The blog posts pictures of users' mothers looking stylish. And they come with amazing anecdotes attached: this mom, with her perfect sunglasses and hangers in the back seat, was on her honeymoon in Cape Cod.

My Mom, Style Icon inspired me to look through some of our Past Fashion posts again. Of this photo, the contributor notes, "That thumb in the picture is my Dad's. They just celebrated 49 years, and he's still putting his thumb in pictures."

Here's another stylish lady on her honeymoon, in 1959. They're still married.

Wow. Just wow. A disco suit for homecoming!

This mom was a dancer on Dean Martin's show in the 60s. She went on to play Patty Simcox in Grease.

If you want to submit content — and I totally will be, when I go home for the holidays and can get my mitts on some family albums, 'cause my mom has mad style (and a freakish ability to navigate to a previously unknown thrift store in any town on the continent, including LaCrosse, Wisconsin; she should build an iPhone app for that and make millions) — e-mail pictures to momstyleicons@gmail.com.

My Mom, The Style Icon [Official Site]

I was a very avid journal keeper, but don't seem to have many of the early ones. Still: I was prolific. My mom has a few, and in my bookcase I counted 33 journals (from various years). The one above, has, yes, a silver unicorn on it. And here's what I drew on the inside cover:





It was the mid-'80s. I was 12, going on 13. And heavily influenced by Miami Vice, Desperately Seeking Susan and Valley Girl.


Inside? Well, paging through, all these years later, felt really odd. I read lots of gossip about people I can barely remember. So-and-so was being a bitch; whatshername was seen holding some guy's hand; someone snuck out of the house and went to third base. There were parties, movies and homework. There were intricate social structures. Everything the older kids (9th graders!) did seemed so mysterious, and college seemed ages away. It seemed like I had a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, and a fair amount of sass — plus the strange urge to write it all down.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Send us a page from your old diary. A clear photograph or a scan would work best, and please make sure the image is no smaller than 500 pixels wide. Much like our Past Fashion galleries, we'll collect them all and display them. The post will go up next month, so send images to photos@jezebel.com by Friday, August 21. Please include your name (or commenter name), the year the diary was written, and how old you were when you wrote your salacious gossip.

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The Amy Diary

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In fact, the course of a few months last year, readers sent in photos for galleries on everything from "retro" black hairstyles, to Easter outfits, childhood pets, bridal fashions, prom dresses, summer swimsuits, sports uniforms, school portraits, and Halloween costumes. Now, not only are we bringing the feature back, but we're making it decade-specific: the 1980s. And as you can see from the image above left, I'm going first. (School year 1986-87. Grade: 8th. Location: Northern California. Top: Esprit. Curl Activator: Care Free Curl©. Lipstick: Revlon. Eyeliner: Electric blue. Psyche: Tortured. )

Here's what to do: Send in scans of your best or worst 80s-era photos to photos@jezebel.com by Friday, May 15. Please include the year, location, your first name or commenter name, and - this is important - a brief description of your memories of the photo and the era. We'll be putting up the gallery in late May, while also announcing the theme for June's edition. Oh, and while you're at it, check out the galleries from last year, below; some of your favorite commenters may be featured.

Earlier: The Way We Were: Retro Black Hairstyles
•Holy Jesus, You All Looked Cute In Those Horrid Easter Ensembles!
•When Animals Attract: Your Cuddly Childhood Creatures
•It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times: A Gallery Of Not So Gorgeous Bridal Fashions
•Oh What A Night: The Pastel, Poufy, & Gothic Prom Gowns Of Generations Of Jezebels
•Endless Summer: The Technicolor Kiddie Swimsuit Extravaganza
•Retro Sports Style: The Haircuts & Smiles Were As Uneven As A Gym Apparatus
•Goofy Glasses, Pretty Pigtails & Snaggletooth Smiles: September Is For School Portraits
•Halloween Costumes So Cute They're Scary

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Earlier: Endless Summer: The Technicolor Kiddie Swimsuit Extravaganza
Oh What A Night: The Pastel, Poufy, & Gothic Prom Gowns Of Generations Of Jezebels
It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times: A Gallery Of Not So Gorgeous Bridal Fashions
When Animals Attract: Your Cuddly Childhood Creatures
Holy Jesus, You All Looked Cute In Those Horrid Easter Ensembles!
The Way We Were: Retro Black Hairstyles

• More Olympian ovations! This week we crushed on Shelly-Ann Fraser's gleaming braces and Shawn Johnson's balance beam dominance.
• You sent in your retro sports photos, which won the adorable Olympics.
• We audibly squeeeeeee-d when we discovered that Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams were back together. Squeee!
• We did not squee over P.U.M.A.s, Will Bower, or any other mouth-breathing, politically destructive a-holes.
• International Male from the early mid-80s. Fringe and short shorts and spandex oh my!

• We pondered fast fashion.
• We no longer want to ponder the status of Jennifer Aniston's vagina, ring finger.
• It's the weekend, y'all! So eat some questionable sushi, read some delightful YA novels about brother fucking and relax!

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