Jessica Simpson Set To Make $1 Billion From Fashion Empire Next Year

Jessica Simpson has been the talk of the fashion town lately, bagging a New York Magazine cover story and now a series of articles in Monday's Women's Wear Daily. NY Mag reported that Simpson's various clothing and accessory lines bagged $750 million in sales last year ("To put that figure in context, it means Jessica Simpson is doing roughly the same volume in sales as Michael Kors") and WWD projects that the pop star will bring in one billion dollars next year.

Simpson confessed to the fashion newspaper, "The bigger it gets, the more stressful it gets," adding, "I'll get mad if I see something with my name on it and I don't like it. I'll say, 'Mom, did you approve that? I don't like that. I never saw that, please tell me if you approved that.'" She and her mom Tina work together on all of the collections.

Some other choice excerpts...

On image:

"Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity. I want to be around until I'm not around anymore and then some."

On Southern women:

"Southern women are definitely a huge inspiration to us. We are Southern women. They always love to do it up and look fabulous at all times. It's fun to grab cool, huge rhinestone pieces or fun brooches that you can make into a necklace."

On her personal style:

"I love dresses. I love short skirts and showing off my legs. Sometimes I have to try and hide the boobs....I'm pretty simple. My style never gets too complicated."

Read the rest at WWD.com.

Comments

[jokamachi]

11:49 PM on 04/27/2011

Looks like she had talent after all.

[Absolon]

11:55 AM on 03/31/2011

Good for her.

[NorquistNemesis]

01:12 AM on 03/31/2011

Well, ok...but that stripe thing she's sporting in the pic gets crossed off my must-have list.

[jennbeth]

01:10 PM on 03/30/2011

She's a survivor. I like her, even if she is not particularly talented in any way shape or form.

[Marionette]

01:43 PM on 03/31/2011

unless you count the pesky 1 billion dollar thing..

[tyrant510]

03:02 AM on 03/30/2011

It's great that she is successful with these clothing lines, but the headline is misleading (again). She herself is not making a billion dollars, the clothing lines are projected to generate a billion dollars. what the article doesn't mention (here anyway), is how much of that will go to her? how big is her stake in the company?

[djsketox]

11:30 PM on 03/30/2011

Yes the headline is way off. They may have a billion in sales, but they will only make a fraction of that in income. And JS will see a fraction of that. No doubt it will be millions, but JS the individual will see no where near a billion in sales, contrary to the headlines implication.

[Melissa Terzis]

08:54 PM on 03/29/2011

I hate all things Jessica Simpson but I do love that dress she's wearing on the cover of WWD.

I'd be first in line to say "who the hell is buying this stuff" but I used to be a buyer for a now-defunct department store in the south (it was eaten by Macy's) and I get the department store customer profile. Oh boy do I get it.

[Robin Feltner]

07:26 PM on 03/29/2011

Thanks amazing! Way to make bank, Jessica!

[noaxe397]

06:36 PM on 03/29/2011

She could gain 100 pounds and wear burlap and still look totally hot.
 
 

[LittleRedEngine]

03:20 PM on 03/29/2011

I love my Jessica Simpson shoes :) You go girl! Although, I was sad over the Jess and Nick break-up. He was so heart-broken...

[Dietcokefreak]

02:00 PM on 03/29/2011

I love her shoes. I bought a pair of her sandals last year at Macy's and didn't realize they were hers until I got them home. So cute and comfy!

[mrman]

12:58 PM on 03/29/2011

Good for her. She has things for real women with real bodies.

[lydatarz]

12:32 PM on 03/29/2011

Tell me, can this freak still turn her head 108 degrees to look at a camera?

[Feanor]

05:46 PM on 03/29/2011

Why did you pollute this thread with your ugly thoughts?

[Schmice]

12:17 PM on 03/29/2011

Good for her.

[AppleBaby]

11:53 AM on 03/29/2011

her body drives the sales, not her brains.

[littlepuffycloud]

11:22 AM on 03/29/2011

'Southern women are definitely a huge inspiration to us. We are Southern women. They always love to do it up and look fabulous at all times.'

Nothing says glam and fab like sequined camo or a vintage Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt and a pair of Jessica's effffme pumps.

[Max Shaw]

02:48 PM on 03/29/2011

Or some rhinestone-d daisy duke cut-offs and a pair of knee high white leather stilletos and with a matching tattered cowboy hat to go with a bottle of Bud Light.