Inherited Beauty – Susan Tabak’s Mother-Daughter Chic List

Age is marked by our children. These women I have selected remain undeniably chic. As their daughters grow up, they, too, have found their own personal style…


Anna Wintour and Bee Shaffer

Anna Wintour and Bee Shaffer

Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture is classic and elegant. Bee’s choice, Nina Ricci, is youthful and appropriate. The blue dress brings out her luminescent skin tone.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner
Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner

I think the photo speaks for itself.

Jackie KennedyCaroline Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy — forever a style icon. This photo was obviously taken many years ago. She just looks so beautiful here. Beyond many of her responsibilities, Jackie loved the American Ballet Theatre. Now Caroline has assumed her mother’s role in chairing the ABT’s Spring Gala. Caroline looks chic in Prada.

Princess Caroline of MonacoCharlotte Casiraghi
Princess Caroline of Monaco and Charlotte Casiraghi

I have mentioned Princess Caroline before in my New York-Paris Chic List. I often see her daughter Charlotte in Paris, and — dressed up or down — Charlotte is among the new jet set and very cool.

Carolina HerreraCarolina Herrera and Carolina Herrera Jr.
Carolina Herrera and Carolina Herrera Jr.

Carolina Jr. works with her mother. I love the green satin against Carolina’s white skin. Carolina Herrera NY

Jane Birkin, Lou Doillon, and Charlotte Gainsbourg
Jane Birkin, Lou Doillon, and Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jane Birkin – Actress and model.  The Hermès Birkin bag was named after her after the designer apparently saw her in photos carrying several Hermès bags while boarding a plane.  She has two amazing looking daughters from two different husbands. Lou looks sexy and sultry and Charlotte is hip in Balenciaga.

Patti Hansen, Theodora Richards, and Alexandra Richards
Patti Hansen, Theodora Richards, and Alexandra Richards

Patti Hansen – former model and wife to Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Patti and her daughters posed here for the Guerlain advertising campaign. I particularly like Theodora’s blue opaque tights with her red dress.

Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, and Elettra Rossellini-Weidemann
Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, and Elettra Rossellini-Weidemann

Three generations of great genes. Isabella, former face of Lancome, has now passed the role to her daughter Elettra in Yves Saint Laurent.

Catherine Deneuve and her daughter Chiara Mastroianni
Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni

Both looking chic at the Cannes Film Festival.

Diana RossTracee Ellis Ross
Diana and Tracee Ellis Ross

Diana Ross – still reigns Supreme. Her daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross, has a more serene look.

Tina ChowChina Chow
Tina and China Chow

Tina Chow – Beauty icon and wife of famous restauranteur, Michael Chow of MR CHOW, had a quiet elegance punctuated by her zen accessories. Her daughter China, an actress, keeps her look elegant and simple like her mom.

Bianca JaggerJade Jagger
Bianca and Jade Jagger

Both looking exotic in Yves Saint Laurent.

Susan Fales-Hill - Always Wear JoySusan Fales-Hill
Josephine Premice and Susan Fales-Hill

Susan Fales-Hill is not only an accomplished writer – her book “Always Wear Joy” is a beautiful tribute to her mother, Josephine Premice. Susan is highly photographed. I am always astonished how she can create a different look for each event she attends. In this photo, she is dressed for a disco party at the New York City Ballet.

Nina, Alba, and Chiara Clemente
Nina, Alba, and Chiara Clemente

Alba is an actress and the wife of Francesco Clemente. This chic-looking trio could pass for sisters.

24 Responses to “Inherited Beauty – Susan Tabak’s Mother-Daughter Chic List”

  1. Alexis Says:

    Susan, I hear your daughters are very beautiful, why were they not included. Please have more pictures of princesses. Royalty will never go out of style. Solid A- blog

  2. Laura Says:

    Especially love Charlotte!! She is soo gorgeous and stylish. She takes after her mother.

  3. marty martino Says:

    I would love to see Chiara Clemente in a bikini.

  4. candid cool Says:

    Tracee Ellis Ross is stunning.

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  7. Jacquelyn Goudeau Says:

    Thank you for featuring some women of color. Although I truly believe we are all from the same tree, it is important to show the variations of leaves on the tree…in order to bring our world back together…One World….

    Jacquelyn Goudeau
    San Francisco, Ca.

  8. sarah wolfe Says:

    Susan…Still waiting for Whitney and me! We made the Sartorialist for chic Parisian Mothers and Daughters….

  9. Arthur Rimbault Says:

    The copies don’t match the orignals, when she was young Catherine Deneuve was so much more beautiful than her daughter.

  10. Helen Says:

    Catherine Deneuve IS so much more beautiful than her daughter. She always looks like queen.

  11. PinkBohemianSweetie Says:

    NATALIE WOOD and NATASHA GREGSON-WAGNER! :-D

  12. Flavius Says:

    world saw…

    - Ingrid Bergman -
    - Isabella Fiorella Rossellini -

    and the world never was the same…

    Absolutelly wonderful women.

  13. nadia Says:

    Tracee Ellis Ross is incredibly beautiful and her fashion sense is unapologetic! Catherine, you said it best about “Admireher.”

  14. vanderleun Says:

    Marsha Hunt and Karis Jagger.

  15. Katie Says:

    Jayne Mansfield and Mariska Hartigay, Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn

  16. Sheila Says:

    Pretty girls, but they could all use a few sandwiches.

  17. eskarina Says:

    gorgeous Mums

  18. Michael E Says:

    all très chic ladies and juniors but cannot agree on Anna Wintour: plastic, autoreferential, always overdressed, très nouveuriche

  19. Elodie Says:

    Toutes magnifiques, surtout les Casiraghi. Je trouve également Charlotte Gainsbourg très stylée.

  20. sequin Says:

    maybe a father daughter chic list for fathers day?

  21. maxime Says:

    catherine denauve restera toujours élégante, l’âge n’a pas d’emprise sur elle (même si la chirurgie doit aider.

    La france, nous sommes les rois de la mode

    amérique ouh! france ouah!

  22. Claire Dooley Says:

    Susan Sarandon and Eva Amuri. Bette Davis eyes and knobs.

  23. Zeline Says:

    Do you think that minis are elegant for over 40s?


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