All about my mother

By |Published On: July 28th, 2016|

It’s just in the last few years that I started realizing how much I am influenced by my mother’s style. I don’t mean in a literal way, but rather making references to her way of serving coffee and pancakes on weekends, her way of playing with her hair whilst she reading in the garden, her straw hat and oversized sunglasses, head tilted on one side with a curious look. I remember her wearing cigar trousers and a striped top with her espadrilles with a pop of colour. Her hair put up in a small bun. My mom had a very subtle and innate sense of chic and elegance, her grace and feminine but whimsical style was very much celebrated by her friends who came over to drink cognac and look through fashion magazines, then cut out pictures and take them to the tailor to create their own dress or trousers.

I’ve been thinking about the way our mothers affect our whole life; our attitude and the way we appear, because I can clearly see that my daughter is affected by every little detail that happens in her life right now and she sometimes looks at me with such a deep and understanding look that I can feel it is all imprinted in her mind forever.

I would like to think that she will remember me one day the way I remember her grandmother and there will be a lineage in our style.

And because my mother just turned 61 I want to honour her with this memo of the things she taught me about life and style:

(and this perfect present from L’Oreal “Age Perfect” which reminds me that beauty has no age)

If you can’t change faith, change your attitude.

Everything you do in life has a consequence.

When people meet you, they judge you by your clothes, but when you leave they will judge you by your heart.

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About the Author: Tsitaliya Mircheva

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Tsitaliya is a writer and fashion journalist for more than 20 years. She founded Mums in Heels 10 years ago and keeps growing and evolving together with her community or fashionable mums and responsible consumers. Fashion and Wellness are her most favourite topics to write about.