Blake Lively Pays Tribute to ‘Ultimate Queen’ Britney Spears With Throwback Versace Red Carpet Look: ‘Thank You For Your Example’
Blake Lively paid tribute to one of her fashion OGs on Tuesday night (August 6) at the red carpet premiere of her new film It Ends With Us when she wore a throwback dress originally modeled by Britney Spears more than 20 years ago.
“Britney, us millennials all have a story of a moment, or of years, that you made us want to shine and inspire awe, with strength and joy and immensely hard work,” Lively wrote in a Tuesday Instagram Story, which also featured a throwback snap of a smiling Britney wearing the same bejeweled green, pink and purple one-shoulder strap gown. “Thank you for your example and your contribution to women telling their stories.”
The Story — cued to Spears’ 2003 In the Zone track “Everytime” — also referred to Spears as “the ultimate queen who made us all want to sparkle and write and share our stories.” Elle noted that Lively, 36, doubled down on mimicking Brit’s look from Versace’s Oct. 1, 2002 Milan Fashion Week show by wearing her blonde hair in “soft waves” that were also similar to the singer’s look at the time.
“It is Britney’s actual dress,” Lively told People. “It should be in the Smithsonian or the Met. But it’s on me. I feel so lucky!”
Lively ended her tribute by expressing her excitement for the singer’s upcoming biopic and “all you have to come.”
Though Spears has said she is effectively retired from the music industry as of now, last week it was reported that her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, will get the biopic treatment after Universal Pictures secured the rights to the best-seller, with Wicked director Jon M. Chu and Marc Platt leading the project’s development. Spears appeared to confirm the news when she wrote on X that she is working on a “secret project” with Platt.
“Excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt. He’s always made my favorite movies … stay tuned,” Spears wrote.
Check out a video of Lively wearing the dress on the red carpet below.
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