'I want to stand with the women my age!':Cindy Crawford on why she'll never walk in the same fashion show as daughter Kaia again

Cindy Crawford has had a busier fashion month than most but, for once, it hasn???t entirely been her own doing.As the mother of this season???s breakout model star, Kaia Gerber, the tables have been turned somewhat for the supermodelling veteran, as she has chaperoned her 16 year-old daughter through her own first round of catwalk shows.Fear not, though, there have still been plenty major Cindy moments to behold.

???I was booked before Kaia - I don???t think Donatella [Versace] even knew that Kaia was doing shows and we had been talking for months about how many of us could get there for that tribute to [her brother] Gianni,???Crawford, 51, tells The Telegraph of how the pair both came tobe cast for the same Versace runway show in Milan last month, marking the 20th anniversary of Gianni???s death.

Crawford led the finale alongside Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen and Carla Bruni, recreating their iconic Nineties catwalk line-upand wearing dresses that looked like liquid gold.???I remember it like it was yesterday,??? she says of the first shows the original Supers did together.???I haven???t seen Carla in a long time, but the others - it???s different if you catch up over lunch to standing there on a runway.We all feel part of the Versace family,that brand was such an important part of the beginning of my career.???

When her doppelganger daughter was also asked to walk, the family circle was complete.???When Kaia got the part she said, ???wait, are we going out together???????Crawford laughs, ???I said ???I hope not, I don???t want to stand next to you, I want to stand with the women my age!???It was pretty cool, that probably won???t happen again, to be in the same show.???

Crawford, who began her modeling career in 1985 and has appeared on around 1,000 magazine covers (Pinterest boasts an edit of her top 500), can afford to be a lot more selective these days about the projects she takes on.This week in Paris, she has celebrated a 20 year-long partnership with Omega;surely the ultimate proof of her staying power????I???ve been with Omega for such a long time, it???s like we???ve beenmarried longer than I???ve been married to my husband,??? she jokes.???Occasionally something new will come up, but it has to tick more boxes off now in order for me to say yes.It???s either a brand I like, or a photographer I like.???

It???s easy to understand why 16 year-old Kaia has been influenced by her mother???s glittering success.Crawford saysthat she would take Kaia out on jobs with her when she was growing up, exposing her to the industry from a young age.???When she was little she liked to play ???photoshoot???, as she would call it,??? she tells us.???She would come onto the shoots with me, so then if she had a friend over I would dress them up in my clothes and I would do hair and makeup, in five minutes.I was stylist, hair and make-up and photographer.We have this entrance to our house that has a bridge and that would be their catwalk.???

Crawford has plenty of wisdom to pass on to Kaia, but also more practical advice on things like facial expressions and perfecting a signature walk.???She???s a good student,???Crawford says.???When she decided she wanted to do shows and we agreed, she studied.I told her I???m personally not a fan of the vacant stare and robotic walk - that was not how the models of my generation walked.I said I understand that some designers will tell you ???don"t have an expression???, but my advice is that I think people love seeing personality.???

???When you???re walking down the runway you should look like; ???this is the best dress I???ve ever worn, I feel great in it and don???t you wish you had it???.In the end we???re trying to sell dresses.???

The one key difference between her generation of models and their millennial counterparts, she says, is their self, or rather "selfie", awareness.???All of my daughters friends, they all know their own angles,??? she says.???They???re much more sophisticated in that way.I still can???t figure out the selfie thing, maybe that???s because I???m not 16, but I???m like ???how do you do this???????

Just as any parent would, Crawford speaks with immense pride about her daughter???s achievements so far and also of all the new friends she???s made.???Kaia said, even for the young models, it was super exciting for them to see the supermodel moment,??? she says of the gaggle of girls who gathered backstage to watch her, Kaia???s mum, take her turn on the Versace catwalk.???Ten seconds before we [the veterans] were actually nervous!Most of us have kids and we can have a great time being nostalgic about the past, but also catching up about who we all are women that we are today.Everyone???s turned out pretty good.???