I think that many of you are missing some basic knowledge about Britney's image...
She is *NOT* the one with the control over what she wears. As a music business student, I can assure you that when you see her in public, her publicists and image makers (managers, agents, the record company she works for, etc.) have told her exactly what to wear and the proper way to act to portray the image they're trying to have her keep.
No one you see in entertainment is entirely themselves. In effect they aren't ALLOWED to keep it real. The entire entertainment industry - music especially - is a packaged show for the public. That's why when Old Dirty Bastard gets busted for cocaine charges, his record sales increase, while Whitney Houston's record sales plummet when she's busted for the same thing. They're selling an image, which sometimes is more important than the music itself. I mean, just look at the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync - you think they're all really sweet guys who are always thinking of romantic things to sing about? Not likely. Most artists don't even write their own songs.
Anyway, my point is that unless you know the celebrity PERSONALLY - you don't know them at all, and shouldn't pre-judge them based on the "personality" and image they were hired & paid to represent.
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