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Style | 04/21/2009 4:25 pm

Steal This Style From Your Daughter (5 Fabulous Befores and Afters)

Photo Essay

Style consultant Sherrie Mathieson shows how you can look more youthful, yet timeless and appropriate, by selectively stealing some of the younger generation’s best trends in her brand-new how-to book, Steal This Style: Moms and Daughters Swap Wardrobe Secrets. We’ve taken just five of our favorite real-life mother-daughter pairs from the dozens in the book to illustrate how the concept can work for every occasion. We recognized ourselves in some of these “befores” … and love the stylish “afters.”

Reprinted from the book Steal This Style by Sherrie Mathieson. Copyright © 2009 by Sherrie Mathieson. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, Inc.

17 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

HA BIBI
Sorry, wasn’t impressed with any of the changes but the originals weren’t anything to write home to Mom about either. 
By HA BIBI on 04/27/2009 1:16 pm
sibelle daubigne
Bibi, you always make me laugh! Sometime the "change" is for worse, as we know! I am glad my daughter and i have our own personal style!
By sibelle daubigne on 04/27/2009 5:36 pm
Lily Rose
How lovely to see mothers and daughters together, sylish and happy, my friends.
By Lily Rose on 04/30/2009 11:34 am
Marie Strothotte
stealing’ my daughter’s style would never work for me - she’s a tall slim beauty & I’m short & round - total opposites LOL - I have other resources :)
By Marie Strothotte on 05/01/2009 12:03 am
Christine Sams
By Christine Sams on 05/04/2009 9:47 am
Christine Sams
My daughters and I have our own personal style. When I watched the before and afters, it brought my own wardrobe to mind and helped me to think of ideas that could be implemented to freshen up for spring and summer. My girls are in there twentys and I always love to see there inspiring styles. I don’t always want to see their clothes on me, but the young can inspire change or updating.
By Christine Sams on 05/04/2009 9:50 am
darcus grey
No thanks.
By darcus grey on 05/05/2009 1:20 am
cathy hendren

What an improvement for all of the women…I LOVE all of the "after" looks!  

By cathy hendren on 05/05/2009 12:53 pm
Ann McCargar
By Ann McCargar on 05/05/2009 5:29 pm
Ann McCargar
I am 61. My 40 year old daughter is very helpful and gives me advise on fashion. I feel better and have a positive attitude if I  am looking sharp. All the makeovers looked great. :) :):)
By Ann McCargar on 05/05/2009 5:34 pm
Sherrie Mathieson

Thank you for giving your online readers a "tasting menu" of the photos in the book (of about 200!). Of course there’s lots to read as well—so important if one really wants to understand the book’s lessons. Curiosity and reassessment is important always—but especially as you age. It’s the key to seeming "ageless".

I hope many mothers and daughters give the book as a gift, on Mom’s Day—or any special day.I want women to gain a style inheritance for their future. (www.sherriemathieson.com

By Sherrie Mathieson on 05/06/2009 6:06 pm
Mary Feitelberg
By all means, a fresh take on what one looks best in is always welcome.  But despite the Recession, that "You’re not ‘right’ yet" mentality —whose remedy always seems to entail investing in someone’s product — is still out-of-control.  And what really gets me is that the beloved item "experts" insist we jettison invariably becomes a "must-have" 12 months later:  the clutch purse, [cashmere] turtleneck, whatever.  The only constant in recent years seems to be too-high shoes only a supermodel can stroll in.  This year, in fact, they’ve gone so strappy that in profile, we see an ankle 3/4" forward of the leather that "supports" it.  (If only the so-often-gay men who champion these styles had to spend an hour or two in them before starting production!)  Sometimes I think we’d all be better off channeling our own vibe when it comes to "the new look".  And a friendly note to fashionistas out there:  if you don’t mind shopping, I’m a great believer in online auctions and thrift shops.  Just send everything to a fierce dry cleaner before wearing it!
By Mary Feitelberg on 05/10/2009 11:55 am
Cindy Reeves
My mother is the one who taught ME about fashion!!  I was raised with a mother and grandmother who were always in style.  My mantra is never give up on fashion (but always get it on sale). 
By Cindy Reeves on 07/23/2009 1:45 pm