Jessica Simpson's concert tour rolled into Madison Square Garden last night, and for the alleged country singer, well, there was both good news and bad.

She remembered all her song lyrics, made no desperate dedications to Tony Romo and didn't cry a single time - no Grand Rapids meltdown reloaded.

But on the celebrity fashion front, a meltdown would put it mildly.

While her outfit represents an improvement from the mom jeans that sparked the infamous weight gain rumors, her "skort" was a disaster in itself:

Jessica Simpson explained it this way: "I've had times when my pants split right down the middle when I bent down to reach a note. That's why I'm wearing a skort - it's not a skirt, not a short - just so they wouldn't split."

Well, there you have it. R.I.P., short shorts. Hello, skort.

Click to enlarge more pictures of Jessica in her skort thing and showing off serious leg for an appreciative (hopefully earplug-carrying) New York City crowd ...

[Photo Credits: Splash News Online]