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Ashlee Simpson and Nicole Richie: Retail Pals

by Celebuzz on Aug. 15, 2008 12:55 PM / 2 Comments

Ashlee Simpson may be ready to pop, but she's still ready to shop.

The mother-to-be went on a shoe-shopping excursion with Nicole Richie at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills Thursday. Presumably, the maternal pair picked out a more comfortable pair of kicks for Ash's pregnancy-swollen feet. (What, she didn't pick up a few thongs while she was at it?)

Abandoning her recent hippie-drippy look, Simpson seems to have gone back to her tried-and-true horizontal stripes (a bold move for a woman at her stage of expectancy).

Looks like the two shopping buddies had a heart-to-heart while they were at it. Did Nicole pass along the secret to slimming back down in record time after giving birth?

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“Nicole Richie and Ashlee Simpson go shopping together at Barney’s Beverly Hills on Thursday.

Ashlee, 23, will be making an in-store appearance at the Zellers store at Square One, in Mississauga, Canada, on Saturday Aug. 23 for the relaunch of the Request clothing line. Simpson was chosen for the advertising due of her "hip" persona which reflects the brand’s personality, said Geoff Hardwicke, Zellers director of marketing.

Nicole, 26, is now launching a Web site for the charity that she and boyfriend Joel Madden started - the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation.

"The Web site will be a registry, like for a bridal or shower registry, where low-income women list things they need for their babies," the source said. "More well-off people will then go on and buy stuff for the children," a source told the NY Daily News.”

Just Jared

“Nicole Richie and expecting Ashlee Simpson hung out at Barneys in Beverly Hills yesterday getting their shop on. Nicole sometimes needs a break from all of her exhausting bouts of do-gooding and television projects.

The only thing we seem to love more than seeing celebrities doing things just like us is finding out who's friends with whom. I guess it makes sense that Nicole and Ashlee are friends since that whole gang of people seem to sleep with the same people.

It's all very Melrose Place--except no one here seems to have a real job. At least Melrose Place had some doctors in there. People who actually went to college and then worked for a living.”

Socialite Life

“Who would of put these two together????

It seems Nicole Richie's new mother role was an inspiration for mother-to-be Ashlee Simpson.

The two were spotted shopping for baby clothing at Barney's in Beverly Hills yesterday.

I wonder what type of secrets they shared???

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hispanicatthedisco 1 yr 3 mos ago
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Wow, Ashlee's getting big. I bet she's gonna give birth to a polar bear.
gossipinsha 1 yr 3 mos ago
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how cute two moms to be shoppin with each other buying stuff sharing sercets thisis true hollywood