Article: The Unsimple Life: Nicole Richie has moved on from reality TV and emerged thinner, chicer and more ladylike than ever.

There are few surprises left in the world for a worldly girl like Nicole Richie. She is at a swank Manhattan hotel, getting prepped for a Bazaar photo shoot, when in walks Karl Lagerfeld, the Lord High Chancellor of the House of Chanel. Introductions are made.

"I've seen every episode of The Simple Life," he says.

Nicole is quietly alarmed. The stately grandee in a superstarched high collar watched her flirt like a hellcat with every Billy Bob in Altus, Arkansas. He knew what she looked like standing outside the Sonic Drive-In dressed as a milk shake, flipping off the passing Chevy pickups. He saw her curled up on the sofa with her then-best friend, ...

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