Sophia Michaels
When Rowan Henchy attended prom in 2021, she raided her mom’s closet and found the strapless red gown that Brooke Shields wore to the Golden Globes in 1998. Despite this fashion nod, Rowan had no intention of following in her mom’s footsteps and pursuing a career as a model. Instead, she enrolled in college at Wake Forest University in North Carolina to study broadcast journalism. In 2022, she got to put her knowledge to use when she interviewed her own mom for Entertainment Tonight at the Fashionphile event in NYC. During the interview, Rowan asked her mom about her favorite fashion moments, and of course, the topic of her prom dress pick came up. “I felt confident when I wore your Golden Globes dress to my prom,” Rowan told her mom.
Rowan has also shown that she can handle discussing more serious topics. Before the release of her documentary, Shields warned both Rowan and Grier that it would touch on her postpartum depression. “I said to [Rowan], ‘You know, the important piece that I want you to take away is that I never wanted to hurt you, but I wanted to disappear,'” Shields recalled in an interview with People. To this, Rowan responded with compassion and understanding, telling her, “Mom, I’m still here.”
