The 6 lessons from the woman who helped me forge my style

There is a popular saying that affirms that culture, like breast milk, is breastfed, absorbed or incorporated from early days.

For some fashion designers, the days of childhood next to the mother figure, where colors, hairstyles, clothes and shapes were seen perhaps from another perspective, were decisive in consolidating a style that is present today and gives life to a vital identity that is accompanied by the reminiscence of the influence of mother.

Teachers, inspirations and unwitting fashion directors, these are maternal fashion, style and life lessons present in the language and style of some designers.

1. See into the future

For the Canadian-Taiwanese emerging talent based in New York, Jason Wu, recognized for having dressed Michelle Obama, one of the biggest lessons he inherited from his mother, who was not a designer, lies in trying to go beyond immediacy to anticipate trends , think outside the box, but above all choose things that we would want not now, but in 30 or 40 years.

Being visionaries.

2. Look carefully

An inveterate lover of art and cinema, the mother of American designers and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy, founders of the Rodarte brand, was always a tireless defender of artistic integrity and of perceiving the world with a creative, dreamy, generous and diligent gaze. in detail, with special emphasis on nature.

3. Keep it elegant

The elegance present in the style of the British dressmaker Carolina Wonfor, co-founder of the Marchesa brand, comes from her mother, whom she contemplated watching her dress and experiment with extravagant forms in the eighties.

She even today gives him advice such as: “there should be something along the sleeve or a little of this with the hem”.

She always classic and tailored.

4. Break stereotypes

In the case of the Uruguayan specialist in accessories and Prêt-à-porter clothing (ready to wear, in series), Gabriela Hearst, the challenge facing gender roles was a constant maternal example.

In several interviews, the designer has evoked the figure of her mother as an inspiration to break the mold and go down a genuine path.

A rodeo competitor, tae kwon do apprentice, weightlifter and Buddhist, Gabriela's mother gave her daughter a sense of searching against the current.

5. Find the best time

The famous American designer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Tory Burch is frank in confessing that for a long time she had no interest in fashion, but that when it emerged it came from a relevance to locating the right moment to shine and be daring.

Burch, who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, recalls that her mother wasn't always nice or special, but when she was, she was a complete success.

6. Trust yourself

For the flamboyant, daring and controversial American designer Jeremy Scott, known worldwide for making

and salable clothes with an independent sense, his mother's love and trust were decisive in defining his bold style.

Scott claims that his mother was the first person to believe in him.