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| 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 these 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. |