My mother and my grandmother are very different, equally great ladies. They have both influenced me in too many ways to count, and I'm inspired by them both. How great is the portrait of them together below?
Their tastes are distinct, and I wanted to celebrate a few of them here.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom and Moms!
Mom:
Top: My mother's signature lipstick, Revlon's Toast of New York, and her favorite perfume, J'Adore Dior.
Center: She saw the Beatles live on September 11, 1964, and the rest was history. She's since seen Paul McCartney (her favorite) four more times: in 1976, 1994, 2005, and 2010. When she went to a Monkees concert in 1967, Jimi Hendrix was the opening act and was booed! He still became one of her favorite musicians.
Bottom: Anthropologie is the one store in which both my mother and I can always find something. She favors longer earrings and would like these amethyst and quartz Candelabra earrings.
Moms:
Top: My always-glamorous grandmother loves White Diamonds by the queen of glamor, Elizabeth Taylor. To this day, she's never without her fuschia lipstick.
Center: My grandmother loves big band; I can remember riding in the passenger seat of her car listening to 1220 AM Big Band Jacksonville. Ol' Blue Eyes, as she calls him, is her absolute favorite singer, and she also loves Tony Bennett.
Bottom: Rhinestones and sequins abound in Moms' wardrobe; she'd love these Garbo sparklers by my high school classmates' label Dannijo.
wow, your mom is cool! Seriously, thanks Nat! Toast of New York will always be my fave.
Posted by: Cathy Soud | May 9, 2011 at 06:44 PM