oKh53JQgZw
— Hadid News (@HadidNews) April 24, 2018
Gigi’s half-sister Alana Hadid documented the night pretty thoroughly on her Instagram and revealed that Gigi had a photo booth, a custom gold-themed party filter, and a “23” manicure. Of course she did.
Missing from the party was Gigi’s ex Zayn Malik, who was photographed at her apartment last week visiting (sparking probably-false reconciliation rumors among tabloids), and Kendall Jenner, who devoted four Instagram stories to talking about how she misses Gigi and darnit, Gigi, come back to her:
