When it comes to them, you don't need set phrases. Feelings speak and all you have to do is pull the invisible thread to sew together the most exciting stories. Happy Mother's Day! Without filters or profiles, we only talk about hearts that one fine day felt another beat(s) that changed their lives forever. From Cantabria DModa we wanted to give a voice to the protagonists, specifically to a few women with everything to tell from different fields, but closely related to fashion. It is our excuse to better understand their connection with their sons and daughters, discover how they have turned the new generations into style accomplices and anecdotes that go beyond the fitting room. Fighting, authentic, empowered, capable mothers... Like you, dear reader, who today reminds you that it is your day, when, in reality, everyone is.
"Many times I found her among my clothes or shoes showing me 'how beautiful she had become'"
Montserrat Núñez and Maria
The hairdresser and her daughter (@srta_natal), ready to present a bridal collection. / MANUEL CASTAÑO
-How did motherhood change you? What does it mean to you to be a mother?
-Without a doubt, the best experience of my life and knowing that you no longer live for yourself, but for and for her. A wonderful being who came into the world full of love and was highly desired. It was and still is a whirlwind in my life.
-Any anecdote that reflects how your daughter has inherited her passion for fashion...
-Since I was little we were always together. She took her on my trips, always in my suitcases, at fashion and hairdressing fairs, leisure, etc. She blended in with me perfectly, sometimes I found her between my clothes or shoes showing me how "beautiful she had gotten", that she wore that so she had seen it... when she was very little. It has always been a rattlesnake and always will be!
"I always admired my mother for being a woman who exuded class"
Gloria Rueda, Jimena and Beltrán
The dance businesswoman and 'Oxígeno 21' poses proudly with her two little ones. /DM
-How did being a mother change your life?
Being a mother was a continuation of my life. It was not a change, it was simply a state that came to fill the path traveled and yet to be traveled with happiness... It is as if my destiny was written together with my children, they complement me in such a way that I cannot understand my life in any other way. I didn't have to give up anything, they were always part of my lifestyle, integrated into my work, my travels, my time with friends, my celebrations, my down days, my successes, my sadness, and even my loneliness... They are the maximum expression of love, a bond that is difficult to explain in words, that only a mother can experience.
"My MOTHER was great, an example of strength, absolute dedication and unconditional love."
GLORIA RUEDA
This year will be a Mother's Day for me filled with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I will feel all the love that Jimena and Beltrán give me, and I will feel like the happiest woman in this world... And, on the other, I will feel the sadness of my mother's recent absence. A MOTHER with capital letters, an example of strength, absolute dedication and unconditional love. She gives meaning to the word MOTHER.
-Have they inherited your passion for fashion?
I've definitely been an influence on my kids when it comes to fashion. They have two very different personalities: Jimena always asks me for advice and she is very similar to me when it comes to deciding her 'outfits'; Beltrán is very clear about his ideas and his tastes and I am not decisive when it comes to making decisions about his looks. Although I have to say that she has class, an innate style and taste, which are worthy of my admiration... And I have to say that I always admired my mother for being a woman who overflowed with class... and that has been the best inheritance that he has been able to leave to my children and me.
"My daughters pull through my closet and try things on until we find the perfect look"
Susi Mazo, Adriana and Celia
The 'personal shopper' of El Corte Inglés in Santander, along with her two daughters. /DM
-How did motherhood change your life?
-Being a mother was the most beautiful experience of my life. My reality completely changed and no one warned me about it. It is the truest love that exists, it is infinite and I was lucky to have daughters, Adriana and Celia, who have made my path very easy. I am very proud to be his mother.
-Do they turn to you as a fashion consultant?
-The two have different personalities, but I confess that they also ask the million dollar question of my day to day. What do I wear? I like the days that her father and I are at home… They pull through my closet and try things on until we find the perfect look. I really enjoy dressing my clients, because if it is about my daughters it is a great luxury for me.
"The girl visits my workshop to be shown the models of the clients and gives me her most sincere opinion"
Trinidad Castle, Island and Bastian
The designer in a day of fashion games, with Isla and Bastian in Parisian looks. /DM
-What did it mean to you to be a mother?
-Motherhood makes you put your feet on the ground, you are no longer alone... There is a 'little person' who depends on you. Of course, it is the most beautiful experience you can imagine, until you are a mother, you cannot imagine it. Being a mother makes you mature and see the world again through the eyes of a child and its wisdom and simplicity. Another thing is that you have to run everywhere, but you almost always do it with great pleasure!
-You always say that when you were a child you already played with fashion. History repeats itself?
-Yes, during the initial confinement, Isla surprised me making dresses with my scraps and old stockings. Curiously, when I was little I made many designs for dolls with stockings. It was nice to play with her and make 'creations' with all kinds of materials. Also, she is delighted when I design something for her. She is very proud and usually comes to the workshop to play with the threads and to be shown the models of the clients and she gives me her most sincere opinion. Always sorprise me. We'll see what happens with Bastian...
"My daughters encourage me to buy certain clothes because they know they will wear them too"
Gem of Luelmo, Paula and Carolina
The fashion expert, at an event with her daughters, equally 'fashionistas'. / @STYLEGEMCOMBRUJULA
-What did the experience of being a mother mean to you?
-For me it was something very nice, I always knew that I wanted children and that is also because I really like children, especially when they are babies. I had my son Alejandro when he was 29 years old and being the first grandson, the first nephew, the first baby in the family was a child that many people helped me raise. Then Paula and Carolina came and the experience continued to be very nice, but also very exhausting. There were three small children and you had to have a lot of organization and patience.
You enjoy those years with small children a lot, with many anecdotes and experiences, although I put aside the professional side to be with them. I have to say that I enjoyed dressing them and designing dresses for the girls, which my mother-in-law then made and my mother knitted the matching jackets and bonnets. Luckily I was able to join the professional life again and my children help me, encourage me and celebrate my achievements.
-Have they inherited your passion for fashion?
-I think my children have always seen my love for fashion and how I like to create looks and always be 'arranged'. My daughters Paula and Carolina, who are 20 and 18 years old, now before going out they come looking for clothes in my closet to create their own looks that are more appropriate to their age. They are continually showing me little rags from the brand's 'websites' to see if they fall. At home there are arguments because I am very careful with my clothes and they are not so much. They encourage me a lot to buy certain clothes because they know they will wear it too. We have the men of the house a little crazy with that topic! I don't know if it was because they have seen it since they were little or simply because they like it.
"I love dressing them the same, but now each one asks me for their style"
Alicia Peña, Mario, Martina and Marco
The beautiful family of Jorge Pérez from Reinos, winner of 'Survivientes 2020'. / @ALICIAPHUMADA
-How has being a mother changed your life?
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-For me, motherhood was seeing my dream come true. It changed me in the fact that if I thought I was happy in my life, when I held my little one in my arms I fell madly in love and far exceeded that happiness. My life changed yes, my heart overflowed with love. They are my great springboard to achieve my dreams, they are my why, their strength is what drives me to achieve my desires. For me it represents my greatest personal growth, they are my main teachers, they teach me every day. I learn a lot from them, also from the first moment I was trained with books and courses to be able to do the best possible and, little by little, sew them huge wings that allow them to fly high. Being a mother also means drawing strength from where I never imagined having. Being a mother means to me the greatest gift that life could have given me, my greatest miracle.
-Any anecdote about family fashion?
-I love dressing them the same, although I have to say that every day it gets a little complicated for me, since each one is looking for their own style. I love children's fashion, it gives me a lot of sweetness. Every season I really enjoy seeing the new collections and choosing for my 'little ones'. I have many funny anecdotes about the children's clothes and my husband... I always usually leave his clothes ready, but I remember once when Mario, my eldest son, had very nice pajamas and Jorge dressed him in one of them thinking that it was clothes to go out on the street... and that, on the street with pajamas on. The issue of baby skirts was also a dilemma for him and those blouses with so many buttons... I made it difficult for him! Now, as I have said, I continue to dress them the same, but now each one asks me for their style. Martina loves clothes and helps me choose... Well, although many times her eye goes to 'glitters' and strong colors and I am more than light and smooth. I also love dressing like them. The truth is that people always ask me about the clothes of the 'little ones' and they tell me how they like to see them dressed together. I tell them that this way they don't get lost (laughs).
"When my son won the Oscar he called me crying and thanking me"
Teresa Rivera-Garrido and Sergio
Mother and son, on their wedding day. Made up by him, how could it be less. / PAUL MADARIAGA
-How did you live the experience of being a mother?
-Without a doubt, at 85 I can say that the best thing I have done in life is to be a mother. And that reminds me of my husband, Roberto López-Colón. Now my son Sergio may have won the Oscar, but his father was already in the Puerto Rican Hall of Fame, as he was a professional baseball player and they won some World Cups. My first son, Roberto, came soon and I lived it with great enthusiasm. Teresa arrived immediately and we already had the couple. And then the third, Sandra, who lives in Los Angeles. Sergio arrived almost by surprise, he revolutionized the house, he cheered us up... and that's how Patricia was born. I am very proud of our large family.
-Now with the Oscar under his arm for 'Best Makeup', but there will be many anecdotes about Sergio...
-I remember from a very young age that when talking on the phone people paint, the father did business accounts, but Sergio drew a face, in profile, the eyes... Not a house, no, they were perfect sketches. I used to make up her sisters since she was young and we always held costume parties at the end of the year. Once she made me up as a 'punk', with green hair, another as Vilma from 'The Flintstones'. Although the most special time was at her wedding, she was very nervous, she was the godmother. He knew that, as always, he would not fail. I looked perfect, very natural, highlighting my eyes... And now everything we are experiencing that is indescribable, I did not expect it. When he won, he called me crying and thanking me. He deserved it, he is a tireless worker and a very good person.
Among brushes and brushes, Cantabrian makeup artists are proud of the Oscar for Sergio López-Rivera
"India in the mornings she doesn't want to wear pants, she always asks me for a dress"
Paula Fernández Solórzano, India and Duna
The blogger poses in a family session with her little ones: India and Duna. / LONDON STUDIO
-And did the day come when you were a mother? How has your life changed?
-Without a doubt it was the best of my life. I did not imagine motherhood as I am experiencing it and now I cannot imagine my life without it. It is the most magical stage I have experienced. You undergo a physical and psychological transformation that changes you as a person and makes you act differently towards yourself and towards others, but it all makes up for it.
-What role does fashion have, especially with India?
-I've always liked fashion. I inherited it from my mother. I almost always recover his clothes, because I am more careless with trends. Although I have my own style and India too. She loves pink, 'brilli-brilli'... In the mornings she doesn't want to wear pants, she always asks me for a dress. If you don't care, she paints her nails, every day when she gets home she takes off her clothes and dresses up. The brighter the better. Now she's thinking about summer and she asks me for a bikini like the older ones. Or we're going to leave the house and I see her go back to her room to a 'Frozen' dresser where she's painting her lips. It's very strong!
"The eldest is a fashion disaster, but his brother loves that I buy him clothes"
Sandra Veiga, Edu and Iago
The former Miss Cantabria poses with her children, from very different generations. /DM
-How did you live and do you live motherhood?
-Motherhood came to me for the first time at the age of 19, quite young. It was a mix between becoming a woman and a mother at the same time. A very intense learning process, but at the same time very beautiful and, above all, very natural. You don't think about things so much and everything comes out very naturally. The two of us, my son and I, were learning together we could say. Today, Edu is 22 years old and we have a very special confidence. I am super proud of him and I can say that I have a son who is a great person, super responsible and very happy.
"For me nothing beats the pride of seeing that your children are happy and become people with good values"
sandra see
The second time I became a mother was when I was 35, when I was young, nothing. Maturity and experience bring you calm, but it also makes you think much more about what could happen and therefore have more worries. It seems incredible, but for me the older I was, the more fears I had. Now the dwarf of the house, Iago, is 5 years old, and what am I going to say about him, that he is the toy and that he has us in love. He is a wonderful boy and very happy too. For me, nothing beats the pride of seeing that your children are happy and become people with good values. It's like achieving a victory after a lot of dedication and effort, but of course, feeling an unconditional love that makes it come out without even thinking about it, the kind that is only known when you become a mother or father.
-A former Miss mother, with two children, have you transmitted your passion for fashion to them?
-Edu is a disaster when it comes to fashion, he is happy in a tracksuit and he is not flirtatious at all. It's me, well now his girlfriend, who buys his clothes. He has never liked me and I was hoping that when he entered adolescence he would change, but all my joy in a well (laughs). Look, he lived when he was little to see me related to this world, but nothing, he doesn't look like me in that. On the other hand, Iago, with how small he is, loves that I comb his hair with gel, that I buy him clothes, but above all shoes, he loves them! When I was three years old, I went to put on some shirts that he had worn two days in a row and he said to me, "but do I always wear the same ones?" I was used to his brother and of course, it seems to me that I am going to have the opposite poles. Complaints about... "put that on", "get ready" or "you have to buy some pants" will become... "stop trying on yourself", "don't dress up so much" and "you already have enough clothes, don't you ask for more." What is clear to me is that I will not get bored. Struggles of motherhood in its purest form!
"Our bond as mother and daughter grows stronger when we utter the word fashion"
Maribel Cabo and Isabel
Mother and daughter, trying on their headdresses and hats. / @ABUELAALAULTIMA
-How do you experience being a mother and sharing your passion for fashion with your daughter?
-She came into my life one cold January afternoon, exactly on my birthday, and I learned to be a mother when I still didn't really know how to be a daughter. Isabel, that's her name, came into my life to teach me to love unconditionally, to forget about 'I' to always be 'us'. Our bond as mother and daughter grows stronger when we utter the word fashion. We are both presumptuous (I confess, a little more) and followers of the latest trends, although with very different styles.
She is the calm in the storm, the sweetness, the helping hand to count on, the perfect hostess. As a worker in the funeral sector (I think she was destined for it), she chooses her looks to transmit serenity in difficult moments, without fanfare, soft and neutral colors, with a slight chic touch. It is in his leisure time, when he resorts to sportswear, he dresses more comfortably and colorfully to enjoy his twins; Passionate about the world of accessories, hats and headdresses are her passion, and although she doesn't have much time, whenever she can invent, she creates a new design and gives free rein to her creativity. That is where we complement each other. She imagines and I help to create.
And what about me! It's hard to define myself, but my style goes through color, color and color… I don't mind wearing black, in fact, I think I overdo it a bit, but I make up for it by putting color in my accessories. Berets, hats, earrings, necklaces, rings, shoes, bags... Red, purple, yellow, pink, blue... I like them, I'm passionate about them... and that's where we best connect mother and daughter. It doesn't matter how busy we both are or how little we've talked about our things (the issue of children/grandchildren occupies us almost all the time) it only takes one call, a photo of that trend that we just saw... et voìla! We get up to date.
Our "girls only" days are now rarer, but there is no doubt that when you are passionate about something, you look for the moment to share and fashion is something that unites a lot, and that bond that nothing nor even reinforces us no one will be able to break for a long time that passes.
"I hope I can help you bring out your creative side, like my mother did with me"
Violeta Ibáñez, Frida and Eros
The creator of Aire Retro, with her mother, Rosa, and her loves Frida and Eros. / @AIRRETRO
-And you became a mother, what did it mean for you?
-Maternity changed me so much that Aire Retro was born precisely from that. When I became a mother and lost my job, I had to look for an option that was compatible with spending time with my daughter Frida and not having to move to Bilbao or Santander. That is where Aire Retro was born as a project to create with total freedom during the first year of my baby's life. I never thought it would work, honestly. My idea was to go back to work in an advertising agency after that year and here I am still with this marvelous job, my passion, my 'hobbie', my way of expressing myself and letting off steam... So in 2012 I was a double mother : first Frida and then Aire Retro. I thank life every day for this gift.
"My mother always put me in touch with culture: fashion, literature, music, art..."
-Some anecdote related to fashion and your little ones…
-Both Frida and Eros have experienced fashion since they were little and are used to tinkering with my prototypes and my drawings. They live the creative process in a natural way, they enjoy a lot and give their opinions. I hope I can help you bring out your creative side, like my mother did with me. She always put me in touch with culture: fashion, literature, music, art... I remember her painting plaster figures that my father made, with Joaquín Sabina playing in the background and explaining the meaning of certain songs...
This article could be endless, add as many testimonials, but today you are all. mothers. The five letters that fill families with pride and love. unique. Happy days and thank you for so much!
