Blake Lively wore the same Versace gown that Britney Spears did in 2002, acting like the “ultimate queen” of the pop diva.
The artist, 36, dazzled at the New York City launch of her video” It Ends With Us” on Tuesday, making sure to pay tribute to Weapons, 42.
” It is Britney’s actual dress”, Lively on the red carpet ahead of the debut of the romance-drama.
” It should be in the Smithsonian] Institution ] or the Met]ropolitan Museum of Art], but it’s on me“.
The airy garment in issue is a colorful, slip-inspired dress covered in sparkles and marked by an irregular neck, which Spears wore to Versace’s 2002-2003 ready-to-wear fall/winter airport show during Milan Fashion Week.
In a conversation on the same red carpet, Lively explained that the dress “meant so much to]her ] because of what]Spears ] meant to]her ]”.
She merely spoke of love, beauty, youth, hard work, dedication, and strength. She “kind of represented it all,” the” Gossip Girl” actress said, styling her long, golden hair in the same springy tides that the singer did.
Britney has meant a lot to me always because of her telling her own story the way she did and the means she’s about to do it. I’m a long Frankie stan”.
When the classic outfit became “available,” Beautiful said she jumped at the chance.
” I was like,’ Yes! I need it,'” she recalled, adding that she was” saving it for this” quite situation.
On her Instagram, Beautiful even praised Spears, who plays a flower named Lily Bloom in the Justin Baldoni-directed movie, which is set to release on Friday.
The” Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” singer took to Instagram to share a picture of the singer flashing a big grin while wearing the same outfit more than 20 years ago, captioning,” Todays feelings. The undisputed queen of our desires to beauty, read, and tell our stories.
Speaking to the Grammy winner immediately, Beautiful penned,” Britney, us millennials all have a history of a moment, or of years that you made us want to flourish and inspire awe, with strength, and joy and exceedingly hard work”.
The — who was joined at the premiere by her husband, Ryan Reynolds — went on to thank Spears for her “example” and her” contribution to women telling their stories”.