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NEW YORK — Singer and fashion designer Jessica Simpson smiles to paparazzi as she arrives at JFK airport last week dressed in a tweed blazer, dark blue skinny jeans and black caged heels. Jessica asseccorized with oversized Roberto Cavalli sunglasses and Gucci overnight bag.

Jessica Simpson visited town to check on her Macy’s Collection. The Jessica Simpson Collection is quite extensive and includes footwear, bags, apparel and fragrances. It has been selling at Macy’s since November 3, 2007.

Even though the Collection consists of inexpensive items (meaning sacrificed quality of materials), it attracts strong and positive consumer ratings. An average item from Jessica Simpson Collection is rated 4.5+ out of 5. And yes, Jessica Simpson likes to promote her own accessories — especially bags!

In case you didn’t know yet, Jessica’s BFF and stylist Ken Paves has been accidentally hit in a face with a paparazzo’s camera yesterday. Google it, there are some bloody pictures of Ken out there!

DALLAS, TX — Singer Jessica Simpson appeared in this ad for Stampede Light Plus
beer by a small Texas start-up, Stampede Brewing Co. Sitting on top of hay bales, lovely
Jessica sports her signature southern look consisting of a cowboy hat, a white cowboy
shirt, and a purple-and-white chiffon skirt. US Weekly Magazine’s poll — Jessica Simpson
beer ad is hot or not — attracted more than 43000 votes which are roughly devided 50/50.
FYI: Simpson gets 15% stake in the brewery. If you are interested to learn more about
beer, which is packed with vitamins, read Stampede official press release below.

We recently reported that Jessica Simpson together with The Camuto Groupare planning to launch a line of lingirie.

Now, we have learned that Jessica Simpson has signed two more licensing agreements with The Camuto Group to add scarves, wraps, hats and hosiery to Jessica’s own line of accessories. 

WWD.com reports the following:

Collection XIIX Ltd. will design, manufacture and distribute a complete line of scarves, wraps and hats. The scarves and wraps will feature floral prints and vintage Americana designs, and the hats will include straw cowboy styles and oversize sun pieces. Launching for spring, the collections will be distributed at major department and specialty stores nationwide.

NEW YORK — Jessica Simpson pictured leaving Gramercy Park Hotel on the way to Dos Caminos Restaurant. Jessica donned for the occasion striped shirt, J Brand jeans and accessorized with Roberto Cavalli sunglasses, Roberto Cavalli metallic bag, and Azzedine Alaia heels.

NEW YORK — Jessica Simpson promoting her new country music single, “Come On Over,” in The Big Apple. Jess keeps it incognito while hiding behind an oversized tortoise sunglasses by Roberto Cavalli.

Jessica’s colorful accessories (bag and necklace) makes her entire ensemble look stylish. The oversized green signature bag is from Jessica Simpson line of accessories. Even though Jessica’s accessories in general are priced under $100, the bag looks rather great.

Jessica’s ensemble is completed with Alexander McQueen blazer, C&C tank top and Frankie B shorts.

NEW YORK — Jessica Simpson beams in a sunny yellow strapless dress by Calvin Klein and Azzedine Alaia wedges and carries a patchwork python skin oversized clutch from Minority for a night out on the town. Jessica had dinner at Nobu Restaurant in Downtown with her mother and friends.

One of the paparazzi outside Nobu Restaurant made Jessica a compliment about how “gorgeous” she looked. Jessica responded, saying, “Butter me up, boys!”

This clutch looks fantastic. It really complements Jessica’s look.

If you’ve ever wanted to get ‘intimate’ with Jessica Simpson, here’s your chance! 

Celebrity fashion entrepreneur Jessica Simpson’s new fashion quest is to create a line of intimate apparel together with a master licensee of Jessica Simpson brand, The Camuto Group. The line will include bras, underwear, pajamas and panty-line erasing shapewear. Jessica already has a five-year-old full line of fashion accessories including handbags, shoes, sunglasses and swimsuits. 

WWD reports that The Camuto Group will introduce Jessica’s lingerie line for Spring 2009.

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Alicia Keys in Catherine Malandrino orange top, Akademics jeans, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Louis Vuitton scarf, Louis Vuitton sunglasses.

Michelle Williams wearing marine blue tunic, straw fedora hat and gray ballet shoes on April 19, 2008. We love her  vintage look!

Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester, turned up at the opening night of “La Fille Du Reqiment” in New York on April 21, 2008 wearing  signature Yves Saint Laurent yellow cocktail dress and Van Cleef & Arpelsjewels. This YSL dress from Pre-Fall 2008 Collection hits the stores in June 2008. Read related story…

Hilary Duff was snapped in L. A. in April 2008 with Prada Fairy Bag. As one of Prada’s new designs, this bag is the IT bag of the season. It features an artistic drawing of fairies in black and red on deerskin. Other selebrities who own this bag are: Sienna Miller, Tilda Swinton, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Price tag is $2290, and there’s also a big wait list.

NEW YORK — I was walking past Chanel Store on East 57 Street today, and I noticed that the focal point of their window display was the Little Black Dress (LBD). The mannequins were dressed in heavily accessorized with yellow metal hardware dresses, which were nothing else but Chanel’s timeless classics, the LBDs.

The Little Black Dress was created by Coco Chanel in 1926. Chanel believed that fashion must be functional and chic at the same time. The Little Black Dress was meant to be the fashion ideal — perfectly simple, yet very sexy — it was designed to fit women of every age and shape.

Vogue Magazine published first picture. The dress was calf-length and simple. Vogue Magazine noted at the time that the LBD would become “a sort of uniform for all women of taste.” It did!

82 years later, the LBD is still here and has the same strong appeal. It’s the ultimate classic trend. All it needs is just a few bells and whistles — few accessories to be in accord with ever changing trends and styles. The LBD is the blank canvas waiting to be painted on. And many designers do. Whether they add pockets, embroidering, lace, ruffles or metal hardware, these are just insignificant tweaks. Accessories change the mood of ensemble. What does not change is a prerequisite — the LBD must be made of expensive fabric, it must be well-cut and well-fitted…

Let’s see how some celebrities like their LBDs garnished (click the thumbnails to enlarge).