Christie Brinkley, 71, shows off ageless beauty in minidress as she releases memoir

Christie Brinkley stepped out in New York on Tuesday night to mark the release of her new memoir, Uptown Girl: Christie Brinkley.

The 71-year-old model was attending a special event hosted by Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis and looked relaxed as she posed for photos before sitting down for an interview.

Her outfit included a knee-length black wrap dress paired with black and cream heels.

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Brinkley wore her blonde hair down over her shoulders and smiled for photos as she celebrated her decades-long career.

The memoir, her third book following 1983’s Christie Brinkley’s Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book and Timeless Beauty, offers a closer look at Brinkley’s personal life, including her high-profile relationships and public breakups. But she was quick to clarify that the focus is on more than just the headlines.

“I just really hope people understand that the book is much more than rehashing divorces,” she said. “This is not a revenge novel. It’s filled with joy and when there are bad moments, it’s sort of how to keep going and learn not to let them pull you down.”

She added: “And how to stay positive and maybe learn something from it or let it propel you into someplace that you didn’t dare go before.”

Brinkley has been married four times, including to Jean-Francois Allaux, Richard Taubman, and Peter Cook.

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Her most famous marriage, though, was to Billy Joel, whom she wed in 1985. The two divorced in 1994 but remained linked in the public eye, particularly due to Joel’s 1983 hit Uptown Girl, in which Brinkley starred.

In the memoir, she addresses their split, writing: “To be clear, I never wanted to end things with Billy. But his drinking was bigger than the both of us.”

Reflecting further, she added: “In the end, when the relationship isn’t functioning the way you want it to be anymore — that’s the worst kind of loneliness because you just can’t make it work together and that’s painful.”

Billy Joel has since spoken openly about his past struggles with alcohol and said in 2023 that he had stopped drinking “a couple of years ago.”