February 4 marks the release ofJessica Simpson’spowerful new memoirOpen Book— and the 39-year-old megastar is embarking on her promo tour dressed for success.
“Channeling my inner Elle Woods ?#OpenBookLOOKS,” shecaptioned the post.
“Princess?????” one person wrote in the comment section. Another said, “Seriously — she can do no wrong right now! ?”
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A few fans even exchangedLegally Blondequotes in the comment section, as they complimented Simpson’s glamorous look.
Simpson’s stylist and close friendNicole Chavezalso shared a photo of the look she helped curate with the star.
While a second person shared one of Woods’ most iconic lines, “What? Like it’s hard to get into Harvard?” and added a sweet message aboutOpen Book: “Or write a book that is SO freaking brave? Already listening on Audible!! Thank you for writing this book ?”
And this isn’t the first major fashionable monochromatic moment Simpson has had while out and about to promote her book.
On Monday, she looked chic in a black long-sleeve dress paired with oversize square sunglasses and black pointed toe leather boots.
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Simpson is seemingly having fun with fashion these days, but inOpen Book, the former reality star shares thedark story behind one of her most iconic style moments ever.
In 2005, Simpson wore the famedDaisy Duke shortsfor her scene-stealing role inTheDukes of Hazzard.She was praised at the time for her body — and her legs in particular — but the singer says it set her up for years of “scrutiny” any time her weight changed.
Writing in her new memoir, out today, Simpson says that the Daisy Duke moment “created a gold standard Jessica, the ‘before’ for every ‘is she fat or is she thin’ story for the rest of my career.”
And those body expectations did follow her for the next 15 years,through three pregnanciesand the infamous“mom jeans” look in 2009that had people calling her “fat.” Simpson tells PEOPLE that she never expected that level of judgement when she signed her record deal at age 17.
“I thought it was about my voice. I didn’t know that it was going to end up being about how I looked in a dress,” she says. “It’s heartbreaking and I mean, I punished myself for it. I took diet pills. I heard it and I couldn’t not hear it in the back of my mind every time I was on stage, every time I walked out the door.”
Jessica SimpsoninThe Dukes Of Hazzard.
“Even now, people [are] commenting on my Instagram, ‘Oh, snap back?’ [about her weight loss] No, it wasn’t a snap back and I don’t even know what that word means,” she says. “It’s like, I work hard and when I work out, a lot of it is to release anxiety. That’s one of my tools for sobriety. Just walking, just going and talking, walking and talking with my husband. Even some of my biggest fans… They’re saying it as a compliment, but it’s like, that’s not what I was trying to get with this picture but okay.”
It helps, though, that Simpson is now comfortable in her body and looks at it as a source of strength.
“It’s one of those things that I do accept about myself,” she says. “I do want to look my best of course. And be my best and be active with my kids and run around and not feel too weighed down. It’s not that I am all about strict dieting or anything like that.”
source: people.com
