Jessica Simpson and daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson.Photo:Jessica Simpson/Instagram
Jessica Simpson/Instagram
Jessica Simpsonis beaming with pride when it comes to her daughter Maxwell “Maxi” Drew Johnson’s creative future.
Before accepting theIcon Awardat the 37th Annual Footwear News Achievement Awards on Wednesday evening at Cipriani South Street in New York City, Simpson, 43, toldExtrathat Maxwell’s shoe size has long-since passed hers. However, Maxwell has a creative solution to the hand-me-down dilemma.
“My oldest daughter is 11 and she’s a size 10 … so she surpassed me a long time ago … I have all these shoes saved for her but, yeah, she’ll probably use them as a purse, knowing her. She’ll make them into some amazing piece or she’ll do some artwork with them,” she explained.
Jessica Simpson with her husband and their children.Jessica Simpson/Instagram
Simpson said she still has a good idea of how more of her extra items can be put to good use.
Themother of three— who shares 11-year-old Maxi, Ace Knute Johnson, 10, and Birdie Mae Johnson, 4, with husbandEric Johnson— was asked what her children thought of her latest honor.
“They’re like, ‘What’s that? Do you get a glass slipper?’" Simpson toldExtra. “I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll get a glass slipper.’ ”
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Simpson also spoke with PEOPLE on Wednesday, sharing how shemanages to divide her time between living in Los Angeles and working in Nashvilleas she records new music for the first time in 13 years.
“I’m back and forth a lot so now they know what it’s like to miss me and I feel very loved,” she said of her children.
“They helped me find a house [in Nashville], we all moved there, they picked their rooms, that type of stuff, but they’re in school so I have two weeks [in Nashville], two weeks home,” she continued.
Jessica Simpson and daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson.Jessica Simpson/Instagram
Last month, the “Take My Breath Away” hitmaker spoke to PEOPLE about the latestfall dropin her Jessica Simpson Collection.
During the conversation, she admitted she considers her family to be “homebodies” and chatted about the upcoming Christmas holiday.
“My family is all about the seasons — Maxwell isalready in Christmas mode!” Simpson said. “She has been playing Christmas music on the way to school, already got a little Christmas tree for her room and is spraying pine scent all over our house.”
source: people.com
