These mothers are style icons

Piper Weiss's mother Marilyn in a dress that was handmade in Italy. Photograph: Piper Weiss/Public Domain

Marilyn on holiday in Jamaica, with a lovely, crazy hat. Photograph: piper weiss/Public Domain

Becca Hudson's mum Veronica was a Polish immigrant when she met Becca's dad, a drag-racing hellcat in the 1950s, and wore this perfect prom dress.
Photograph: Public Domain

Berit Preston's mum Krista looks effortlessly cool in aviators in 1972. Photograph: Public Domain

Erin Brown's mum, Jana, at her wedding, aged 22, in a beautiful dress with lace princess sleeves. Photograph: Public Domain

Erin Felber's mum, romantic novelist Edith Layton, in a patchwork skirt that might start us snipping at our quilts.
Photograph: Public Domain

Erin Schmidt's grandmother was part of a female flight derby called the Powder Puff Derby. She flew from LA to NY as a pilot – apparently in PVC boots. Pretty and impressive.
Photograph: Public Domain

Note to Steve McQueen, Lauren Silvers's mum is cooler than you. Great bell bottoms and a fabulous wooden choker definitely help. Photograph: Public Domain

Paris Smith has always loved the 50s plaid mashed-potato-dancing pants her mum is wearing in this picture. And yes, she says, her mother is still that hip. Photograph: Public Domain

Leonardo Cesareo's mum looks mysterious, but groomed - she got the look by straightening her naturally curly hair with an iron and wax paper. Photograph: Public Domain

Nina Boyett's mum's skirt is kept perky with a whale bone-lined, netted slip. For more, visit My Mom, the Style Icon
Photograph: Public Domain