Risqué Business: Many a starlet would scoff at the idea of donning
a dress made entirely of recycled garter belts, but not Jessica Simpson. At the MTV Video Music Awards, the
pervasive, perky-bottomed "Dukes of Hazzard" bombshell transforms herself
into Beer Wench Barbie with ... morethese tragic black-and-white togs. Not even the
dizzy soon-to-be-ex Mrs. Lachey could have thought that it was a smart idea to
style a bewildering and bizarre mix of short-shorts, an exposed black lace bra,
a ruffled and frilly Frederick's of Hollywood-style baby doll and platform shoes
from the "Pretty Woman" streetwalking collection. (In her defense,
perhaps her vision was obscured by the spiraling extensions unfortunately
framing her face and the pound-and-a-half of kohl and mascara rimming her eyes.)
Still, the most disturbing part of Jessica's getup is the nagging suspicion that
her dad-manager-overlord Joe "You Can't Cover Those Suckers Up" Simpson probably
helped her pick it out. Close
