Britney Spears collaborates with Balenciaga on merchandise collection
Britney Spears has teamed up with Balenciaga for a upmarket merchandise line.
The 'Toxic' hitmaker's line of ready-to-wear apparel and accessories will be part of the label's 'Exactitudes' Spring 2026 collection, which will be Demna Gvasalia's last before he departs to take over as creative director at Gucci, and she was "so honoured and excited" to be invited to collaborate with the fashion house.
She said in a statement: 'I have always loved fashion and was so honoured and excited Balenciaga and Demna chose to collaborate with me on Demna's last collection with the House.
"I hope my fans love it as much as I do! These are some of my favourite images from such an amazing time in my career and life, and I'm so excited to share it with everyone."
The collection features prints of Britney's autograph, as well as archive images taken by photographers Rankin and Steven Klein, and is viewed as a series to "celebrate a global cultural icon who shaped the sound and style of pop music."
Items in the 12-piece capsule collection include a 'shrunk' t-shirt for $795, a studded baseball cap costing $1,250 and an oversized hoodie at $1,650. The products will be available at selected Balenciaga stores and the company's website.
The launch includes an exclusive playlist of songs which have inspired Britney, including Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and some of her own tracks, as well as a 'Brtiney4ever' EP, featuring remixes of 'Gimme More' and 'Oops!... I Did It Again' from BFRND.
BFRND, who is Demna's husband and has composed original soundtracks for every Balenciaga presentation since 2017, was honoured to work on the EP.
The French musician said in a statement: 'Britney is a trailblazer, she defined pop music and inspired generations of artists, reworking her legacy is a great honour."
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
West Australian
a day ago
- West Australian
Tesla loses $US152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
Shares in Tesla fell 14 per cent overnight Thursday in the US as President Donald Trump threatened to pull government contracts for chief executive Elon Musk's companies, escalating a war of words over the spending bill. The move dropped the EV maker $US152 billion ($234b) in value, the biggest hit to its market cap ever, putting it below the $US1 trillion benchmark and settling Thursday at $US916 billion. 'Elon was 'wearing thin,' I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!' Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump spoke from the Oval Office earlier Thursday and said Musk was upset that EV credits were not included in the bill. 'Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore,' Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. 'I was surprised.' 'Whatever,' Musk fired back as the president spoke. 'Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,' he posted on X. Musk, the world's richest man, in recent days has threatened to make lawmakers who vote for the bill face primary elections and called the bill a 'disgusting abomination', marking a significant shift in his comments about the administration. The fall in shares comes after the EV maker saw a 22 per cent rally in May despite weak sales numbers, with Musk wrapping up his time as head of Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Shares are down nearly 18 per cent this week as Musk has continued to rail against the budget bill. This year, shares are down nearly 30 per cent and well off the high of $US488.54 reached December 18. Since Musk's special government employee term ended Friday, he's appeared at odds with the Trump administration and gone on a full assault against the president's signature tax-cut bill. 'One of the things about Elon is when he goes all in, he goes all in,' Walter Isaacson, author of a Musk biography, said on Thursday. 'He is somebody who's not exactly calibrated in these things and he is seriously upset,' Isaacson said. Musk, who also runs SpaceX and xAI, posted a stream of attacks against the Trump bill on X Wednesday. NBC News reported that Musk had tried to convince Trump and other GOP members of the administration to change aspects of Trump's bill that would curtail EV and residential solar tax credits, which generate profits for Tesla. The measure would also impose a new annual $US250 fee on EV drivers. Tesla is facing more fundamental problems, with plummeting sales of its electric vehicles in major markets in Europe and a declining brand reputation in the West. Tesla is also under pressure to launch a long-delayed, driverless ride-hailing service this month in Austin, Texas. Musk has said that Tesla is testing driverless vehicles in that market, but its primary competitor Waymo is already operating a major commercial robotaxi service there in partnership with Uber. Isaacson said Thursday that Musk was also annoyed with members of the Trump administration who worked against the nomination of Jared Isaacman as head of space agency NASA. 'That, to Musk, was just infuriating because they were doing, they were going after Jared Isaacman ... to get at Musk,' Isaacson said Thursday. Isaacman's nomination was pulled over the weekend. Isaacman led two private spaceflights through Musk's SpaceX, in 2021 and 2024, commanding crews on trips around the Earth. His payment tech company Shift4 said in financial filings that as of June 30, 2021, it had invested $US27.5 million in SpaceX as well. CNBC
Perth Now
a day ago
- Perth Now
Elon Musk slams 'ungrateful' Donald Trump as he claims he is the reason Republicans won election
Elon Musk has claimed that Donald Trump has "such ingratitude" towards him. The 53-year-old tech billionaire recently stepped down from his role in the Trump administration and has now claimed that he is the sole reason that the President of the United States won the election in the first place. On Thursday (05.06.25), he wrote on X: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude!" His post comes just days after Trump claimed that White and Musk once had a "great relationship" with one another, he is not sure that will be the case anymore. He said: "You saw a man who was very happy when he stood behind the Oval desk. Even with a black eye. I said, do you want a little makeup? He said, 'No, I don't think so,' which is interesting. "Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore!" The Tesla founder had complained about Trump's signature tax and spending bill and encouraged Americans to demand that their representatives in Washington "kill the bill". Prior to that, he described the bill as a "disgusting abomination" and claimed that it would only add to the budget deficit and plunge the US into "crushing" debt." He claimed that the "outrageous, pork-filled" spending bill would "massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America [sic] citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt". Upon Musk's resignation from the administration, Trump claimed he was "very disappointed" in him and hinted that the "problem" he had seemed to have come out of nowhere. He said: I'm very disappointed with Elon. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out we're going to cut EV mandate."
The Advertiser
a day ago
- The Advertiser
Trump 'disappointed' by Musk criticism of tax-cut bill
US President Donald Trump says he is "disappointed" by Elon Musk's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Trump's agenda. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump said in the Oval Office. "He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm, I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot." Trump also asserted that Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he opposes the bill because it will increase federal deficits. Trump suggested that Musk, who received a praise-filled send-off from Trump last week after overseeing his federal bureaucracy cost-cutting campaign, was upset because he missed working for Trump. "He's not the first," Trump said. "People leave my administration ... then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile." As Trump was speaking, Musk wrote on X, "Slim Beautiful Bill for the win," a reference to the bill's official title, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act". Musk followed that up with another post, saying he was fine with the cuts to electric vehicle credits as long as Republicans removed what he called a "mountain of disgusting pork" in wasteful spending from the bill. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate," the billionaire said in a subsequent post. Musk came into the government with brash plans to cut $US2 trillion ($A3.1 trillion) out of the federal budget. He left last week having achieved far less than that, having cut about half of one per cent of total spending. Musk has been a powerful Trump ally, spending about $US250 million to boost Republicans in the 2024 election and then overseeing Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. His work eliminating thousands of federal jobs and cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid and other programs caused disruption across federal agencies while prompting widespread protests at Tesla outlets in the US and Europe. Shares of Tesla extended losses after Trump's criticism of Musk, falling more than eight per cent on a day otherwise devoid of news for the electric car maker. with AP US President Donald Trump says he is "disappointed" by Elon Musk's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Trump's agenda. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump said in the Oval Office. "He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm, I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot." Trump also asserted that Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he opposes the bill because it will increase federal deficits. Trump suggested that Musk, who received a praise-filled send-off from Trump last week after overseeing his federal bureaucracy cost-cutting campaign, was upset because he missed working for Trump. "He's not the first," Trump said. "People leave my administration ... then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile." As Trump was speaking, Musk wrote on X, "Slim Beautiful Bill for the win," a reference to the bill's official title, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act". Musk followed that up with another post, saying he was fine with the cuts to electric vehicle credits as long as Republicans removed what he called a "mountain of disgusting pork" in wasteful spending from the bill. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate," the billionaire said in a subsequent post. Musk came into the government with brash plans to cut $US2 trillion ($A3.1 trillion) out of the federal budget. He left last week having achieved far less than that, having cut about half of one per cent of total spending. Musk has been a powerful Trump ally, spending about $US250 million to boost Republicans in the 2024 election and then overseeing Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. His work eliminating thousands of federal jobs and cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid and other programs caused disruption across federal agencies while prompting widespread protests at Tesla outlets in the US and Europe. Shares of Tesla extended losses after Trump's criticism of Musk, falling more than eight per cent on a day otherwise devoid of news for the electric car maker. with AP US President Donald Trump says he is "disappointed" by Elon Musk's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Trump's agenda. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump said in the Oval Office. "He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm, I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot." Trump also asserted that Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he opposes the bill because it will increase federal deficits. Trump suggested that Musk, who received a praise-filled send-off from Trump last week after overseeing his federal bureaucracy cost-cutting campaign, was upset because he missed working for Trump. "He's not the first," Trump said. "People leave my administration ... then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile." As Trump was speaking, Musk wrote on X, "Slim Beautiful Bill for the win," a reference to the bill's official title, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act". Musk followed that up with another post, saying he was fine with the cuts to electric vehicle credits as long as Republicans removed what he called a "mountain of disgusting pork" in wasteful spending from the bill. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate," the billionaire said in a subsequent post. Musk came into the government with brash plans to cut $US2 trillion ($A3.1 trillion) out of the federal budget. He left last week having achieved far less than that, having cut about half of one per cent of total spending. Musk has been a powerful Trump ally, spending about $US250 million to boost Republicans in the 2024 election and then overseeing Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. His work eliminating thousands of federal jobs and cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid and other programs caused disruption across federal agencies while prompting widespread protests at Tesla outlets in the US and Europe. Shares of Tesla extended losses after Trump's criticism of Musk, falling more than eight per cent on a day otherwise devoid of news for the electric car maker. with AP US President Donald Trump says he is "disappointed" by Elon Musk's public opposition to the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that is at the heart of Trump's agenda. "Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump said in the Oval Office. "He said the most beautiful things about me, and he hasn't said bad about me personally, but I'm sure that'll be next. But I'm, I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot." Trump also asserted that Musk's days of blistering attacks on the bill were motivated by the proposed elimination of consumer tax credits for electric vehicles. Musk, the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he opposes the bill because it will increase federal deficits. Trump suggested that Musk, who received a praise-filled send-off from Trump last week after overseeing his federal bureaucracy cost-cutting campaign, was upset because he missed working for Trump. "He's not the first," Trump said. "People leave my administration ... then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile." As Trump was speaking, Musk wrote on X, "Slim Beautiful Bill for the win," a reference to the bill's official title, the "Big Beautiful Bill Act". Musk followed that up with another post, saying he was fine with the cuts to electric vehicle credits as long as Republicans removed what he called a "mountain of disgusting pork" in wasteful spending from the bill. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate," the billionaire said in a subsequent post. Musk came into the government with brash plans to cut $US2 trillion ($A3.1 trillion) out of the federal budget. He left last week having achieved far less than that, having cut about half of one per cent of total spending. Musk has been a powerful Trump ally, spending about $US250 million to boost Republicans in the 2024 election and then overseeing Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. His work eliminating thousands of federal jobs and cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid and other programs caused disruption across federal agencies while prompting widespread protests at Tesla outlets in the US and Europe. Shares of Tesla extended losses after Trump's criticism of Musk, falling more than eight per cent on a day otherwise devoid of news for the electric car maker. with AP
