Though she hasn’t even walked down the aisle yet, bride-to-be Jessica Simpson is already practicing her parenting skills – on fiancé Eric Johnson’s dog.

“His name’s Bentley, he’s an Airedale terrier [and] he’s adorable,” she told PEOPLE at last weekend’s opening of artist Tom Everhart’s Crashing the Party: The Arty-Fact Paintings New York exhibit. “He’s the best dog. I love him to death.”

Everhart’s work, which incorporates images of the Peanuts beagle Snoopy, also made Simpson reminisce about her late dog Daisy.

“She would have loved all of this,” she said of her Maltipoo, who died in 2009 after being snatched by a coyote. “She might’ve barked at him, thinking they were coming out to get her.”

As for Simpson and Bentley, though it’s smooth sailing now, theirs wasn’t a case of love at first sight.

“At first he would growl at me, and now he comes and snuggles up to me,” said Simpson. “It’s like I have a brand new dog.”

Moving forward, Simpson and Johnson have not ruled out adopting another pet. “Eventually, I think we want to get something,” she said. “Whoever Bentley will get along with.”

Source: peoplepets.com

Jessica Simpson traveled through LAX to catch a flight — and grabbed some grub at Chili’s on the way.

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Keeping up with her crazy schedule, Jessica Simpson was spotted catching a flight at LAX International Airport yesterday (May 31). Enjoy these pictures of Jessica Simpson heading through TSA security.

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With an assist from her younger sister Ashlee, Jessica Simpson is tapping into the tween category.

The Camuto Group, which holds the master Jessica Simpson license, has signed an agreement with The Jones Group Inc. to design, develop, produce and distribute Jessica Simpson tween apparel as part of its lifestyle offering of the Jessica Simpson Collection. This agreement expands the business the two companies are already doing with Jessica Simpson Jeanswear and Jessica Simpson Sportswear, both of which are licensed to Jones.

The new collection, which will be available in stores in the fourth quarter, will be geared to the fashion-forward tween, sizes 7 to 16. The line — which features sportswear, jeanswear and activewear — will interpret key styles and silhouettes from the juniors line, while focusing on Simpson’s girly, playful attitude. The tween line includes denim jeans (skinnys, boot cut, flares, colored jeans and shorts with leggings), knit tops, hoodies, pullovers, striped shrunken knits, graphic T-shirts and drawstring pants. The Simpson sisters will serve as co-creative directors for the line. This marks their first fashion collaboration.

“Creating a tween apparel collection was a natural extension for the brand. I’m excited to bring my sister, Ashlee, along as co-creative director of this division, because she brings a savvy rocker edge that defines today’s tweens,” said Jessica Simpson.

Ashlee Simpson added, “My goal as co-creative director will be to design clothes that will help inspire young girls to express their personalities and creativity through fashion.”

According to Camuto, the tween offering will include footwear (licensed to Stride Rite) and outerwear (licensed to Fleet Street), in addition to the sportswear, jeanswear and activewear. The sportswear line will be available at about 400 doors of specialty and department stores in the fourth quarter. The company has already lined up orders with Dillard’s, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Belk, Von Maur, Bon-Ton and The Bay in Canada.

Jones launched Simpson’s jeanswear collection last June (650 doors), and will introduce sportswear at retail this fall (450 doors). Jack Gross, chief executive officer of the Jones Jeanswear Group, projected sportswear and jeanswear combined to ring up $150 million to $200 million at retail annually by next year, evenly split between the two categories. Down the road, sportswear is forecast to outpace jeanswear. The tween line is expected to generate $20 million in retail sales in 2012, said Gross.

Overall, all products bearing the Jessica Simpson name are expected to rack up $1 billion in retail sales by the end of 2012.

Gross noted that Jones has been in the tween business with such lines as Energie, Glo and LEI. The Jessica Simpson tween line “will be a take down from the junior customer.” He expects Simpson’s tween line to compete with such resources as Calvin Klein, Guess, Polo and DKNY. However, he thinks Simpson’s line will have a more fashion-forward element and will complement the existing resources in the department.

The Simpson tween departments will have special fixturing and point-of-sale displays, and Ashlee and Jessica plan to make appearances. “They both get along so well and play off each other. They’ve very involved in every aspect, and take a lot of pride in their brand,” said Gross of the sisters.

Vince Camuto, founder and ceo of the Camuto Group, said, “We have strategically nurtured the Jessica Simpson Collection from its inception and have seen the need for expansion into the tween market cross-category.”

Source: WWD.com