Canadian legend Celine Dion is undeniably one of music’s top defining vocalists and looks so good doing it.
Her music is inextricably knitted into the fabric of pop culture.
Dion comes from humble roots, growing up in Charlemagne, Quebec, as the youngest of 14 children.
The impoverished family had to get creative with Dion’s first bed a drawer fashioned with pillows.
The cultural phenomenon that the film drummed up was almost an obsession.
Dion’s bold steps in the “naked” dress trend of the ’90s set the foundations for today.
But the daring fashion twist is now known as one of her most iconic looks.
Dion’s decision to wear the blazer backward created a backless moment.
Dion in 2017 toldPeoplethat the controversial look would be received better in 2017 than in 1999.
“People thought, Is that a joke?
What is she trying to say?
I wasn’t trying to say anything.
I’m just having a great time,” she later said in 2019 (viaVanity Fair).
Dion has often gone viral for her unfiltered and enthusiastic love of fashion.
When she first announced her residency, “People thought we were absolutely bazooka for performing here!”
Celine changed that."
During her epic performances, Dion awed crowds in glamorous gowns with dramatically low necklines and sparkles.
Her stylist at the time, Annie Horth, put together the glam looks.
“You want people to be excited by what they see,” Horth explained.
“The stage clothes have an edge all their own” (viaReview-Journal).
Horth and Dion originally teamed up in the late ’90s, taking a break when Dion moved to Vegas.
Horth collaborated with haute couture designers to develop seven distinct looks.
Ever since, she almost only wears couture for performances (viaHarper’s Bazaar).
Their partnership began after she saw Zendaya’s stylish outfits on Instagram.
After finding out who the style architect was, she immediately called.
“My first words were: Celine who?”
“I don’t think I had dreamed that big of a dream.
Dion invited him to move to Paris for a month as her stylist starting the next day!
Their artistic relationship bloomed from there with a vibrant flourish.
Her dramatic performance was for the song’s 20th anniversary.
TheAtlanticsaid the performance “saved the Billboard Music Awards.”
You will remember her performance and her voice, but you will also remember her dress.
No doubt about it.”
Stephane Rolland Couture created the captivating gown (viaHarper’s Bazaar).
It features dramatic puffed shoulders over a long-sleeved body-hugging gown and a deep plunging neckline with silver accents.
He kept the accessories minimal, adding only a ring by Harry Kotlar.
In the above regal gold suit by Schiaparelli Couture, Dion embodied Liberace with a modern twist.
“Celine has no fear,” Roach said toVanity Fair.
Fashion is supposed to be polarizing.
It has to be overwhelming."
Dion also wore Schiaparelli Haute couture on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (viaSchiaparelli).
The gathered sleeves that tumbled off her shoulders gave a dramatic, sexy look.
Glamorous costumes worn by Ziegfeld Follies' 1930s showgirls inspired the look (viaPopsugar).
While strutting it on the red carpet, Dion played into the nostalgia with showgirl poses.
2019 was only her second Met Gala.
She first attended in 2017, wearing a black and whiteVersace gownand a modern structured headpiece.
Dion toldPeople, “I was ready to camp and sleep all night.
They said, ‘Girl, you don’t know what camp is.
Oscar de la Renta’s going to show you.'”
The title refers to Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on Camp.”
She attended all the top shows in stunning outfits, which took bold and playful risks.
She toldVanity Fairthat at the event, “Valentino blew my mind.”
It’s obvious how much Dion loves fashion.
At Giambattista Valli’s show in 2017, anInstagramvideo showed her jumping up and down in excitement.
Dion is often moved to tears of joy, but these seemed to be tinged more with melancholy.
The impactful show also brought reporter Samira Nasr to tears,writingon Instagram that it “celebrated diversity.
We forget how powerful it is to see your likeness reflected back to you and celebrated.”
The date coincided around the anniversary of his death (viaPage Six).
The sleeves gave the illusion of a long gown when in reality, the off-the-shoulder crossover midi-dress was short.
She combined the dress with gold strappy heels and layered bling on her fingers (viaDaily Mail).
Once again, I’m in trouble!"
The relatable queen theatrically screamed out the window as they drove away from her beloved shoes.
Executive couture
2019’s Fashion Week produced some of Dion’s best looks.
She wore the executive couture look by Ronald Van Der Kemp to his fashion show.
She toldVanity Fairthat her current fashion obsession is “RVDK.
Every piece they do is one of a kind.”
“It’s such an amazing way of making people look and feel their best.
But as we know, she wasn’t born with a couture spoon in her mouth.
“I have 13 siblings, and I was the last,” she told Vanity Fair.
My mom didn’t have money to buy it, so she made the clothes.
She was very sensitive to the cut of the moment, if the pants were wide or narrow.
She was paying attention.”
