BRITNEY AND D-SQUARED2! CIRCUS TOUR

Milano – March, 2009 – Britney Spears has chosen DSQUARED² to design the clothing for her upcoming “THE CIRCUS STARRING BRITNEY SPEARS” world tour, which begins on March 3 in New Orleans, LA.

Canadian identical twins Dean and Dan Caten of DSQUARED² are continuing to seduce Young Hollywood starlets and pop royalty with their pioneering and provocative designs. The Circus Tour, Britney’s first arena tour in five years, will feature custom designed DSQUARED² costumes for Britney and her dancers for the first segment of the concert. Traditional circus characters such as trapeze artists, clowns, and jugglers, are given a reinterpreted aesthetic with provocative, sinister, and sensualised “sado” concepts.

Each concert will begin with a video segment on stage that will feature a star studded medley of personalities. As Britney calls out to the freaks and weirdoes of the circus, Dean and Dan appear as her new-found ring-masters, dressed in tails and heels; ambiguously sexualized and indiscriminate. Arrays of talented characters make a provocative grand entrance from beneath the skirt of gossip king, Perez Hilton. Britney will then appear, dressed in a Betty Page inspired lingerie dress, equipped with a cross-bow, challenging the gossipers and paparazzi.

Appearing as both the beast and the ringmaster simultaneously, Britney’s first on-stage DSQUARED² costume is inspired by a seductive, circus lion-tamer. She will appear in a red jacket with royal blue duchesse cuffs and gold braided details. The jacket’s shoulders, covered in long flowing animal hair, further enhances the look. The costume is topped off with a replica cheetah head adorned with black tulle and ostrich feathers. Equipped with fishnet stockings, lace up boots and a whip, she is ready to take on whomever is thrown into her ring.