Olivia Culpo Reveals She Has a Storage Unit of Clothing and Pageant Gowns for Daughter Colette (Exclusive)
- - Olivia Culpo Reveals She Has a Storage Unit of Clothing and Pageant Gowns for Daughter Colette (Exclusive)
Lex GoldsteinDecember 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Olivia Culpo tells PEOPLE she saves all of her newborn daughter Colette McCaffrey's clothes, as well as her own fashion archive
The former Miss Universe says her pageant and wedding dresses are being kept "intact" in a storage unit
She teases which parent's footsteps she hopes Colette follows in
Prom may be years away, but when it's time, Colette McCaffrey will have her pick of perfect dresses!
The 5-month-old daughter of model and actress Olivia Culpo, 33, and San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, 29, will find out there is plenty in store for her — or should we say, storage. Culpo, who won Miss USA and Miss Universe in 2012, tells PEOPLE that she "saves everything" for Colette.
"I have a whole storage unit for her with all of my wedding dresses, my pageant dresses — all of my really valuable keepsakes," she says, adding that she wants her treasured items to "be intact" for Colette when she's older.
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Some notable gowns Colette can expect to come across include her mom's plunging pink and red pageant looks, including the velvety showstopper she wore when she was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas.
Culpo was the first American Miss Universe winner in 15 years, with the previously crowned U.S. title-holder being Brook Lee in 1997.
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Olivia Culpo is crowned as Miss USA 2012 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Dec. 19, 2012 in Las Vegas
Culpo's custom wedding dress (and other looks from the evening) are also Colette's to peruse.
She teamed up with Dolce & Gabbana to design the high-necked lace ballgown, which was featured in Vogue when the magazine profiled the couple's June 2024 nuptials.
“I wanted something that felt as serious as that commitment,” she told Vogue at the time.
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And it's not just Culpo's looks that are being archived; the new mom says Colette's baby wardrobe is also being packed away as she "grows so fast ... it feels like every week I'm pulling out the bins to store her clothes," she tells PEOPLE.
For Culpo, saving these sartorial memories is also a response to her own mom's purging of her childhood closet, including some Y2K staples she'd love to revisit. (She did get the chance to revisit an '00s staple with her "nostalgic" NFL collection for Abercrombie & Fitch, which she talked to PEOPLE about for this story.)
"You don't know how these pieces are going to wear and how valuable they can be someday," she adds. "I look back at the clothes that I used to wear, and I miss them. I wish that I had so many of those pieces, because they are truly a moment in time, and it's so cool to be able to take somebody back in that way."
Culpo is excited to pass down a passion for fashion, but that doesn't mean she's anticipating that her daughter follow in her high-heeled footsteps If anything, the Next Gen Chef host wants to see her in a uniform.
"I hope that she's an athlete," Culpo reveals.
Her husband, McCaffrey, has played for both the 49ers and the Carolina Panthers since getting drafted by the NFL in 2017, and he even took home the Offensive Player of the Year award in 2023.
"I mean, gosh, I can't ruin the McCaffrey gene pool like that," Culpo continues. "Christian has such an intense line of athletes in his blood bloodline that I'm hopeful that she's athletic, because if she's not, you know, who did that, you know? That would be my fault."
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Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo attend the 12th annual NFL Honors at Symphony Hall in 2023
Little McCaffrey has plenty of growing to do before she chooses a lane, though: Culpo says her daughter is "just rolling over" and just hit a major milestone — attending her first 49ers game.
"She feels so brand new, but I can't wait to see her little personality shine through more and more," she adds.
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