Brooke Shields emerges as she continues to grieve the death of her mother

She lost her mother at the start of last month after Teri Shields lost her battle with a long illness.
And Brooke Shields is understandably still in mourning.
The actress cut a downcast figure as she stepped out in New York on Tuesday.

Tough time: Brooke Shields emerged in New York on Tuesday as she continues to grieve the death of her mother Teri Shields

Dressed in a large padded green jacket and a pair of blue flares, the 47-year-old went for a stroll around the West Village.
Last month Brooke was left devastated after her mother and former manager Teri died aged 79.
The New York Times reported the elder Shields passed away following a long illness related to dementia.
The Blue Lagoon star released a heartfelt statement to People magazine at the time.

Afternoon stroll: The actress has been laying low in the wake of her loss

Brooke, who had a troubled relationship with Teri, who masterminded her daughter's career after launching her into showbiz as a baby, said she wouldn't be who she was today if it wasn't for her mother.
'My mother was an enormous part of my life and of who I am today," Brooke said in a statement to People magazine.
'I loved her, laughed with her, and respected her. And although she had her share of struggles, she was my mom.'

In mourning: Brooke and her children pictured with her mother Teri in 2007; Teri died last month in New York after a long illness

Brooke and her mother had a troubled relationship, eventually becoming estranged due to Teri's 'iron fist' approach to her daughter's career and resentment that Brooke wanted to be independent of her.
Teri's approach to her daughter's career was heavily criticised, and she was accused of exploiting Brooke during her early years.
She first signed on her daughter, whom she once described as looking like a 'beautiful doll', to pose for an Ivory Soap ad at just 11 months.

Criticised: Teri Shields raised eyebrows when she allowed her then 11-year-old to be cast as a child prostitute in 1978's Pretty Baby

It launched a child modelling career that would include campaigns for Breck, Band-Aids and Colgate.
Teri famously raised eyebrows when she allowed her then 11-year-old to be cast as a child prostitute in 1978's Pretty Baby.
The controversial period piece was set in a New Orleans bordello and Brooke had a nude scene and filmed scenes in which her character lost her virginity.
Teri also arranged for a photographer to take naked pictures of Brooke when she was 10.
A few years later, she permitted 15-year-old Brooke to famously star in a series of commercials for Calvin Klein jeans, provocatively professing that nothing comes between 'me and my Calvins.'

'Nothing comes between me and my Calvins': Brooke starred in the advert at the age of 15

Defending her decision to allow Brooke to star in Pretty Baby, Teri told an American TV show a few years after its release: 'They see total innocence, which is totally there.
'And two, they have the sexy child too, they have the sexy person - that appeals to them.'

Close: Brooke and her mother are pictured in 1981 looking close before their relationship soured

In the same interview Shields also said that people who accused her of exploiting her child were jealous.
For her part, Brooke said at the time: 'It's only a role. I'm not going to grow up and be a prostitute.'
The Blue Lagoon star's bond with Teri showed strain early on.
In an article written on the pair when Brooke was 12, People magazine wrote: 'Occasionally the intimacy between mother and daughter turns into anger.
It reported that Brooke complained: "Oh, Mommy, you're so dumb!" to which Teri snapped back, "I don't have to take that crap!" before storming out of the room.
The relationship became even more tense when Brooke hit her twenties and wanted to start taking control of her own affairs.
They parted professionally in 1995, with Brooke describing the move as 'the hardest thing.'
She told Rolling Stone the following year that 'something didn't feel right.'
'I had hopes and dreams, and I wasn't doing anything to go toward them,' she said.
'The focus was on creating a persona rather than a talent.'
In mid-Nineties Brooke accused her mother of being an alcoholic.
She told the New York Times: 'I grew up in an alcoholic household. I’m the caretaker who wants to make everything better, and you can just do that for so long, or so I’ve been told.'
But eventually their relationship thawed and by the time of Teri's death the two were long reconciled.
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