Study: Moms mimic teen daughters' fashion style

The answers revealed that when mothers see their daughters as stylish, they’re likely to mimic their child’s look, especially if the moms think of themselves as young at heart. Daughters, on the other hand, were not keen on imitating their mothers, even when the teens perceived themselves as older than their years and saw their moms as stylish.

Ruvio said she was surprised at how eager mothers were to look like their daughters.

“They really tend to copy the way they dress up, the things they wear,” she told LiveScience. “We did some interviews in a study published elsewhere, and [moms] told us they borrow items from their teenage girls. The teenage girls didn’t really like that.”