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What do you get when you combineChristieBrinkley’s iconic modeling career and her love for dogs? A recreation of some of her most memorable magazine covers starring adorable pups!
The supermodel recently partnered withPet Life Unlimitedto help senior rescue dogs find homes, giving the canines loving glow-ups with the pet brand’s products.
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Helping out older hounds made sense for Brinkley because she can “relate,” she says.
“I think I’m the right age,” Brinkley, 69, tells PEOPLE.
“The senior dogs, they just are not being noticed [compared to younger dogs]. More than anybody, they need to be loved, and they don’t ask for much,” she adds.
The cause-worthy collaboration hits close to home for Brinkley.
During her adolescence, Brinkley says she campaigned for her mother to buy her a trendy new coat. Just when she was about to have it, Brinkley stumbled upon a box of puppies for sale that immediately grabbed her attention.
“The puppy was looking at me in a special way,” Brinkley says of the moment.
She eventually forfeited the outerwear for the puppy after working through her mother’s hesitation — and that’s where Brinkley’s love for pets began.
Now, she’s apet mom to her dog Chester(and the designated sitter for her24-year-old daughterSailor’s pup Lionel!) and considers the canines a part of the family — just “shorter, hairier members.”
“We just love them. We take them wherever we can, wherever they’re allowed, and we dote on them. They’re so precious and so sweet. They love us back so eagerly that you just feel so lucky to have them in your life,” Brinkley says.
Being the pet of a catwalk pro means access to an impressive wardrobe.
“We do have a pretty cute wardrobe of sweaters for the wintertime, and I do kind of love dressing them in a similar vein,” the supermodel says of her family’s dogs, adding that the animals look “particularly cute” when they’re dressed in nautical-style striped sailor shirts and tiny life vests during family boat outings.
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Of course, Brinkley infused that same level of care, love, and fabulousness into her puppy makeovers with Pet Life Unlimited. She believes the “foundation” of a good glow-up for humans and senior dogs alike is a good hair day.
The simple things in life also help Brinkley shine from the inside out.
“I just love any time I have any family and friends around and just be able to sit and laugh – I think laughter heals everything,” she says.
source: people.com
