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From one icon to a different! Be it butterfly clips or plaid mini skirts, Olivia Rodrigo doesn’t shrink back from Y2K fashion. And whereas her “Brutal” music video, which was launched on Monday, August 23, was crammed with vogue inspo from the early aughts, one outfit particularly paid particular tribute to the OG princess of pop.
Within the video’s opening scene, the 18-year-old singer is sporting a white one-shoulder Roberto Cavalli costume with a bustier-like prime. Now whereas the entire blue hair and fishnet tights of all of it gave the impression a punk edge, nevertheless it ought to nonetheless look a teeny bit acquainted.
Why, you ask? Properly, Britney Spears wore the very same ensemble to the 2003 American Music Awards, a undeniable fact that was first identified by Evan Ross Katz.
This unbelievable vogue tribute delighted followers far and huge, as many took to Twitter to share love for the figurative vogue torch being handed down.
“Olivia sporting Britney Spears’ 2003 mama costume is all the pieces to me <3,” a fan wrote. “@Olivia_Rodrigo sporting one in every of Britney’s finest award present attire in #brutalMV is the serotonin increase I wanted to day,” one other particular person added.
This isn’t the primary time that Rodrigo has given a refined to Spears. In June, the “Drivers License” singer took to Instagram to share an image of a college girl-esque outfit, full with a pleated skirt and collared skirt.
It didn’t take lengthy for the look, which was styled by Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo, to attract comparisons to Spears’ “Child One Extra Time” ensemble from the 1998 music video.
Flashback to January, and Rodrigo and buddy Iris Apatow gave a refined nod to Spears, too. They rocked “Dump Him” t-shirts that have been first made common by the “Circus” singer within the early 2000s.
Rodrigo has even spoken up for Spears within the media, commenting on her conservatorship battle throughout an August interview with GQ.
“The Britney stuff was simply horrific, and I’ve been following it very intently. I believe it’s simply so terrible. I believe, as an trade, persons are getting higher at not benefiting from and manipulating and bullying younger girls,” she stated.
The “Deja Vu” singer continued: “Nevertheless it’s nonetheless so obvious, and I witness that too. Not close to on the degree that Britney has, clearly. I believe that’s an necessary paradigm that I hope that we’ll be capable to break within the coming generations. I’ve undoubtedly seen company {dollars} be prioritized over folks’s psychological well being.”
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