Fashionista and stylish mommy Nicole Richie is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of British In Style magazine …. and she is lookin’ good, y’all. Here is our first look at her In Style coverphoto and some excerpts from her coverstory interview:

With her slim figure, ultra stylish outfits and chic hairstyle, Nicole Richie has always been a fashion icon. And as these new set of stunning shots show, the diminutive Simple Life star is still very much living up to her reputation as she poses in a series of lace dresses, leather trousers and high heeled strappy shoes. But despite her glossy image, the 28-year-old seems to be becoming a bit of a domestic goddess these days. In the accompanying interview for In Style magazine, Nicole discusses how she makes ‘home-cooked and very, very healthy’ food for her fiancé Joel Madden and two children – two-year-old Harlow, and Sparrow, one, which she says is ‘made with love.’ ‘I don’t have a hat and apron, but I entertain at home a lot,’ she reveals. ‘I love cooking for other people. My house is pretty eclectic. I think it represents me well. It’s fun and comfortable at the same time and it’s a place where a lot of people like to be. It has a lot of people in and out all the time.’ And Harlow already seems to be taking after her mother, who has her own jewellery range House of Harlow and clothing line Winter Kate. ‘[Harlow] picks her own clothes. It’s a 20-minute thing – it begins at 7.30 each morning – but it is what it is and it’s fine,’ she says. Despite her preened look in these photos, Nicole – who changed her hair style from long and brown to blonde and bobbed his week – claims her fashion instinct comes naturally. ‘I don’t think it’s as prepared as you’d think,’ she says. ‘I just grab whatever’s around and put it on. I’m pretty much a jeans and T-shirt type of girl and then I go from there. I collect a lot of vintage kimonos and vintage bed jackets. I’ll throw those on, and a lot of the time it will appear that I’m wearing a completely different outfit, but I’m not.’

Yes, while we often seen Nicole all done up, I know that she is a very casual woman when she’s just hanging out with family and friends. But, boy, when she gets all dolled up … she looks amazing. After the jump, check out a couple photos from her hot new In Style photospread …

HOT! Just … hot. I will never tire of hearing about how well Nicole Richie is doing … after all, it wasn’t that long ago that she was screwing up her life just like her Hollywood “It” Girl compatriots Paris Hilton (currently charged with cocaine possession) and Lindsay Lohan (freshly sprung from jail/rehab). Nicole messed up but then got serious about cleaning up her act … and has not only nurtured a very healthy family but has also flourished professionally as well. Nicole is one of those role models that other starlets can look up to. Keep doing your thang, Nicole … you are very obviously doing everything right.

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