Brooke Shieldsis suing celebrity makeup artist and businesswomanCharlotte Tilburyfor naming an eyebrow pencil after her without her consent.
“Brooke Shields’s career as a model, actress, author, and entrepreneur spanning decades has made Brooke (and her eyebrows) a household name,” Shields' attorney, Alex Weingarten of Venable LLP said in a statement to PEOPLE. “In fact, Brooke’s eyebrows have been her trademark sinceTimemagazine declared her ‘the ’80s look’ in 1981.”
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According to the suit, Shields is seeking damages from Tilbury and wants the brand to pull the pencil from stores. It is currently available at retailers including Sephora, Nordstrom, J.C. Penney, Bloomingdale’s and Bergdorf Goodman.
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The complaint notes that Shields has not endorsed any cosmetics products since her cosmetics line with MAC was released in 2014 when she spent two years working with MAC to develop the products that includes eyebrow-enhancing products and an eyebrow pencil. It also states that Shields has spent “time and resources investigating and developing opportunities to create her own cosmetics line with an emphasis on eyebrow-enhancing products.”
Other shades of theBrow Lift Eyebrow Pencilappear to be named after other notable celebrities like “Grace K” (for Grace Kelly) and “Naomi” (for Naomi Campbell). However on theCharlotte Tilbury brand website’s product page, there is no detailed explanation for the inspiration behind the brow pencil shade names.
PEOPLE has reached out to Tilbury’s team for comment.
source: people.com
