Jessica Simpson: “I definitely will marry an artistic man”

Oh, Lord. Allure finally put their Jessica Simpson slideshow online (alas, the full interview is still pending), so we have even more Jessica goodness to share today. Now that I’m looking at the full slideshow, I have to say that I enjoy the styling for this photoshoot a lot. In many of the photos, they’ve got Jessica doing this beachy Gidget-meets-Barbarella thing, and Jessica looks adorable. Of course, it’s Jessica, so they have to screw it up a little – there a few photos of her trying to be vampy, and just looking dumb. Poor Jess. Here are some more highlights from the interview, including Jessica’s musings on “America’s weight obsession” and how she knows that she’ll marry “an artistic man.”

Jessica Simpson wore a gray T-shirt, J Brand jeans, and Yves Saint Laurent boots to the shoot. Between takes, she slipped into sandals that she had brought with her, from her latest shoe collection. “I prefer heels to flats any day,” the singer said of the sky-high nude wedges. Here, she poses for Norman Jean Roy in a Fendi dress

For her new VH1 show, Jessica Simpson’s The Price of Beauty (which premieres at 10 P.M. EDT on March 15), Simpson traveled to seven foreign countries to explore different concepts of beauty. “When I think of America, it’s very diverse, but we do have the cookie-cutter way we’re supposed to look, and going to all these countries, it’s so completely different. I was fascinated going on that journey to discover that, even just for myself. In a lot of Asian cultures, the whiter you are, the more beautiful you are—and what I’m so used to is ‘The tanner you are, the thinner you look, the skinnier you feel,” said Simpson.

Simpson was game for the toned-down look the Allure team had in mind for her. “After learning what beauty means to different women around the world, we wanted to celebrate Jessica’s individual beauty,” said her hairstylist Ken Paves, who also appears on Jessica Simpson’s The Price of Beauty.

Simpson is aware of the strengths of her goofy persona. “I’m vulnerable in any moment,” says Simpson. “I don’t care if the cameras are on or not, you’re going to get the real me. There’s no reason to mask that, because that’s what has given me the chance to be in a powerful position.”

America’s weight obsession is, as Simpson puts it, “disgusting. My job is to be creative,” she says. “And I’m not weighing in for anybody.”

Although she received a lackluster response to her two most recent acting efforts, Employee of the Month and Blonde Ambition, Simpson hardly counts herself out of the movie business. “I already have a whole other world of business out there,” she says, referring to her apparel, accessories, and fragrance lines, “so acting for me will be very, very selective from here on out. But I will never do nudity,” she insists. “I don’t care how dark and intellectual the role could be, you know? I don’t care if I frickin’ get an Oscar for it, I’m not going to do it. Those accolades mean nothing to me….I don’t think people deserve to see what’s underneath my clothing. That’s only for my next husband—ha ha ha!”

When she discusses her next potential partner, Simpson, who is rumored to be dating former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan says, “I definitely will marry an artistic man. It will show you the colors of my character, the person that I fall in love with next. I don’t even have a type! I don’t have a physical type. I have an emotional type. When you have yourself together, I don’t care what you look like at all. You can be tall; you can be short.”

What’s next for Simpson? “The performer is what people saw in me in the beginning. It would be nice to reintroduce myself as that,” she says. But she’s determined to make something clear: She’s the one calling the shots. “I am hands-on with my life. I direct my life,” she says. “I didn’t realize that until this year, when people were trying to take that away from me. I’m still here, and I have a comment. I always have a comment.”

[From Allure]

I actually believe Jessica when she says she doesn’t care what the guy looks like. Sure, she’d probably prefer a cute guy, but I really do think she knows herself well enough that she’s looking for someone to love, who is going to love her for who she is too. She’s done with beefcake. She wants someone who takes her seriously, I think. Is that Billy Corgan? I have no idea. But I’d like to see her with someone whose going to treat her with respect. You know who would be good for her? Jake Gyllenhaal. I’m serious, y’all. He loves blondes, so let’s give him the biggest (and I mean that personality-wise) blonde there is! Jessica Gyllenhaal. It could work!

Allure photos by Norman Jean Roy, courtesy of Allure online.