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

Although Brooke Shields and her daughter Grier have similar taste in clothing, they don’t always agree on what looks good on them.

The 59-year-old actress tells PEOPLE that her 18-year-old requested her to wear an unexpected attire for an upcoming function at her college, all while talking about her new haircare product Commence. Along with her spouse Chris Henchy, Shields has a 21-year-old daughter named Rowan Francis 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 remembers. “I said, ‘I don’t think that that is appropriate and I do not want to.'”

The star keeps going, ‘Mom, it’ll only make you cooler,’ she says. My spouse then said, “You ought to wear Daisy Dukes.” “What?” is how I feel. I’m not attempting to turn around. I’m attempting to move forward in a naive manner.Commence, Brooke Shields’ new haircare line for women over forty, is inspired by this principle. Her hair isn’t full of secrets because she told us all of them in this interview.

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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 said. “After your children leave, you kind of feel like, ‘Okay, see you later.'” It’s the lightness of this brand that I want. liveliness and enthusiasm for this stage of our lives.”Shine Enhancing Detangler, Detoxifying Shampoo (which has the first-ever foamy oat component found in haircare), and the well-liked 2-in-1 Instant Shampoo are all available today from Commence. The latter sold out in its first month of release and had a 23,000-person backlog.

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Early in the upcoming year, Shields’ memoir, Brook Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, will be available on bookstores with her new beauty venture. The book is a “intimate and empowering exploration of aging,” according to its official description, and it is published by Flatiron Books.