Gloria Vanderbilt

If you grew up in the 80's, then you too had a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans. This icon is much more than the name behind the jeans. She is an artist, author, actress, heiress, mother, businesswoman, and fashion designer. Gloria Laura Vanderbilt is a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family of New York and is the mother of Anderson Cooper on CNN. Anderson Cooper's father is famed writer and screenwriter, Wyatt Emory Cooper. Here are some of Gloria Vanderbilt’s most famous photographs courtesy of the November 2010 issue of Town & Country.