‘We get mistaken for sisters’: Meet the London gran, mum and daughter who look the same, party together and talk sex

THREE London women from three different generations of the same family can

wear each other’s clothes, look sexy and even get mistaken for sisters

despite ranging in age from 16 to 65.

The reason for their striking resemblance is that, in spite of a staggering

49-year age gap between the youngest and the oldest, the trio all boast long

blonde hair and size eight bodies.

Grandmother Gwen Slade, 65, her daughter Jemima Slade, 44, and granddaughter

Lily Slade, 16, say their uncanny likeness has not only brought them closer

but also makes Mother’s Day even more special.

This Mother’s Day they’ll celebrate together and will most likely start off

with a heated discussion about who wears which outfit better.

Gwen said: “We often get together and enjoy ‘Who wears it better?’ nights,

trying on each other’s outfits.

“It used to be that mums, daughters and nanas dressed ‘age appropriately’ but

for us our style is the same and we all look awesome.”

Although the 65-year-old is old enough for a bus pass and a pension, she still

works in a hair dressing salon teaching her ‘girls’ hard work pays off and

her youthful appearance suggests it works in more ways than one.

Jemima, the Creative Director of a London Hair Salon, said: “We’re constantly

competing for who can wear a dress the best and shock many people with the

fact we can all wear the same outfit and look amazing.

“We’re more like sisters, get mistaken for sisters and are proud we can share

each other’s clothes. My mum, Lilly’s grandmother, is one hot momma and

Lilly looks amazing in all my clothes and yes I do get ‘jealous but in a

good way’ sometimes, who wouldn’t? I am proud of my daughter.

“I’ll buy a dress, shoes or top and have to keep it under lock and key until I

can wear it first otherwise mum or my teen daughter steals it. If I do let

them wear it I guarantee one of them will wear it better and look better,

sexier or hotter in it.”

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Jemima says that’s what keeps her on her toes and proud of their unique

three-way trans generational relationship.

She also admitted some people will probably attack the threesome for sharing

the same outfits and all having good bodies.

“It’s rare you’ll find a 65-year-old borrowing outfits from her 44-year-old

daughter or her 16-year-old granddaughter, but I do,” says matriarch Gwen.

“We all have rocked a grey jumper dress and thigh high boots and constantly

get told we’re sisters.

“Then the blue black dress with sequins well when both Jemima and Lily put it

on I was blown away. Jemima looked fantastic and Lily looked glamorous.

“Then I tried it on and realised I still had the body to show it off. I am

proud we can share clothes and prove there is no such thing as a

generational difference.

“My daughter and granddaughter make me feel young at heart and I have to keep

up with them.”

The threesome not only party and go out together, but they are also best

friends.

Lily said: “I think my grandmother is awesome. She isn’t old and greying but

hip and on trend. I can talk to her about anything and the same with mum.

“Having them in my life like I do has brought us closer and made me more

confident.”

They put their good bodies down to exercise, hard work, dancing and eating

well.

“I am a keen runner, Lily has always done sports and cheerleading

competitively and mum works incredibly hard all day every day,” said Jemima.

“We’re proof three generations look more like sisters than nana, mum and

granddaughter. My mum isn’t a nana she is a cool gran and my daughter is my

BFF.

“Mum has been my rock and the closeness we all share is unique.”

Jemima admitted that although there are sometime explosive arguments, they

always make up.

Gwen said: “I think many families have a very traditional grandmotherly figure

and then the relationship between my daughter and the teenager in other

families may be stricter or adversarial.

“That model doesn’t work for us. For us it’s about having fun together and

treating each day like Mother’s Day.”

The trio talk about everything together: sex, men, relationships and drinking.

“Gran likes to tell mum when she is dating the wrong or right bloke, and they

are both on me and I tell them what I think about studying, clothes and

behaviour,” explains Lily, who gets treated to £110 haircuts and colourings

by her mother as well as expensive manicures and facials.

Jemima, who was a contestant on Big Brother in 2013, explained: “I am teaching

Lily, as mum taught me, how to look good and that includes doing as Gwyneth

Paltrow and Apple do and have expensive hair and facial treatments. My mum

taught me young and so I am teaching Lily young.

“I was dubbed the cougar looking for a toy boy. Yes, I am dating a younger man

now but just by a few years and mum approves, as does Lily.”

Jemima is a single mum and raised Lily with the help of her mother.

“Lily is full of opinions which I encourage and I let her wear my dresses

because it means I can ensure she looks great. It’s not overly sexualising

her.

“I will often borrow her outfits and I was walking down the street in one of

her jackets the other day and her friends thought I was her. Not bad I

thought for a 44-year-old mum,” said Jemima.

“I see her with her friends. I know what 16-year-olds are like and I’d rather

she be open with me about what she is doing, borrow my short and sexy

dresses and look great than feel she has to sneak around.

“I know without Lily’s gran I wouldn’t be as good a mum to Lily. For us this

Mother’s Day is about proving we have successfully bridged the generation

gap and hoping other grans, mums and kids will replicate our relationship –

each generation learning and helping the other.”