Jessica Simpson photographed on Oct. 18 at PMC Studios in Los Angeles, in honor of the music artist and entrepreneur’s Icon Award. Simpson will receive the award at the 2023 Footwear News Achievement Awards on Nov. 29 in New York. Photos: Camraface. Style Director: Shannon Adducci. Stylist: Natalie Saidi. Makeup: Joyce Bonelli. Hair: Jessie Holiday. Prop Stylist: Skye Whitley-GuzmĂ¡n. Editorial Assistant: Tara Larson.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
On Simpson: VALDRIN SAHITI crystal embellished gown and velvet gloves ANABELA CHAN Snowflower ring.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
On Simpson: NICOLAS JEBRAN haute couture metallic gown. JESSICA SIMPSON Saidah embellished block heels. ANABELA CHAN Cascade earrings VERA BELLEZA ring.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
On Simpson: JESSICA SIMPSON COLLECTION Prizma D’Orsay pumps. ALERSUNDI gold sequin bodysuit. WOLFORD stockings. ALEXIS BITTAR lucite molten hoops.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
“An icon is someone who is not afraid to take risks,” says Simpson on winning the 2023 FNAA Icon Award. “And often, their choices don’t make sense in the immediate, but they’re part of an enlightened understanding of the big picture. It’s someone who transcends a particular time or place and defines a moment.”
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
“The most rewarding thing is knowing everything we do is now for us and our team,” says the star of buying back her Jessica Simpson Collection brand, which she runs with her mother Tina. “We’re doing everything. We’re making every investment and putting forth all effort, every sacrifice. It’s for the brand.”
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
“My younger self definitely cared and wanted to be accepted. I had to grow up in the business,” says Simpson of her twenty-some years in the spotlight. “Words can hurt. But it’s the icons who stay. Because they don’t believe it. They know that their purpose is bigger.”
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
Jessica Simpson photographed on Oct. 18 in Los Angeles.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
Jessica Simpson photographed by Camraface for the 2023 FNAA issue of FN. The star will receive the Icon Award at the annual awards on Nov. 29 in New York.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
“She’s been really true to her word and true to her style,” says Simpson’s mother Tina says of the star. “She’s been very consistent to who she is as a person, and I think that is more of what an icon is, somebody who represents themselves well.”
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
Jessica Simpson photographed by Camraface.
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Jessica Simpson: The FN Cover Shoot
“There are little successes that we celebrate along the way. It’s not just one grandiose moment,” says Simpson of her company’s staying power. “Just staying in the process, instead of feeling as if something’s completely accomplished, is almost more important.”