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Come on, admit it. You remember wishing you could kidnap your mom and dress her when you were 17. We all did. And, if you have a daughter now, you know she’ll want to do the same to you. Knowing this, we allowed the StyleBlueprint interns, both rising seniors in high school, to have fun living out this fantasy. Remarkably, their moms agreed, as we assured them Rebecca Thompson, a fabulous local stylist, who is also the mom of two teenage daughters, would be on hand to choose the best, most age-appropriate items that would still be “daughter approved.” We set them free at The Hill Center to show off some fall trends.
Our fabulous interns: KK Jones and Emma Smith. KK’s leather shorts, silver sweater and accessories are from H. Audrey. Emma’s turquoise jeans, ivory top and accessories are from Hemline.
From left: Emma and Monteray Smith, Rebecca Thompson, Leslie and KK Jones.
Emma:
Unlike many other seventeen year old girls, I actually like my mother’s style. Of course, she has the occasional 90’s throwback piece and some clothes that would fall into the “soccer mom” category, but overall she dresses in an eclectic way that I admire. Consequently, when I was brainstorming for this post, I had trouble thinking of how I would want her to dress differently. After a while, it suddenly clicked: I want her to own more clothes that I can wear. Surely the only thing better than one wardrobe is two! When I asked my mother how she envisioned my closet, she also saw the benefit of sharing clothes. After coming to this consensus, my mom and I set out to the Hill Center to have a wonderful day with StyleBlueprint.
Great top from Hemline that I ended up buying. The whole outfit was perfect.
I wanted to steal this jacket from my mom! The entire outfit was perfect for her.
First, the fabulous girls at The Cosmetic Market did our makeup to give us a natural, everyday look. Then, we met Rebecca Thompson, a brilliant stylist, at Hemline and tried on clothes that went with our vision. I ended up wearing Free People turquoise jeans with a cream top and a subtle necklace. Leopard print wedges from Posh were a great finishing touch to this ensemble. I loved every part of this outfit, but the shirt especially caught my eye. This piece is extremely versatile, whether it is worn while running errands or going to a nice restaurant. It is even versatile enough for my mom to wear. I ended up buying this shirt, and my mom is already threatening to move it to her closet. My mom’s outfit consisted of a dark taupe jacket over a cream tank top and dark, flared jeans. She looked great and age appropriate, while wearing clothes that I could easily share. I would pair the jacket with a black tank and skinny jeans for a more youthful edge.
After modeling the casual look, we went to H. Audrey to try on dressier apparel. I landed on a snakeskin-patterned, silk shirt and Rag and Bone black pants. We both loved this outfit and could see ourselves wearing it. My mother wore a tea-length black dress with a pleated bottom and a vintage, colorful necklace. While I would not necessarily choose that dress length for myself, I would make an exception for this dress.
While I’m not normally a fan of this length dress (it’s tea length), my mom looked great in it and I would absolutely borrow it! The necklace is the perfect accent.
My mom and me. All dressed up with nowhere to go!
I learned so much from this experience and loved modeling beautiful clothing from Hemline and H. Audrey. As soon as I save up all my babysitting money, I will definitely know where to spend it.
KK:
When Liza and Amy explained to me exactly what our Freak Friday-esque blog post would entail, I couldn’t help but to imagine all the things I could put my mother in (against her will). I describe my mother’s day-to-day style as casually chic – nice jeans or shorts, a cute top or blouse (usually a tunic), and some stylish flats. However, I wanted to channel her inner New Yorker. I was dying to see her in some sky-high heels and a fabulous leather jacket, something impractical for a mom on-the-go, living in the heat that is so abundant south of the Mason-Dixon.
As I explained to my mom that I wanted to see her in edgier clothes than her typical garb, her “all right, let’s hear this” face grew to a twisted grimace. My mother, under the impression that I would have her decked out in Avril Lavigne-style Converse and eye makeup so dark it could rival that of Snooki, was not impressed. However, after learning that the clothes would come from the gorgeous H. Audrey, her twisted grimace changed quickly to a puppy dog grin.
A perk of the shoot was getting to play dress up myself! Top and skirt from H. Audrey
I knew my mom had attitude hiding under her white jeans and tunic tops!
Very fun time with my mom. She needs to buy that jacket.
After our makeup session, Mom and I made our way to H. Audrey where Rebecca – can you say amazing! – was waiting with two changing rooms full of beautiful clothes. We decided to have a dressy look and a casual look to show readers two different ways to rock the “edgy” style. As soon as we were camera-ready, Ashley, our talented and “with-it” photographer, started snapping away.
My mom and me. We sat and drank Citrus Mint Green Tea Sparklers at Whole Foods, which we honestly do quite a bit. Notice our shoes are same for both the dressy and more casual outfits.
We concluded the day with some Citrus Mint Green Tea Sparklers from Whole Foods and some outside group photos. I just want to thank everyone who helped with this project. You made me feel like one of Nashville’s very own country music stars and it was a really fun experience.
And I just gotta give kudos to my mother. You’re lookin’ pretty good, Momma.
Credits:
To have Rebecca Thompson help you with your closet and wardrobing needs, contact her at [email protected]. Her rate is $85 an hour.
All photos are by the lovely Ashley Hylbert who also photographs our FACES of Nashville profiles each Monday. For more behind the scenes photos from today’s shoot, click here.
Thanks to The Cosmetic Market and their makeup artists Camille, Paris and Hillary for getting our crew ready for their close-ups, as well as H. Audrey, Hemline and Posh for wonderful wardrobing. Thanks also to Whole Foods for providing a great backdrop for our shoot.
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23 Responses to “Freaky Fashion Friday”
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Sweet! Love my boys, but snaps like this make me wish for daughter-time. xxoos
This is such a terrific post – probably because the folks featured are so fabulous. You all look great!
Yes, they are all fabulous! It was fun stepping out our usual SB model and having live models, a stylist, a photographer, makeup and all the works and then to have fun people all around!
Hurray for this post! I have been waiting with baited breath for the results – great job everyone. Love Monteray’s necklace. Lesley is rocking the shoes!
I love this post! Leslie and KK you look fabulous!! Great to see your faces again. Delaine Jones
Good lookin’ mammas and good lookin’ girls! Great job KK and Emma!
You guys need to branch out more. If I read one more article about the Hill Center I’m unsubscribing. Enough already.
Sally, we’d love a suggestion on where to go that we can park in one place, shop only local stores, that fit a 30 year span of ages, that you would prefer to see. I love this post and I’m sorry that you don’t see the fun and happiness of it.
What a fun post!!!! You moms (and daughters) look fab!!!
5 great women. What darling story, beautiful pictures and clothes. Emma and KK you did great job. What wonderful opportunity to intern with Style Blueprint, the only blog I read everyday. and recommend to friends and newcomers to Nashville Anna Thornton
Thanks Anna! It’s so fun writing with great readers!
Thanks so much for all the great feedback, Anna! We love our interns, too. Sharp young women!
I’m so jealous!!! I need a daughter!!! Y’all look A-DORABLE!!!
What a great post – impressive writing as well as wonderful moms and daughters! Thanks for all of the inspiration girls!!
Thanks for reading Elizabeth! This was definitely a fun post to write!
Fun post, but I would LOVE to see more budget items. I’m a 30 year old and can’t afford most items at H. Audrey. I love them, but can’t afford them…these girls are very lucky! I’d love to see something similar done with a set budget and more inexpensive options.
Jill, I totally understand where you are coming from, but this was a fantasy post as most of us can’t afford high end items to fill our entire closets and if if we do have on a high-end item, it’s mixed with a piece form TJ MAXX or Target! However, just two days ago we did dedicate an entire post to Opry Mills, and the day before a trip gone bad on the hunt for bargains at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. I wish we had the accessibility to these larger brand stores at Opry Mills to work with them on such shoots, but we don’t. And, I really do like being able to hit three locally owned stores with such a wide appeal to ages and a wide price range — Posh, Hemline and H Audrey — all at one stop! We absolutely feature higher end things, but we do make a point to almost always include some bargains, this post though, really way more fantasy and I think our 17 year old writers did a great job! The Nordstrom Anniversary sale is still going on and we featured that two weeks ago.Check out that post for some great finds that are new this season and on sale NOW!
After getting a behind the scenes look on how Styleblueprint is run, I am impressed. Amy, Elizabeth and Liza are amazing! I am very thankful that my daughter has been able to spend time with such great role models! In a very short time, she has learned so much. Nashville is extremely lucky to have Styleblueprint!!!
Thanks Monteray! We’ve been so blessed to have such great interns! Emma and KK have done a wonderful job!
H. Audrey had fun, too!!! So great to see the teenagers interact so sweetly with their moms:) We love working with Style Blueprint!
Va! Va! Voom! What gorgeous ladies! Having known these moms for years I can assure you that Lesley and Monteray are lovely no matter what they wear. Their beautiful smiles and kind hearts are ALWAYS in style! Great Job KK and Emma for outfitting your life-sized “American Girl Dolls” so well.
Wow! Loved all of this – the beautiful and sweet moms and girls, AND I am so impressed with your writing, Emma and KK!! Great job!! Also, loved the photos Ashley!!
Needs to be a monthly segment-love seeing these beautiful moms looking fabulous! The girls did an amazing job. Love-Love-Love all the jackets in this segment. Great Job Interns!