Why “Piece of Me” Is Still One of Britney Spears’s Best Music Videos

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It helps that “Piece of Me” is filled with epic 2000s style too, which couldn’t be more on-trend right now. (Spears, after all, is a pioneer of Y2K style.) Directed by Wayne Isham, the music video begins with a swarm of photographers camped outside of Spears’s hotel, where the pop star and her friends are getting ready for a night out. “I’m Miss Bad media karma, another day, another drama,” she sings. Against a wall of colorful lights, she then sports a faux fur vest, a sequined black bra, and a pair of slashed Destroyed Brand denim jeans. They couldn’t be more current; have you seen the shredded denim at Diesel or Blumarine this season? Torn jeans have ripped their way back into fashion. 

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Once they arrive at the nightclub, Spears then changes into blingy party dresses that could appear on a Versace or Miu Miu runway today. There’s the purple, sequined minidress by costume designer Marina Toybina that she wears with giant aviators, while pulling a paparazzo into the bathroom and writing sucker on his forehead with her red lipstick. Or there’s the white faux-fur jacket with a sheer, paillette-embellished top—this was the era of going-out tops—that she strikes several poses in. The fun fashions Spears sports in the video is the perfect embodiment of the mid-to-late aughts era, when flashy maximalism ruled. When it comes to Spears and Y2K party wear, simply always gimme more!




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