Scruffy Britney Spears ignores a court date to go shopping in very poorly fitting bra

By Georgina Littlejohn

Badly-fitted: Britney is all smiles as she leaves a jewellery shop near her Californian home on Friday, even though she was supposed to be in court attending a conservatorship hearing.


They say diamonds are a girl's best friend - but they certainly haven't done Britney Spears any favours.

The pop star has been reprimanded by a judge after she missed a court date to go shopping for a sparkly pendant.

But judging from her outfit, a lingerie store should have been her first stop to get herself properly fitted for some underwear.

Britney, 28, was spotted at a luxury shopping centre last Friday near her home in Calabasas, California, bursting out of a bra which was clearly too small for her,
She should have been in court for a conservatorship (guardianship) hearing but instead, she treated herself to some pampering at a nail salon where she brushed up on some dieting tips courtesy of a glossy magazine.

She then headed to designer jewellers Polacheck’s, where she bought herself a diamond pendant and was all smiles as she left the back door of the mall.


Thumbs-up: Britney grins for the cameras as she strolls round a shopping mall smoking a cigarette with the zip to her jeans flying low and greasy hair


But she is in trouble with Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz, who is angry that the singer failed to show up for the lunchtime hearing and has ordered the singer to be in court this Friday.

Britney's people claim they had been under the impression the hearing had been postponed after they asked Goetz to reschedule, fearing Britney would be besieged by the paparazzi.


Material Girl: Britney tries on some earrings in a designer jewellery store


Goetz insisted the hearing will go ahead, adding: 'The court was supposed to meet with Ms. Spears and there was a misunderstanding. I'm going to continue the matter until next Friday at 1:30 and she will be here.'

Britney's father Jamie Spears took control of Britney's personal, financial and medical affairs in January 2008 after her very public breakdown and Friday's hearing is to discuss if this should be lifted.

This guardianship was extended in December and lawyers still expect it to last somewhere between six months and a year.


Pampering: Britney even found time to catch up on her celebrity gossip as she waited to have her nails done