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" At yesterday&amp;#x27;s Lanvin show I caught a glimpse of jewelry designer and international It Girl Jade Jagger hobnobbing in the front row. She was there with her equally-chic mom Bianca, one of Tracey&amp;#x27;s favorite old school style icons. Seeing the two of them--laughing it up at a fashion event--made me think of my own mom. (Specifically, my thought was Damn, I forgot to call and tell her that I made it Paris OK. She probably thinks I&amp;#x27;m shipwrecked in Iceland.) Since I work in fashion and am a certified clothes fiend, my friends always ask me if I inherited my sense of style from my mom. To which I reply Not exactly. As a former art teacher, my mom&amp;#x27;s closet is full of bright clothes (she&amp;#x27;s got a great sense of color) and quirky things that kids get a kick out of including novelty socks, holiday-themed earrings and clunky clogs. (But no crocs, thank goodness.) Like mother, like daughter: Bianca Jagger and her daughter Jade at the fall 2009 Lanvin show. I, on the other hand, haven&amp;#x27;t worn any of the above since I was seven--just around the same time that I started getting bratty opinionated about fashion and refused to wear the clothes my mom laid out for me every weekday morning. Nowadays, my closet is full of gray, black and navy, I detest wearing socks and haven&amp;#x27;t donned a pair of earrings since &amp;#x27;02. (My second holes are long gone.) But my mom also taught me how to tell if a jacket is well-tailored (check the lining) that yellows and mustards look horrible on me (they do) and that the best shoes are made in Italy or Brazil (also true). She&amp;#x27;s also an excellent seamstress who knows her fabrics and can tell in 30 seconds or less if a garment is truly well-made. And I love her for this (and many other things of course). Plus, while our own wardrobes are polar opposites, we can agree on the perfection of certain styles and gush over them together. For instance, I know that if she were sitting alongside me at the Lanvin show, she would have gasped in awe (as I did) at the one-shoulder velvet dresses... At the bias-cut silk gowns she would have nudged me and reminded me that that particular silhouette is difficult to sew and harder still to pull off... And while she would have wondered &amp;quot;Where would anyone where something like that?!&amp;quot;, she would have ultimately nodded in approval at the sculpture-like pleats of this dress: Wonder if maybe Bianca said anything like that to Jade had during the Lanvin show? The two have pretty different styles but clearly both are big fans of the blazer... What about you: Think your mom would like these Lanvin dresses? Your sister? Do you? And would you say your mom stylish? What was the best style lesson your mom passed onto you? Oh and P.S.: As a chocolate-lover, my mom would have had to try the chocolate-covered cherries gents were serving before the show. Photos: (All except last) Catwalking and Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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