Addison Rae flashes bra in a crop top and microskirt as she's 'taking lessons' from Britney Spears
Addison Rae dips a toe into her pop princess era and emulates Britney Spears in a sizzling bathroom photo shoot for her Instagram followers.
On Friday, Rae's seen in skin-baring outfit as she flashed a lacy purple bra beneath a white crop top with a lace-up front microskirt in pics captioned: 'I feel beautiful.'
However, not all of her fans were happy with the look as the comments section was filled with messages of concern over Rae's increasingly risque style - with some pondering if she was 'taking lessons' from Spears.
The comparisons came after Rae dressed almost identically to Spears in LA in October, which sparked a similar buzz about her following in the singer's footsteps.
For her lunch outing with pals in Los Feliz, Rae wore a fedora and left her blonde hair loose, causing her to look similar to the singer in her 2002 Pepsi commercial.
She did it again: Rae also appeared to channel the pop icon in LA in October
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