Sailor Brinkley Cook on her beloved Hamptons, the pressures of inherited fame and goal of uplifting others

She doesn’t want to be known as a “nepo baby” and would probably shudder at the thought of being called a “Gen Z socialite.” But model-content creator Sailor Brinkley Cook is an influencer — and she hopes to be a positive one.“I like to think of myself as mayor of the Hamptons,” she tells Alexa.

“I am the biggest advocate [for the area].Due to summer crowds, it can get a certain reputation, but the people who were born and raised in the Hamptons are some of the best people I’ve met in my life.” Brinkley Cook, who grew up on Bridgehampton’s Tower Hill estate (the site of our cover shoot), comes off as much more salt of the earth than celebutante, and that’s likely because of her incredibly close and supportive blended family — including model mom Christie Brinkley, real estate agent-architect dad Peter H.

Cook, older sister Alexa Ray Joel (whose dad is Piano Man Billy Joel) and big brother Jack. Rather than retreat from the inevitable comparisons that come with having a supermodel (and former Alexa cover star) mom, Brinkley Cook leans into them with a wink and a smile.“Growing up with Christie Brinkley as a mom, it’s like the [Fountains of Wayne] song ‘Stacy’s Mom,’” she laughs, breaking into her own rendition: “‘Sailor’s mom has got it going on.’” It’s a narrative the 27-year-old has lived with her whole life — and she’s not only learned to love it, but finds her mom aspirational.

“I’m like, ‘Rock on!’ I hope to be a MILF one day, too.”She and her look-alike mom, 72, often co-star in videos on TikTok and Instagram (from periodic ’fit checks to comedically dropping f-bombs while rapping along to Megan Thee Stallion).“We have a really fun dynamic,” shares Brinkley Cook.

“She’s a Disney princess and I’m the little troll under the bridge being like, ‘Do something funny!’” Brinkley Cook’s relationship with her dad, 66, is less public, but just as solid (he and Brinkley divorced i...