This is Irma Mirante -- in the early 1960s, in taffeta on one of our very stylish nature/culture excursions. She continues to be a woman of style and substance!love to her on Mothers Day and every da...
My Mother:Beautiful, smart, fun and exciting and ALWAYS MAKING US LAUGH through the hardest of times. She is still the most loving Mother ever!!!-Debra Szczepaniak, daughter of Geri, pictured here in...
The photo, taken in the early 80s, was at my moms sister-in-laws wedding in Ontario. I love her statement jewellery - the necklace, earrings and cuff. -Erinn, daughter of Bonnie, 19, Montreal[ed...
I wish I was Claras mom. I hope thats not weird. Also, is her dad Eric Bogosian or what?"This photo is taken by my dad (who is also the mysteriously looking fellow pinned up on the background wal...
"My Yahoo! Shine pal Becky Auslander shared this incredible 60s snapshot starring her mother and grandmother. While Im not surprised she comes from glamorous stock, I cant get over the mathematic...
Every year around Mothers Day, this blog transforms into a virtual greeting card. Dont think this year is any exception. For the next three days Ill be posting your vintage photos along with your e-c...
Errica Iacopini, 26, sends this submission of her mom and dad all the way from Italy and Im grateful it got to me safely. "The photo was taken in Rome, Villa Borghese in 1980. My dad is from Rome...
Martine Holland writes: "This is a photo of my mom and dad in Ft Lauderdale, FL taken in 1975 ). My mom was a natural at putting together timeless, stylish outfits her entire life, up until she p...
Nancy Perry Parsons, of Oklahoma, writes: "My mom, Donna Perry, always had a striking appearance – dramatic but never pretentious. Her clothes were timeless, and she taught me how to build a ward...
Jackie Hoffman generously shared this glamour shot: "This is Charlotte Hoffman, circa early 40s in Brooklyn, N.Y. Look how beautiful she is. At 90, she is still a looker. She is fabulously access...
Laura Kline, and antique linen guru from Los Angeles, shared the photos that just blew your eyes out of your sockets:"My mother, Jewel “Buck” Stewart Rochester, was never one for fads or trendy t...
This photo was taken of Marcia Prentiss mom in 1971 in Michigan at the tender age of 29. Marcia writes: "During a recent trip home to see my family, my mom and I were looking at old pictures of h...
Lorraine Duffy Merkl, author of the acclaimed novel Fat Chick, usually publishes her personal parenting anecdotes in places like the New York Times. So I was honored to have her share her own mothers...
To kick off 2012, a submission that double-popped my eyeballs then sat unfairly in my inbox for too long. Resolution: no stylish mom left behind in the new year. Walt Young, part of the rif-raf on th...
Honeymoon pictures of parents are gold mines. Dressed in their new travel wardrobes, celebrating their first rites of adulthood (people married young before we came along) theres a candid glamour not...
Big news: MMTSI was featured in Chiles leading daily newspaper. That means well be getting a tour of Chilean fashion from bygone days. First in line: Angela shared these two unbelievably cooler-than-...
Moms do beauty well. This is not a generalization, its a fact. They practically invented make-up. Our generation just took some of the work out of it. Miss June Miller, mother of Benefit cosmetics co...
Kelly Cooney Cilella, of Los Angeles writes:"The picture is of my mom (in blue) and her mother-in-law/my paternal Grandmother (in red & white). The photo was taken in Florida on a family trip aro...
It wasnt until I turned 30 that I realized just how much my mom and I had in common: we both loved her style. At 17 Sophie Vandenbrouck is light years ahead of me. She writes: "This is a picture ...
Maria Nieves Zedeño sent in this photo of her mom Maria "Meni" Mercedes Tibau in 1973 in Salinas, EcuadorMaria writes: "This was her second honeymoon. My mother was a poet. Writing define...
Meredith and Heather Blake contributed these two brilliant artifacts from the Blake matriarchy.Meredith writes: "First one is of my parents, Joe and Jane, on their wedding day in 1975. It was at ...
April Goettle of Lyons, Nebraska, is the daughter of a cowboy and a rodeo rider. This is one of two photos of her parents together."This photo was taken in Montana when I was maybe 2 or 3? probab...
Susan Stratton sent in a series of photos of her mother Alpine Walker Dykes from the 1940s."Here, she is a young student from Florida State University, which was all all-girls school at the time....
Sarah Lipscomb writes: "My mom was friends with a couple of photographers in Houston. Their names wereOgden and Jim- They were a fun loving gay couple who launched a photographybusiness together ...
Julie Hearne writes:The picture is of my mother, Sharon Thompson with my dad, Wendell Hearne. It was taken in Dallas in 1965. I love the picture because Mom not only looks stylish, but confident and ...
Hannah Sung sent in two incredible photos of her mother, a bona fide style icon. "I found the two photos I love best that showcase my moms rad 70s style. The one with the hat was taken in Korea a...
Heres an idea courtesy of the must-read blog A Mom Less Ordinary: turn your copy of My Mom Style Icon into your own scrapbook by pasting your moms photos on the inside covers of the book. Add a few s...
Day 3 of the blog tour and we arrive at Another Day to Dress Up. You might remember blogger Megan as Modcloths blogger of the moment. Shes one of those people who makes vintage look easy. Im medium t...
Its day two of My Mom Style Icons weeklong blog tour (first stop was Kendi Everyday), and we just struck gold. Jen Lula of the blog jen loves kev posted a few amazing photos of her mom along with a g...
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