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n any given concert, Celine Dion provides an Oscar ceremony’s

worth of red-carpet looks all on her own. With the intense fashion

following the superstar has amassed as a style icon, expectations are

at an all-time high for her new Courage world tour, which takes her

stage fashion to another level.

“People that come to Celine’s show, they expect drama and beauti-

ful costumes, and we need to give them at least five looks,” says Pepe

Munoz, who with Sydney Lopez makes up the fashion styling duo on

Team Celine. “And there’s many, many styles of songs. There’s uptem-

po, there’s ballads, and sometimes we find that in the show they’re

next to each other, so we have to find something versatile enough to

match those different styles.”

In addition to suiting the mood of the music and making a fashion

statement, there are also the practical considerations around Dion’s

energetic performance style. They include, but are not limited to,

standing legs akimbo, perching on the edge of the stage, prancing,

lunging, fist pumping, chest thumping and air guitar. Little wonder

the superstar and her team began planning the Courage stage cos-

tumes in earnest last January, at Paris couture. Lopez and Munoz take

us behind the scenes of the process.

THECOIF

Dion created a stir in her recent

Harper’s Bazaar shoot by don-

ning a short black wig of Vidal

Sassoon’s iconic 1960s haircut.

Her own glamorous ’dos range

from topknots and chignons to

long, loosewaves.Shortly before

the Courage tour’s opening night

in Quebec City, however, Dion

and hairstylist Dee Amore Marti

decided to chopher goldenwaves

into a sleek bob for real – surpris-

ing even her fashion stylists.

MAKEANENTRANCE

The striking red gowns by Kuwait-

born Yousef Aljasmi, such as the

one on theCoî×agealbum cover,

open the show and are emble-

matic. “When the light and the

cameras hit the screens, it makes

a statement,” Lopez says of the

power colour. “We were looking

for something that really repre-

sented what this whole album is

for and this whole season of what

Celine is doing right now,” she ex-

plains, “and that’s taking charge

of everything. She’s the boss.”

DOUBLETHEFUN

High-waisted cigarette pants pair

with a soft blouse by Alexandre

Vauthier. Dion has the original

mini-dress version, too. “When

that look walked out [on the run-

way], Celine was obsessed,” Mu-

noz recalls. “’Oh my God, the

sleeves, the sleeves!’ ” Understan-

dably: The blouse has huge, ro-

mantic, billowing sleeves that,

onstage, emphasize even the

most delicate of the singer’s ges-

tures. And when the tempo shifts,

there’s a twist. “We came up with

the idea that if we remove the

sleeves, you have two looks in

one that suddenly become more

of the rock ’n’ roll,” Munoz says.

HOMETOWNFASHION

“On this tour we have a little bit

more time,” Lopez says of the ap-

proximately 90 seconds Dion gets

offstage between song sections to

do a complete costume change.

While she puts on the next outfit,

giant screens offer another fash-

ion show – new conceptual video

content of the superstar. Mon-

treal designer Yso, for example,

whipped up the diaphanous

white dress that Dion wears in a

haunting underwater video that

bridges the last segment of the

show.

GLAMROCK

“Obviously, David Bowie and

Freddie Mercury,” Lopez says

with a laugh of the inspiration for

the bell-bottomed silver jump-

suit by5×oect 7înöayalum Mi-

chael Costello that Dion wears,

accompanied by strobing neon

lightning bolts, to sing raucous

and funky covers.

“They’re so iconic, fashion-

wise, these amazing men who did

so much for fashion, and we just

wanted to give that little nod.”

Munoz adds that the choice suits

the zeitgeist, “with gender fluid-

ity and them being so androgy-

nous.”

The silhouette is arguably also

a nod to Elvis Presley in his Las

Vegas years – if Elvis had exer-

cised and worn liquid sequins like

a sinewy second skin.

DRAMAQUEEN

“The bigger the better, for Titanic

especially,” Munoz says of the

outfit for the performance of this

legendary song. “She told us, ‘I

want something big, kids. I want

something dramatic.’ ” They sur-

prised her with a gown by Zac Po-

sen fresh from his spring 2020

presentation. Lopez pulled some

strings to get it in time for open-

ing night. “We had it delivered on

a truck that came just with that

dress for us from New York.” On

stage, as drones flit and twinkle

like fireflies above her in a simu-

lated night sky, the corseted

gown’s tiers of pale lavender tulle

hold their own against her signa-

ture blockbuster ballad. Worth it.

ANENCORE

Despite all the planning, the

Courage fashion parade is only

getting started. “We’re already on

the hunt for new things,” Munoz

teases. “She’s so connected with

fashion. She always has been, but

now it’s so public that we cannot

keep her in the same outfits for an

entire year!”

–NATHALIEATKINSON

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