In a flash of teen-pop bravado, Britney Spears warmed up the Metropolitan Opera House stage—brick wall, red tee, and all—for her breakout VMA moment.
Before the Moonmen were handed out and the pop spectacle unfolded live on September 9, 1999, Britney Spears was already commanding the stage—well, the rehearsal space—at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, New York City. The image, dated September 8, 1999, captures Spears mid-pose against a brick wall backdrop, dressed in a fitted red tee, dark jeans, and gray sneakers. It’s not the glitz of the main show, but there’s something electric in the simplicity.
Margaret Qualley leaned into quiet luxury—Chanel camellias, grosgrain Mary Janes, and a black-on-black palette—at Netflix’s “Happy Gilmore 2” premiere in New York.
Margaret Qualley doesn’t shout on the carpet—she murmurs, with intention. At the Happy Gilmore 2 New York premiere on July 21, 2025, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the actress arrived in a look that whispered Chanel from every angle. No gimmicks, no theatrics—just a masterclass in modern restraint.
Britney Spears fused Y2K sparkle with industrial edge—her black two-piece, shot in Manhattan pre-VMA, felt like pop’s answer to sci-fi rebellion.
Before she hit the stage at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards with “…Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears was already commanding attention. Captured in a series of publicity shots on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the then-17-year-old pop phenom posed in a glittering black two-piece ensemble that felt equal parts teen idol and cyber renegade.
