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The perks of having a glamorous family is that style is basically hereditary. Designer Charlotte Ronson (twin of DJ Samantha Ronson and little sister of musician Mark Ronson) tells The Aesthete that their mom was "a real clothes horse. She would show up at parent-teacher meetings late, wearing a leather skirt, and getting dirty looks from the other parents, or for sure the other mothers. We were proud of having a stylish, hot mother." Of her own style she explains, "I'm not very high-fashion. My line is very me, it's very wearable pieces. Obviously I like high fashion too but that’s more like playing dress-up." Here's to blazing your own path, Charlotte, and letting us shop it. [The Aesthete]