Anna Nicole Smith’s lookalike daughter Dannielynn flaunted a dramatic “goth-rock” look as she kicked off the 2026 Kentucky Derby celebrations.
The 19-year-old swapped her traditional lengthy blonde hair for a platinum pixie lower with black suggestions as she attended the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve social gathering along with her father Larry Birkhead on Friday.
Larry, 53, shared an Instagram picture of the duo posing collectively in matching black outfits on the crimson carpet earlier than the gala.
He additionally posted a close-up of Dannielynn carrying her new coiffure with a black Gothic Punk Rave costume.
“Dannielynn is sporting a brand new fashion and ‘goth-rock’ fashion,” Larry wrote in his caption.
The photographer additionally stated his teenage daughter “insisted that I take part within the theme” by carrying his black Phillipp Plein jacket.
“Trying ahead to having an excellent time for an important trigger,” he added.
In an interview with Folks, Larry proudly stated that Dannielynn was “flourishing.”
As for her new coiffure, Larry stated Dannielynn instructed him “she needed one thing daring and funky,” so she requested one in every of her late mom’s hairstylist mates to do it.
“She lower all the things up and put wild colours on it,” Larry instructed Folks. “I used to be sort of getting ready for the hair salon. I suppose she’s sufficiently old to do what she needs to do.”
Larry defined that he was very happy with his daughter for present process a “complete fashion change” after often selecting to recreate her late mom’s iconic appears.
“She’s sort of Dannielynn displaying off her personal sense of fashion and he or she stated it was a goth rock theme,” he shared.
The daddy-daughter duo is a Kentucky Derby staple.
Larry even met Smith on the Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala in 2003.
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Final yr, Dannielynn attended the Kentucky Derby in a light-weight blue tulle strapless costume and brief blonde coiffure.
She additionally honored her late mom by carrying Smith’s gold jewellery.
Larry and Smith welcomed Dannielynn in September 2006.
When Dannielynn was simply 5 months previous, Smith died of a drug overdose in February 2007. The previous Playboy mannequin was 39 years previous.
Since then, Larry has raised Dannielynn as a single father.
He instructed Folks final yr that his daughter was going to school quickly and needed to pursue modeling and appearing — identical to Smith.
“I’ve blended emotions about it,” Larry admitted, “however I wish to be supportive.”
He added: “It is my job to be a supportive mother or father. I do not wish to be a stage mother or father. I will be a supportive mother or father.”