We’re still a little fuzzy on the finer plot details of Spark and Light, the seventh edition of the Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales series, which the brand screened last night at the Diamond Horseshoe. But we do know that So Yong Kim directed the short, which starred a wavy, copper-haired Riley Keough, and pivoted around her character’s relationship with her mother. So we asked the crowd — a Miu Miu–clad mix of Americans and Europeans — whether their mothers imposed any sartorial rules on them when they were little.
“My mom did a great job of not giving me rules, even though I should have probably had them,” Solange Knowles told the Cut. “For an entire two years of my life, I wore a tutu and tap shoes. My mom was all about letting me express my creativity. It annoyed a lot of people. But once I got a little older, she instilled a rule in all of us: If you’re going to wear your legs out, cover your arms. If you’re going to wear out your chest out, cover your legs. So that’s one that really stuck — but that was my teenage years. As a child, I went to church with the tap shoes on. I went everywhere with tap shoes.” And look how well Solange turned out!
Click through our slideshow to find out who else’s mom encouraged expression, whose couldn’t make her wear underwear, and who had to sneak tank tops.
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Anna KendrickDid your mom influence your fashion growing up? My mom definitely hammered home the whole "you’re beautiful just the way you a... Anna KendrickDid your mom influence your fashion growing up? My mom definitely hammered home the whole "you’re beautiful just the way you are" thing. It makes me so sad when I find out my friends learned from their mom, like, "Even if you’re just going to the grocery store, at least put on concealer and mascara." Because the world takes care of making you insecure — I think your mom should just continue to tell you that you look beautiful no matter what. I feel really lucky that my mom was, you know, kind of schlubby.
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Zosia MametPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Adepero OduyePhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Riley KeoughDid your mom impose fashion rules when you were little? I wasn’t allowed to wear tank tops. I wasn’t allowed to show my stomach. I w... Riley KeoughDid your mom impose fashion rules when you were little? I wasn’t allowed to wear tank tops. I wasn’t allowed to show my stomach. I would put tank tops under shirts, and then when I got to school I’d take them off. But there were a couple times I came home and forgot to put my sweater back on. She’d be like, 'Where did you get that?"
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Aerialists from Queen of the NightPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Eli Mizrahi and Abbey Lee KershawPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Michelle Harper and Julia Restoin RoitfeldDid your mom impose any fashion rules when you were little? Brands! She didn’t want us to wear the bra... Michelle Harper and Julia Restoin RoitfeldDid your mom impose any fashion rules when you were little? Brands! She didn’t want us to wear the brands that all the other kids had at school. She wanted us to develop our own identities. —Julia Reston Roitfeld Did you shop in your mom’s closet? My mom was never into fashion. She was in really high-powered finance. She wore a lot of incredible suits, and I appreciate that, but it’s too limiting for me. My grandmother, however, had closets of Balenciaga, Dior — like, the real real, not what’s going on now. She had a whole room just for wigs 'cause that’s what you did back in the day. You would go to Paris, and you would go to Italy, and you would go to Spain, even, and you would have custom-made wigs done in all kinds of complicated settings. —Michelle Harper Photo: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Alexa ChungPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
So-\ Young KimPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Giovanna Battaglia and Anna Dello RussoWould you play dress-up with your mother's clothes as a kid? Not really, because my mother doesn’t have t... Giovanna Battaglia and Anna Dello RussoWould you play dress-up with your mother's clothes as a kid? Not really, because my mother doesn’t have the sense of fashion. I was playing with my friends’ mother’s [clothes]. When I would have a girlfriend, I always would say, "Why don’t we have a look at your mother’s closet?" —Anna Dello Russo
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Solange KnowlesPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Alexandra RichardsPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Zoe Kazan, Jessica Joffe, Sabine Heller, and Paul DanoDid your parents make you dress a certain way, growing up? We always dressed ourselves, wh... Zoe Kazan, Jessica Joffe, Sabine Heller, and Paul DanoDid your parents make you dress a certain way, growing up? We always dressed ourselves, which I think accounts for some of the eccentricities. We dressed mostly out of the dress-up box. I didn’t like to wear underwear, so my mom always made me wear tights or leggings under my clothes. So I guess that was a fashion rule that was imposed: Something had to be on my bottom! I was like, 10, before I started wearing underwear. I was just not into it. —Zoe Kazan
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Sami GaylePhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Anya ZiourovaPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Crystal RennDid your mom influence your fashion? My grandmother actually raised me, and she was impeccably dressed. She liked Escada suits. She ... Crystal RennDid your mom influence your fashion? My grandmother actually raised me, and she was impeccably dressed. She liked Escada suits. She worked at Mary Kay, so she wore the suits and the gowns, and was very much into glamour. However, I was kind of into the '90s grunge thing, which hasn’t really changed much. I don’t think she was so happy about that, but she was pretty happy when I picked up her vintage Chanel and mixed it in there. She was like, "At least we’re going somewhere."
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Aerialists from Queen of the NightPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Arden WohlPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Hanneli MustapartaDid your mom have any fashion rules when you were little? No. I am very lucky — my mom has been very open. She said, "Wea... Hanneli MustapartaDid your mom have any fashion rules when you were little? No. I am very lucky — my mom has been very open. She said, "Wear whatever you want!" And I thought a lot about what I was wearing as a kid; I would spend an hour in the morning, looking at my crappy little closet, but I had no rules. I grew up in a very posh area, so having eccentric taste was a little hard. I would hear those things from other people in my school, like, "Oh, you look so weird." They would walk around in 501 Levis, and I would like get flared jeans when no one else wearing them. I made my own rules!
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Atlanta de CadenetPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Bella ThorneWhen you were little, did your mom impose fashion rules on you? She didn’t want me wearing makeup, and she didn’t want me wearing he... Bella ThorneWhen you were little, did your mom impose fashion rules on you? She didn’t want me wearing makeup, and she didn’t want me wearing heels. Now we wear the same shoe size, so we’re always trying on each other’s. There’s one she loves me wearing — these AllSaints booties. They’re uncomfortable for me; I have kind of wide feet. But she loves them, and she’s always like, "You should wear them!"
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Emmanuelle AltPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Hailee SteinfeldPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Ireland BaldwinPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Jessica StroupPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
June AmbrosePhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Kat Graham and performerPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Leigh LezarkPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Linda TolPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
AtmospherePhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Meghan MarklePhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Mia MorettiPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Natalie JoosPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Nicola PeltzPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Peyton ListPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
AtmospherePhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Sarita ChoudhuryPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Tracee Ellis RossPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Xinyuan ZhangPhoto: Angela Pham/BFAnyc.com
Zoe Lister-JonesPhoto: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
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