All through middle and high school, Donna Summer was my favorite singer. I even twisted my ankle dancing to “Last Dance” in my Candies… for those of you who weren’t born yet, they were the first high heels slides made especially to be worn with jeans.

During the Reagan years, I was in high school and college. I remember hearing about the Patti-Nancy estrangement and frankly, thought it was useless drama. I just wished they would both grow up and move on!

My idea of great chick flicks are “Groundhog Day”, “Three Weddings and a Funeral”, and “Green Card”, all of which star Andie MacDowell (known to her family as Rosalie Anderson MacDowell). These films are easy to watch in your pajamas: high on relationship and low on drama… a great break from life.

It has not been easy for Alexa Ray Joel to grow up. Shy by nature, it must have been exceedingly difficult and painful to go through her own parents divorce from each other and then the subsequent divorces of her parents from their new spouses.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver spent her life lending her voice to those who were unheard. Maria Shriver, the current First Lady of California, is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author and mother of four. When a mother takes the time, energy and passion to mentor her daughter, she leaves the world her most powerful legacy.

Now the duo of negative reality have taken to the small screen with Whatever, Martha! All those things we’ve wanted to say about Martha… well Alexis and Jennifer are saying them with Alexis’ up close and personal commentary. Right alongside the Martha Stewart Show on FLN.

Aerin Lauder is a chip off the grandmother block. Estée Lauder always wore classic and elegant styles from Givenchy and Ungaro, Aerin’s staples are Tracy Feith and Chloe, Calvin Klein, YSL and Gucci, a collection of Manalo shoes and her grandmother’s vintage Hermes Birkin bag.

When Salvatore Ferragamo died of cancer in 1960, he left behind an Italian widow who had never worked a day in her life, and six children, aged 18 to two years old. Because Salvatore believed strongly that women should have equal access to business, he had brought his oldest child, Fiamma in to learn the family business.

Betty Ford was a First Lady in her own class. Presidents have libraries with their names attached for their legacy. Betty Ford has a drug and alcohol treatment facility tying her name with the legacy of survivor. Betty Ford was only in the White House for a short time and yet, during her tenure, changed the role of the First Lady forever.

When I was a little girl, my friend Anne and I used to bicker over which one of us got to wear her sister’s wedding dress when we played dress up! Being the only sister of all boys had its distinct advantages, but a closet to play in was not one of them!
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Unlike Mariska, I can’t see Jayne pulling off an acting role of a competent and streetwise police officer. Or Mariska upstaging Jayne Mansfield in a bikini that conveniently falls off at strategic moments when a camera was watching.

Can you imagine a game of Dress up with Demi Moore and daughters, Rumer, Scout and Talullah? All those amazing necklaces and elegant Little Black Dresses from Zac Posen, Lanvin, Dolce & Gabbana and Gucci?

I thought I’d try something new and look at a grandmother-mother-daughter. There is such great irony in the similarities of their circumstances and yet, the world has changed completely. What used to be a complete scandal is now passe and much more than in the past, women are celebrated for being smart and beautiful.

While Joan had a steep climb to the top, Melissa was born into closet heaven! Her mother’s closet is every girl’s dream come true.

Isn’t it ironic that with all of the memorable roles that Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis have played over their lifetimes, the ones that have forever etched them into our memories were their horror roles– Janet Leigh in the Psycho shower scene and Jamie Lee Curtis as the Halloween survivor?

Some would say that Blythe Danner made the ultimate sacrifice. I prefer to think that she made the choice that worked for her and never looked back for a second.

I remember well those awkward teenage years. I was not an adult and not really a child either. It was bad enough in the anonymity of a small town. I cannot even imagine going through it as the daughter of the President.

Top level diplomats had nothing on Laura Bush as she juggled her role of First Lady and mother to the party girls, Jenna and Barbara.

There is absolutely no question that Ivana and Ivanka select their own jewelry. While they certainly gained a head start with the last name, their combination of intelligence, beauty and sound business judgment is what has made them a staying power in the world of all things glamorous.

When I think of great and enduring yet unconventional love between a mother and daughter, I think of Marcheline Bertrand and her daughter, Angelina Jolie.

What’s it like to be a princess? When you are Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline Louise Margaret of Monaco and your mother is Grace Kelly, it means…

Lizzie Jagger, the firstborn of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger, made her first runway appearance in 1998 alongside her mother at the young age of 11. At the time, many wondered if she would match her mother’s achievements or build her own legacy.

Cool cars. Driven while intoxicated. Beautiful clothes. Porn videos. Exotic vacations. Paparazzi fodder. Darling little dog. Paris is the ultimate “Barbie on the Dark Side.” Whatever you think of her, you have to admire her way to take the bad publicity and turn it into cold hard cash.

One of my most enduring childhood memories was watching Judy Garland playing the role of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. She truly made me believe that “Somewhere over the Rainbow, the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.” It makes my heart hurt to think how much she sacrificed physically and emotionally to portray Dorothy.

I bet Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson still play dress up. And borrow clothes from each other. Talk about two kindred free spirits!

A couple of weeks ago, the Osbournes returned to reality television in Osbournes:Reloaded. We just can’t get enough of the dysfunction of Sharon and Kelly, wife and daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne. It’s like watching a car crash…We just can’t turn away.

I wonder if Caroline Kennedy ever played dress up as a child. Just picture it. Van Cleef & Arpels and Faberge jewelry. Chanel suits. The oversized sunglasses. Beth Levine shoes. There must have closets full of treasure!

Linda was many years ahead of her time in her advocacy for animals. While many aspects of her iconic legacy are tied to others, her role as an animal rights advocate was truly her own. And that role is the legacy that lives on through Stella.

Can you imagine playing dress up with Mom as she got ready for her night out with Dad on January 21, 2009 if your names are Sasha and Malia Obama?

As Barbie is a busy supermodel on the go in a long running, on again, off again relationship, her days are varied from active to very formal. When she was first introduced fifty years ago today, she was wearing the famous black and white bathing suit. She often paired that bathing suit with simple hoop earrings.

It all started in the 1930s when Coco Chanel, the French designer of “all things glamorous” stated that “Elegance is Refusal”. Her fine jewelry offered the first glimpse of haute couture for women, the vibrantly feminine woman who considered herself ‘powerful while ladylike’. Her fashion jewelry designs were the first ventures into “high-low” fashion whereby exquisite jewels were combined with other stones to add interest and to bring the price point for one or two pieces of fine jewelry out of the “royalty only” range. In many ways, she set a bar that continues to stand. Coco Chanel’s most famous fine jewelry included elegant pins and bracelets.