I Get It From My Momma

Good looks and great style are definitely hereditary. Of course it helps if your mother is a legendary super model. It may be old news, but Georgia May Jagger and her mom Jerry Hall have teamed up for a campaign for Sunglass Hut. The images are more than gorgeous, they are inspiring. Take a peek...

Super cute and playful. I'm loving these photos of the blond duo shot by photographer Matt Irwin for the Sunglass Hut's Mother's Day campaign. Jerry Hall, now 56, has been striking a pose in front of the camera since she was Georgia's age.

Here's some advice from Jerry to Georgia that's helpful to the rest of us too:

On working in the industry -
Jerry: “The best modeling advice I've given her is to be on time and be nice to everyone.”

On not fixing the gap between her teeth-

Georgia: "I’m quite happy I didn’t. As a model, in a weird way it is helping other people to feel more comfortable with your flaws."

Jerry: "I said to her, “You can’t have braces. That gap tooth is lucky. Lucky!”

Good stuff, Jerry and Georgia. Sometimes it pays to listen to your momma. For the most part, your mom has already experienced much of the lessons you still have to learn. So when she gives you advice, don't just shrug it off. There's wisdom in her words. I'm very blessed for what my own mom has given me too. Hopefully we can all inherit our mom's grace and pass that trait on to our own children. Share the love.

Aging Gracefully

Youth doesn't last forever, but some of us want it to. I finally watched the documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, and it was eye opening. Regardless of our aging society, fashion prefers the "beautiful and the damned". But like these former supermodels have discovered, eveything including your relevance fades.

About Face explores the lives of some of the world's most successful models who have mostly retired from the industry. Greats like Isabella Rossellini, Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Pat Cleveland, and Carmen Dell'Orefice are just a few of the extraordinary women featured in this piece. Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders creates a series of intimate portraits of these legends as they discuss how things were when they were top models, and also the complex relationship between beauty and aging.


When I watched the film, I began to sympathize with these women. They had come from a golden age of fashion where models were free to express themselves and dazzle us. There were no rules, so they created their own standards. The one rule that actually meant anything was that you couldn't appear to be getting older. Former model China Machado explains it best:

"It isn't that women want to stay young, it's that the whole society makes us want to stay young.

As they aged, some of the models tried to keep up with appearances and use plastic surgery to stay youthful, while others decided to accept what mother nature had in store. These models were pioneers and the fashion industry worshipped them. But mixed in with their confidence and vitality was this insecurity. These models all knew they had a shelf date whether it was for better or worse.

Even now, I am feeling what these models have endured. You get older and the camera stops liking you as much, because it's bias and unforgiving. But the life of a model doesn't have to have an expiration date. There is something quite beautiful about aging gracefully and letting the world see.

Chime in: Who do you think is at fault for our love affair with youth? Is it the fashion industry or ourselves?