Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC
- 6 years ago
Nothing Comes Between Brooke Shields and Her New Line for QVC
“Our customer is going to love her,” Ms. Ungaro said, “because to their minds she is very real.”
Still, the notion of Ms. Shields tweaking hemlines and adjusting seams seems a bit improbable.
At 52, Ms. Shields, after transitioning through the decades from wide-eyed innocent to self-mocking glamorista in television shows like “Suddenly Susan” and “Friends,” has ripened into the kind of consummately relatable personality much coveted by QVC, the home-shopping behemoth
that found success with celebrities including Iman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“I think in my life I’ve really embodied both the sexy
and the wholesome,” said Ms. Shields, a tutor’s pet on her early movie locations who eventually attended Princeton University.
“She playacts,” he adds, “even when the audience isn’t here.”
In her 2014 memoir, “There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me,” Ms. Shields confides
that she pulled away from Mr. Agassi by degrees, their rift widening after she learned of his former substance abuse.
“I was the person who was living above the hardware store and was fine with it,” Ms. Shields said.
“I found that I could put on these different hats and thrive,” she said.
“Our customer is going to love her,” Ms. Ungaro said, “because to their minds she is very real.”
Still, the notion of Ms. Shields tweaking hemlines and adjusting seams seems a bit improbable.
At 52, Ms. Shields, after transitioning through the decades from wide-eyed innocent to self-mocking glamorista in television shows like “Suddenly Susan” and “Friends,” has ripened into the kind of consummately relatable personality much coveted by QVC, the home-shopping behemoth
that found success with celebrities including Iman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“I think in my life I’ve really embodied both the sexy
and the wholesome,” said Ms. Shields, a tutor’s pet on her early movie locations who eventually attended Princeton University.
“She playacts,” he adds, “even when the audience isn’t here.”
In her 2014 memoir, “There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me,” Ms. Shields confides
that she pulled away from Mr. Agassi by degrees, their rift widening after she learned of his former substance abuse.
“I was the person who was living above the hardware store and was fine with it,” Ms. Shields said.
“I found that I could put on these different hats and thrive,” she said.