Britney Spears’s “Overprotected” Music Video Brings The Flawless Fashion

When you hear the words “Britney,” “Spears,” “music,” “video,” and “outfit,” what’s the very first image that pops into your mind? Is it the Catholic schoolgirl uniform? The red latex catsuit? The flight attendant costume? The pink bikini and low rise jeans? The white turtleneck crop top? I totally support any of those answers. Every last one of those ensembles is totally iconic, totally stunning, totally life-changing, etcetera. But let us not forget about a certain underrated denim ensemble. The all-jean getup that should not be slept on for a second. And no, I do not mean that all-jean getup. I am talking about the embellished denim two-piece worn by Godney in the original “Overprotected” music video.

In April of 2002, the music video for the non-remixed version of "Overprotected" was released in the U.S. The Brian Friedman-choreographed, Bille Woodruff-directed clip is peak Danceney: Spears shimmies, chaines, stomps, arm dances, and body rolls all over the empty warehouse where "Overprotected" was filmed. This video also happens to be peak Outfitney: "Overprotected" features some of my very favorite Britney Spears music video looks (the denim two-piece is just the tip of the early '00s iceberg).

This Entire Outfit

Go ahead and take a moment to bask in this outfit's glory. You may say this is an embarrassment of denim riches, but I would have to disagree. It's just the right amount of denim riches. This is a perfect outfit. I've only just begun singing its praises.

First Of All, The Sleeves

Oh, what have we here? Sleeves made up of studded patchwork denim? We are not worthy.

Fashion, Finance And Coco Chanel

It would be easy to think that with all the crises in the world today – economic stagnation, wars with ISIS, refugees from Syria to name three – that there’d be some diminished enthusiasm over the just-ended Fashion Week in Paris. But you’d be wrong on two counts.

First, there’s the French attitude towards fashion and beauty, succinctly put by Gertrude Stein in her seminal work, Paris France, published on the eve of World War 2, when she resided here with such other artistic ex-pats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald (Note: the punctuation below is famously Stein’s)…

Leading Export

And so it is interesting to note that the person whose shows are the most coveted, whose fashion leadership is alive and well today is someone who has been dead since January 10, 1971: Coco Chanel. Not to disparage 77-year-old Karl Lagerfeld whose helmsmanship rescued the line from becoming moribund when he took over the reins in 1983; but it was Chanel who led the revolution and set the groundwork for the modern woman. She did it by creating the “look” for her own life…and it is a life worth examining.

2015 Emmy Awards Fashion: Red Carpet Best And Worst Dressed Video Recap

The biggest night of the year in television has come and gone. Yes, we're talking of course about the 67th Primetime Emmys Awards, held Sunday, Sept. 20 in Hollywood. The night's big winners were HBO with many awards handed out for "Olive Kitteridge," "Veep" and "Game of Thrones;"Jon Hamm, who finally won a "Best Actor" gong for his role as Don Draper in "Mad Men" and the wonderfully talented Viola Davis, who made history by becoming the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama series "How to Get Away with Murder."

Meanwhile a contest of a different sort had already taken place earlier outside the auditorium, yes, that's right, the winners and losers of the red carpet. From Sarah Hyland's elegant Zac Posen gown to Laverne Cox's sexy Calvin Klein number, most A-Listers brought their fashion A-game. But of course, there are always a few who miss the mark!

Giuliana Rancic Says She Never Considered Leaving ‘Fashion Police’

“I didn’t. I think once the real story got out and the true intentions came out, everyone understood the story,” E! host tells Meredith Vieira

Giuliana Rancic revealed that she never even considered leaving E!’s “Fashion Police,” during an appearance with her co-hosts on “The Meredith Vieira Show” on Monday.

She continued to say that during the show’s hiatus, fans on the street would plead with her, begging that the show stay on the air.

The comedy-talk show returned for new episodes last month, after the dramatic departures of Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin earlier in the year.
Osbourne quit “Fashion Police” in February, following backlash over remarks made by Rancic about actress Zendaya’s dreadlocks hairstyle at the Academy Awards. Griffin left shortly after, forcing E! to put the show on hiatus in March.

Rancic, and co-hosts Melissa Rivers and Brad Goreski dodged the question about whether or not there was any hard feelings with Griffin and Osbourne.

David Beckham rocks edgy leather

He recently landed a starring role in pal Guy Ritchie's new movie - and it seems that David Beckham has caught the acting bug.
The father-of-four has just been unveiled as the face of Belstaff's new campaign and stars in a short film for the fashion brand.
The international style icon, 40, joins Harvey Keitel, Katherine Waterston, Cathy Moriarty in the film, which is called Outlaws and was filmed in Mexico.

Gentlemen, if you ever find yourself in a style rut, just ask yourself, 'what would David Beckham do?'.

Not the David of the sarong era but David the style icon. He always nails it, whether he's suited and booted or rocking a more casual laid back look like this one. The jeans aren't too baggy but are NOT skinny, the boots are battered with a lived in feel and the biker jacket fits like a glove. All these elements come together to create an incredibly well put together man and we guarantee the ladies love it.

David's leather jacket is of course by Belstaff. Founded in 1924 the British brand has been worn by legends like T.E. Lawrence as well as more modern stars like Sarah-Jessica Parker (yes they do womenswear too).

If you feel the need to reinvigorate your look then can we suggest taking direction from Mr. Beckham? You can't go wrong. Start with his quilted biker jacket (click right) and work backwards.

But if you haven't got the budget to spend it like Beckham then get the look for less at Sandro, Asos and Burton.

Men’s Fashion Is Headed for a Gender-Bending Moment Unseen Since the ’70s

In January, Gucci’s menswear runway collection was an eye-opener. It wasn’t because the brand had just fired its nearly decadelong creative director Frida Giannini in December, or even because new designer Alessandro Michele had pulled the clothing together in less than a week in his new role.
It was because the men on the runway looked ... like women.

In fact, some of them were women—an increasing trend in menswear shows. Models of both genders—waifish male models and boyish female models alike—were wearing silhouettes, fabrications, and items of clothing that traditionally appear in womenswear collections. Michele’s deliberately ambiguous outfits featured massive pussycat bow blouses, shrunken jackets, and low-slung, wide-leg trousers—on willowy models with matching soft features and lengthy, undone hair.

And just like that, this change in creative direction became symbolic of an industrywide trend—and Michele the movement’s unofficial leader. A shift toward androgyny has been building over the past two years, and with Gucci’s new experimental take, it has hit its stride. (It's worth noting that the recently slumping Gucci just reported its first sales growth in two years, a 4.6 percent increase for the second quarter of 2015—up from a 7.9 percent decrease in the first quarter.)

Gender-bending is nothing new in fashion or pop culture. But in large-scale, high-end fashion, the theme has not been conveyed as loudly or as frequently since, well, a young Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Marc Bolan toyed with feminized looks in the late 1960s. But today, thanks to a troupe of contemporary designers—such as Rick Owens and J.W. Anderson—this theme of gender-neutral dress has been reimagined.

American Androgyny

“The concept of androgyny comes up from time to time in fashion,” says Nancy Deihl, director of the costume studies MA program at New York University. “In modern fashion history, two of the most notable examples are in the 1920s and in the late 1960s into the 1970s.”

Deihl notes that both were periods of social upheaval, which reflected an empowered youth culture.


“The post-World War I generation and the 'baby boom' that created the young population of the 1960s represent times when young people had a lot of economic and cultural influence,” says Diehl. Hello, millennials.