Skip to main contentSkip to footer
Digital Cover celebrities

Sailor Brinkley Cook on starting college and the advice mom ​Christie Brinkley has given her

By Alexandra Hurtado


UPDATED MARCH 1, 2019 5:28 AM EST

Christie Brinkley’sdaughter Sailor Brinkley Cook is trading fashion for books! The 18-year-old budding model chatted with HELLO! about putting her college studies first during the FIJI Water x Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awardsin New York City on Thursday.

CLICK FOR FULL GALLERY

 

Christie Brinkley's daughter recently started college at Parsons in New York City.
Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images

 

What was mom Christie Brinkley's advice for the new college student? 'Work hard. Stay grounded. Do your work. School first,' Sailor revealed Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images

The Parsons School of Designstudent admitted, “College is crazy, stressful. I’m in mythird week, but I’m having a lot of fun. It’s really crazy!”

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THESE CELEBRITY KIDS

Sailor, who is studying photography, will be jumping from in front of the camera lens to behind it. She confessed, “I love modeling and I’ve been shooting a lot recently like over the summer, but school right now is my main priority.”

Sailor revealed her mom's sound advice: "Just to work hard. Stay grounded. Do your work. School first."
Photo: Instagram/@christiebrinkley

Christie shared this photo on Instagram recently as Sailor was moving in to her very own apartment Photo: Instagram/@christiebrinkley

The young college student recently moved into her very own Manhattan apartment to begin her fall semester. Christie, 62, shared an adorable snapshot of herself and daughter twinning in overalls prior to the big step, captioning the photo: "Brinkley Moving Company! We get the job done!”

CELEBRITY MOTHER-DAUGHTER LOOK ALIKES

As for whether her mother gave her any advicebefore packing up for college, Sailor revealed, “Just to work hard. Staygrounded. Do your work. School first.”

Princess Olympia of Greece is also studying photography at Parsons.
Photo: Instagram/@olympiagreece

Sailor is hitting the books with fellow Parsons students like Princess Olympia of Greece, above Photo: Instagram/@olympiagreece

Christie’s daughter isn’t the only famous face atthe New York design school. Like Sailor, Princess Olympia of Greece is alsopursuing a degree in photography. The royal opened to HELLO! in June about her first year of college saying, “It was a lot, but I loved it.”

ROYALS TURNED PHOTOGRAPHERS

With her freshman year already underher belt, Olympia was eager to return to school this fall. As summer began, she told us, “Ihonestly had the best time. I love Parsons so much – I’m excited to go back.”