brainer. Justin and Britney were dating at the time. We were in New Orleans when Britney and Justin were like, “We’re doing matching denim.” And I was like, “How are you doing that? Who is doing that?” We wound up taking the Costume National suit that Justin wore for the. We remade it in denim. Conversations with Levi’s were happening at the same time and Britney was working with Kurt and Bart. We had some crossover contacts at Levi’s, so it went from being an idea to it being made within days.
forget that it is so iconic, because on my timeline it was one of a million outfits I had to come up with. That one just got a lot more traction than the rest. Obviously, the Britney/Justin connection added fuel to the fire, but it was a really organic... it was just two kids, wanting to do something cool, and being super cute, matching. It was kind of like their prom. They had an idea, and we did what they wanted as opposed to the other way around.
based at the time, so after every tour or iconic performance we would bag everything up, photograph it, and send it to [their manager] Johnny Wright’s office. I don’t know where it went. I remember at one point when they broke up, I still had a garage full of clothing. I had that suit for the longest time in my garage. Sending it back was like, “Oh, OK
. I’ll never see you again. Bye, denim suit!” I remember being like, I wish we did the pants... still, trying to finesse a suit I know n o one would ever wear again. “Oh, I wish I did the sleeves a little bit shorter, oh, I wish the flare was a little bit...” And I remember the guys who worked on my team were like, “Just get it in the bag and get it out of here.” It was bittersweet, a symbol that an era was ending. Not only for them, but it was like, “Oh, OKAdvertisementI sent it back to management. They were really starting to archive things. At one point it was like, “Put everything in a box and send it to Orlando.
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well bad news is that it’s 2020 not 2000