Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Simpson was born on October 3, 1984 in Waco, Texas, and raised in Richardson, Texas. She is the second daughter of Joe Truett Simpson (a former Baptist youth minister who is now her manager) and Tina Ann Drew.Ashlee attended Prairie Creek Elementary. An accomplished dancer, Simpson began studying classical ballet at the age of three, and was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City at the age of eleven.Around that time, she suffered from an eating disorder; the condition lasted about six months, but her parents then stepped in and got her to eat more. After her sister Jessica Simpson landed a record deal, the Simpson family decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where Ashlee began appearing in television commercials.
When Simpson first broke onto the music scene in 2004, she was set apart from her sister’s already established image by a different musical style, different fashion choices, and a more assertive personality. Simpson’s songs have been characterized by rock elements absent from her sister’s music, and, particularly during the time of her initial stardom, Simpson would often wear outfits highlighting a more rock or punk-influenced sense of style. Her fingernails and toenails have often been painted black. Over time, Simpson has moved toward more typically feminine styles.
In March 2008, she said that “I like to get dressed up now, and that’s something I’ve never been into before” and “I like to be feminine and sexy.” According to Simpson, in her sense of style she tends to “mix and match”.
Previously blonde like Jessica, she dyed her hair dark during the recording of the MTV reality show after she finished filming for the 7th Heaven television series. In November 2004, she debuted a shorter haircut with the same dark color. Following the end of her Autobiography tour, in early May 2005 she moved back to a blonde color; she remained blonde until January 2008, when she appeared with a red hair color.She has seven tattoos,including a star on one wrist, two cherries on her ankle, the word “love” on her other wrist, the number “3″ added to one wrist in 2007, and a large peony flower on one wrist in early March 2008.Simpson and her sister were tied for third on oft-quoted celebrity-fashion critic Richard Blackwell’s list of the worst-dressed celebrities of 2004. Blackwell quipped that “from gaudy to grim to downright frenetic these two prove that bad taste is positively genetic.”
