Brooke Shields' Daughter Asked Her to Wear a Short Dress and Cowboy Boots to Parents Weekend: 'Seriously?' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Brooke Shields and daughter Grier Hammond.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Brooke Shieldsand herdaughter Griershare a love for fashion — but they don’t always have the same sartorial vision.

While discussing her new haircare lineCommence, the actress, 59, tells PEOPLE that her 18-year-old asked her to wear a surprising outfit for an upcoming event at her college. Shields also shares daughterRowan Francis Henchy, 21, with husband Chris Henchy.

“We’re going to parents' weekend soon and Grier called me and said, ‘I want you to wear cowboy boots and a little short dress,'” Shields recalls. “I said, ‘I don’t think that that is appropriate and I do not want to.'”

The star continues, “And she’s like, ‘Mom, it’ll just make you cooler.’ And then my husband was like, ‘You should wear Daisy Dukes.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ I’m not trying to look backwards. I’m trying to go forward, but in a youthful way.”

Brooke Shields with daughters Rowan (L) and Grier (R).Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images

This philosophy is the driving force behind Shields’ new haircare line,Commence, which is designed for women over 40.

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“There should be a lightness in this era of a woman’s life, and instead we’re met with, ‘Oh, so you’re in menopause now,’ or, ‘You’ve had a good run,'” Shields says. “The moment when your kids are gone it’s like, ‘All right, see you later.’ What I want with this brand is a lightness. vibrancy and an excitement for this period of our lives.”

Brooke Shields for Commence.Pamela Hanson

Pamela Hanson

Out now, Commence’s lineup featuresShine Enhancing Detangler, Detoxifying Shampoo (which includes the first-ever foaming oat ingredient found in haircare) and the popular2-in-1 Instant Shampoo, which sold out within the first month of launch and had a 23,000-person waitlist.

Shields has previously authored theNew York Timesbestselling booksDown Came the Rain, which details her experience with postpartum depression, andThere Was a Little Girl, about her relationship with her mother, Teri, who died in 2012.

source: people.com