On her birthday, L&rsquo;OFFICIEL celebrates with the star's best pictures from her days as a young model.

The &lsquo;80s sensation we all know and love today was a force to be reckoned with during her youth. Starting off her career as a child model and actor, Brooke Shields was quickly thrown into the limelight and further cemented her star status after having graced numerous fashion magazine covers as a teenager. By the time she was 15 years old, Shields had starred in the iconic 1980&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/calvin-klein-collection-pride-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calvin Klein</a> jeans ad and become the youngest model to land a Vogue cover. Then, in 1981, she got her star moment on the cover of L'OFFICIEL Paris,&nbsp;in a glamorous photoshoot emblematic of the voluminous silhouettes, bold fashion, and sculpted beauty of the era.&nbsp;

From fronting magazines to&nbsp;becoming a Hollywood hotshot, there was no doubt that Shields was the face of the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/perm-hair-treatment-trend-2021-curly-hairstyle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&lsquo;80s</a>. With her enviable <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/soap-brow-beauty-trend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brows</a> and beautiful blue eyes, the became more than just a pretty face. Shields took a break from work and attended Princeton University, where she received her bachelor&rsquo;s in Romance Languages. Upon graduation, she went back into acting in the &lsquo;90s and starred in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, for which she received two <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/best-dressed-celebs-at-the-2021-golden-globe-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Golden Globe</a> nominations. Aside from her other roles, Shields also made a memorable appearance on <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/hbo-max-friends-the-reunion-trailer-tv-special-cast-guest-stars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friends</a> as Joey&rsquo;s stalker.&nbsp;Although the star has stepped away from modeling, she <a href="https://www.lofficielitalia.com/moda/brooke-shields-helena-christensen-intervista-oggi-vita-moda-anni-90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> in the pages of L'OFFICIEL&nbsp;once again in 2021, this time joined by friend and supermodel <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/helena-christensen-pandora-mothers-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helena Christensen</a>.
As we celebrate the L'OFFICIEL icon's birthday, look back at the young photos of Shields from the '80s that launched her career.&nbsp;

A 16-year-old Brooke Shields on the cover of L'OFFICIEL Paris in 1981.

From the Cover of L'OFFICIEL to Her Calvin Klein Ad: Photos of Young Brooke Shields 

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