According to Brooke, oversized is so over.
In the past few years, oversized has slowly but surely become the sartorial standard. From slouchy sweaters to wide leg pants to blazers that you can drown in, these days, bigger really is better. But apparently, Brooke Shields is ready for a change. While out in New York to promote her new book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, the actress wore a sleek suit that was more tailored than oversized.
The gray Thom Browne suit featured a cropped, fitted blazer along with cropped trousers that just skimmed her ankle. She wore the suit with a classic white button-up shirt and a matching gray tie—that was also notably tailored to perfection, by the way. She added a touch of glamour to the simple suit with a pair of metallic silver pumps and dangly silver earrings. She completed the look with a quilted Chanel flap bag and her trusty pair of orange rimmed glasses, which were the only oversized element of her outfit.
This is far from the first time Shields has opted for a menswear-inspired look. In 2023, she was spotted in a classic brown blazer paired with ripped jeans and last September she donned a crisp white shirt paired with a classic trench.
Shields stopped by Good Morning America in her chic suit where she spoke about her new book and the pressures on women in Hollywood to look younger than their age. “People want me to look like I did in Blue Lagoon, but I don’t,” she said, adding, “If you’ve been imprinted on by the public or by men for any reason, aging is not part of their plan for you and somehow you’re disappointing.”
Instead, Shields is determined to embrace aging as a positive thing. "Every single woman I know who's over 40 is absolutely fabulous," she said. "They are doing new things and they're empowered in a way that they weren't ever before."
Shields isn’t the only woman in the industry speaking up about the importance of welcoming the aging process. Just last week, Andie MacDowell revealed that she had once been called “too matronly” by a photographer. Like Shields, she has decided to embrace it. “But why do we have this distaste for women and the word matronly? Why can’t it be like demure?” she said to Glamour. “I’m matronly. That is what I am. Why can’t I be matronly in a gorgeous, powerful, respectful, glamorous way?”