Nicole Richie Talks Fashion, Eating Disorders and Beyoncé in New Marie Claire UK

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Posted Jan 29th 2010 at 8:31PM

Nicole Richie Marie Claire UK March 2010 Cover

Nicole Richie rocks Versace on the cover of Marie Claire UK. Photo: Ben Watts

We have to say, being a brunette definitely suits Nicole Richie.

The svelte mother of two is Marie Claire UK's March cover girl, showing off her long, dark rock 'n' roll locks and post-baby body in a fashion shoot by photographer Ben Watts (brother of actress Naomi Watts).

In the spread, the 28-year-old reformed bad girl dons a Versace skirt dripping with metal fringe, a fluffy ballerina-style dress by Giles Deacon and skinny grey Mardou & Dean jeans paired with a black leather jacket from her Winter Kate label, named after 2-year-old daughter (with rocker Joel Madden), Harlow Winter Kate Madden.

"Clothing was something I always wanted to do," Richie tells the magazine. "I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl."

As for juggling two kids while trying to grow a fashion empire, which includes a jewelry line, the fashion brand House of Harlow 1960 and the soon-to-be-released Winter Kate clothing and footwear collections, Richie says it's not a problem.

"I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. So there are 24 hours in a day and I'm up at 6:30 am every day anyway," she reveals, before explaining she doesn't rely on a live-in nanny like most A-listers. "Not full-time, but I do have someone that helps me right now and, well, I have my mom, who's here."

Aside from fashion, Richie also discussed rumors that her super-slim frame is due to an eating disorder.

"I definitely felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don't," she says of the media coverage over the last few years. "It's extremely insulting and irresponsible. An eating disorder is serious and it's a disease, and I don't think you can lightly say that someone has a disease unless they're openly telling you that they do."

Nicole Richie Marie Claire UK March 2010 Issue

Mother of two? Could have fooled us. Richie wears an LNA tee, Mardou & Dean jeans and leather jacket from her new Winter Kate line. Photo: Ben Watts

"I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through," she continued. "And I have said many times, 'Listen, if I had an eating disorder, I would tell you and I would talk to you about it.'"

By way of explaining her tiny frame so soon after giving birth to son Sparrow James Midnight Madden last September, she offers: "I'm nursing and he's a big boy, so..."

Richie also tells Marie Claire that she's got more on her plate than just her fashion ventures, revealing she's interested in launching a music career, writing another book (her 2006 book "The Truth About Diamonds" was a The New York Times bestseller), and starring as a young woman balancing work and home life in a television sitcom she's developing for ABC.

"I think that ten years ago someone would probably have said I was crazy to want so many occupations," she tells the magazine. "But artists like Beyoncé have paved the way, going from music to acting to designer, and I have a ton of respect for people like that."

To hear more about Richie's career plans and see more of her sultry Marie Claire shoot, head over to MarieClaire.co.uk and pick up the new March issue of the magazine on newsstands now.

For another celeb cover (or three), see which Jonas Brother got his fashion on.

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Tags: beyonce, celebrity fashion lines, Celebrity Moms, Celebrity Photo Shoots, Eating Disorders, magazine covers, marie claire uk, nicole richie, Winter Kate

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Maria, 1-31-2010, 4:39PM

Nicole Richie and many others have an unhealthy relationship with food. This can stem from depression or self harm. Often this comes from trauma. We have a type 2 diabetes crisis in this country from the food manufactuers chemicals; this makes people overweight then they hate themselves. This is why we have a growing depression and diabetes problem they are connected http://spirithappy.wordpress.com/category/normal-blood-sugar-levels/

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Love each other

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galbraith1065, 2-01-2010, 1:10PM

good job Nicole. skinny people live longer. quit eating all the time and you too can lose weight.

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Leila, 2-01-2010, 1:19PM

Ho hum.................I'm so tired of these pampered stars who have had so many things handed to them and act as if they're something special because they have so many projects their working on at once. She does appear to be a good parent, which is admirable, but I don't think she's exactly someone you can say has made sacrifices to make the world a better place.

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poot, 2-01-2010, 1:27PM

Pampered stars? This chick isn't a star by any definition... name one thing she's done that would be noteworthy besides non-stop partying with her friends, getting knocked up while she's a heroin addict (apparently too stupid to use protection against STDs or use birth control) and being the adopted daughter of Lionel Ritchie.

poot, 2-01-2010, 1:24PM

Eating orders and fashion? Did she discuss being addicted to heroin addiction while pregnant and single? She's got the body of a 12 year old boy, I'm not to sure about that "flaunts her figure" thing.

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poot, 2-01-2010, 1:28PM

lol... let's make that eating DISorders, shall we?

kenny, 2-01-2010, 1:59PM

I think she looks attractive with her dark hair.

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Will, 2-01-2010, 3:09PM

I thought she died? Oh yeah, that was Brittany Murphy, same difference...boring!

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Tonya, 2-01-2010, 3:34PM

she looks good but she like so many other celebs are not honest of course she had an eating disorder fess up or shut up. And I'm tired of these celebs being so greedy sing, dance, act, clothing designer, a perfume named after them, and so on so on. Stop trying to have it all you have enough money, and fame sit down and shut up.....

tdg

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ablacksafari, 2-01-2010, 8:22PM

Nicole is a hottie and she has a hot man too..

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Flip, 2-01-2010, 9:42PM

Nicole has always been hot to me. She looks so much better with a little weight on her.

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mydownthere, 2-01-2010, 9:44PM

During an interview on TV, Nicole did talk about ALWAYS having been skinny, but gained weight after quitting drugs when she was arrested, and that is common when people stop using.
During the time when she started being seen on the tele, she had been in recovery for a few months, and after the first season of her show The Simple Life, with Paris Hilton, she lost the weight because she had her drug problem under control, and it was time to get her weight under coltrol.
Her ex-boyfriend, the late DJ AM, also went through rehab, gained weight, and lost it. They went through a lot of this together.
So all the haters out there, if you don't know the whole story, shut up!

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Sophie, 2-01-2010, 10:03PM

Nicole looks great as a brunette!

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masa, 2-01-2010, 11:57PM

Clothing lines, shoes, perfumes, understandable but a NYT bestseller??! Who reads these women, Palin, Prejean and now Nicole? I thought America was a developed Nation but it seems like we have some developing to do. Doesn't a literary mind count in the world of books? You'd think so, but hey Americans LOVE junk food too! Be famous and whatever junk you touch turns into treasure. :-)

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