Dua Lipa Remixed Denim on Denim Into a Butterlfy Top and Unexpected Jeans

After giving Mariah Carey's signature butterfly top an update last month and giving a nod to the diva during last year's Grammy Awards, Dua Lipa is back at it. In her latest Instagram gallery, Lipa showed off in another butterfly top only this time, it was a denim version. A blend of '00s Britney

After giving Mariah Carey's signature butterfly top an update last month and giving a nod to the diva during last year's Grammy Awards, Dua Lipa is back at it. In her latest Instagram gallery, Lipa showed off in another butterfly top — only this time, it was a denim version. A blend of '00s Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake with a dash of Mariah? Leave it to Dua Lipa.

The 2021 version of the outfit replaced Carey's bedazzled sequins (the OG version came courtesy of Emanuel Ungaro) for frayed, light-wash denim. Lipa paired the top, which had her tattoos and sideboob on full display, with coordinating wide-leg denim, which echoed the butterfly motif with an applique on the leg and another on her hip. She finished the outfit with other aughts standards: a trucker hat and a belly chain.

"Kaybug," she captioned the photos, adding an Atari-style Space Invaders emoji for good measure and the usual head-scratching moment that comes with all of Lipa's social media posts.

Lipa's not the only singer throwing it back to the Elusive Chanteuse herself. Olivia Rodrigo wore a sparkling butterfly top on Instagram earlier this year. Her caption paid homage to two of Carey's signatures with a butterfly and rainbow emoji.

Carey debuted what would become one of her most iconic outfits at VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross at Madison Square Garden in 2000. Three years earlier, she released her album Butterfly, which included singles "Honey" and "My All," both of which hit no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

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