Dressing as a schoolgirl like Britney Spears in her debut song Baby One More Time is now “high fashion”. The outfit is being sought out by fashionistas around the country - with sales of pleated skirts, grey cardigans, white shirts and knee-length socks soaring. Personal shopper and fashion guru Gina Rogers says ‘return to school’ style is in.
She said: “Often it’s just one or two items which are considered in, but this year they are unifying into the full outfit. Think Britney, but maybe with the skirt a little longer.” The 42-year-old released the song in 1998, with it rocketing to No1 around the world and selling more than 10m copies.
In the video for the single, Britney plays a ‘bored schoolgirl’ who can’t wait to get up and dance when the bell goes at 3pm. With her hair in pigtails and pink ribbons, and wearing a white school shirt tied in a knot to reveal her midriff, a short black mini-skirt, grey cardigan, and knee-length grey socks, the video was a massive hit. It was so popular that Billboard magazine voted it the best music video of the entire 1990s, and Rolling Stone magazine voted it the best debut single of all time.
And now, the schoolgirl outfit is being sought out by fashionistas around the country - with sales of pleated skirts, grey cardigans, white shirts and knee-length socks soaring. Personal shopper and fashion guru Rogers says ‘return to school’ style is in, and added: “Every autumn there is a nod to it, whether it’s a pleat.