Britney Spears Wore a Leotard And We Are Not Calling It A Costume: A blog about costumes or not costumes.
Britney Spears Wore a Leotard And We Are Not Calling It A Costume: A blog about costumes or not costumes.
Britney Spears Wore a Leotard And We Are Not Calling It A Costume: A blog about costumes or not costumes.
Britney Spears Wore a Leotard And We Are Not Calling It A Costume: A blog about costumes or not costumes.
Britney Spears Wore a Leotard And We Are Not Calling It A Costume
Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jeni
This is not a costume:
But it totally looks like one! At least, if you are the sort of person who believes that costumes are not something we wear to work every day, but are only donned on special occasions, such as Halloween. For example, this lovely lady in the classic ghostly white sheet and black eye makeup who is clearly on her way to a costume party.
This is not a costume:
But it totally looks like one! At least, if you are the sort of person who believes that costumes are not something we wear to work every day, but are only donned on special occasions, such as Halloween. For example, this lovely lady in the classic ghostly white sheet and black eye makeup who is clearly on her way to a costume party.
We have been writing this blog for the past two years, and have never once called a leotard a costume. But she is wearing it over tights, which makes it a costume.
But she is not wearing any other kind of costume.
She just has on a leotard over tights.
We are not calling it a costume because we do not want to call it a costume. This is our personal preference. We are also not going to call her makeup or her hair or her accessories costumes, either. It’s just Britney Spears in a leotard and tights, and some makeup and hair and accessories.
Maybe it’s a dance recital. Maybe she’s going to dance class in that outfit. Maybe she just wanted an excuse to wear the leotard so she told people she was going to dance class in that outfit even though she doesn’t actually go to dance class in that outfit ever and then she decided to get her nails did and then that turned into lunch with a friend and then they went shopping together because Britney Spears doesn’t go out much anymore because she has kids now but if you have kids you probably already knew that even though you’ve never met Britney Spears before because you’re just reading this blog
Yesterday, Britney Spears wore a leotard. Here are some other things Britney Spears wore yesterday: a floor-length cape, a sparkly headpiece, sunglasses, and a special pair of shoes that allowed her to spin around in circles for approximately eight minutes straight. She also carried a scepter.
Was Britney Spears wearing a costume? We’re going to say no. Here’s why:
1. We cannot see Britney Spears’ face. There is a mask on it; there is nothing remarkable about this mask; you could buy the exact same mask at any party store for $4.99. We are not sure where Britney Spears was going that she needed to wear a mask over her face, but we do know that she was not going to any sort of costume party. If she were, the mask would have been more remarkable.
2. The rest of what Britney Spears is wearing is also not remarkable or unusual in any way. It is easy to imagine someone else wearing the same outfit — perhaps at an art gallery opening or some sort of Renaissance Faire event or something?
3. There are plenty of other photos of Britney Spears wearing the exact same outfit that do not show her holding a scepter
As Halloween approaches, we’re all turning our thoughts to the question of what we’ll wear on October 31st. This is particularly true of pop stars, who tend to take their costume choices very seriously.
Some pop stars, however, are apparently not so particular about what they call their outfits. Take Britney Spears, for example, who performed in an elaborate leotard on Good Morning America this morning. The leotard was black and sequined and looked like a cross between a catsuit and every outfit Cher has ever worn to the Oscars. It was very cool. It also was not a costume.
Despite the fact that it was not a costume, several media outlets (including this one) have been calling it one since this morning’s performance. We have no excuse for this except that 1) it’s nearly Halloween and 2) Britney Spears wore it, which means that 3) she must have intended it as a costume because 4) she is famous and 5) famous people never wear normal clothes even when they are not performing at 8:00am on live television in front of millions of people.
[image: Britney Spears Halloween costume]
Halloween is just around the corner and people everywhere are scrambling to find a costume. They’re also scrambling to figure out what Britney Spears will be this year. She’s already been a sexy sailor, a sexy nurse, and a sexy schoolgirl with pigtails (not to mention her non-costumes). Will she go as a sexy air traffic controller or a sexy secretary?
Well, according to the photos TMZ has obtained of Britney Spears on the set of her new music video, she’s going as…a leotard-wearer? A ballerina? A gymnast? Even these are stretches. There’s very little context in the photos that would suggest she is dressing up as anything other than Britney Spears.
[image: Britney Spears Halloween costume 2]
This isn’t really a Halloween costume, is it? Sure, her hair is tied in pigtails and she’s wearing makeup, but this could be any day for Britney Spears. She wears leotards all the time. And if you saw someone walking down the street in this outfit on November 1st, you’d probably assume it was just Britney Spears wearing one of her everyday outfits. Not someone “d
Now this is a blog post I can get behind. No, not the one that says Britney Spears was dressed up for the Oscars. It’s the one that says Britney Spears was not dressed up for the Oscars.
The difference between these two positions is subtle. This post is taking a stand. It’s saying, “Don’t call it a costume.” If you were going to argue with it, you’d have to say either “Yes, she was dressed up” or “It doesn’t matter,” and both of those positions are harder to defend.
What’s more, this post has nailed something important about human nature. We’re all kind of masochists when it comes to arguments: we like the hard ones better than the easy ones. This isn’t because we’re stupid; it’s because we’re rational. By forcing yourself to argue only for hard positions, you force yourself to think harder about what you believe.