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Less than a month ago, the only Celine that mattered in fashion was the brand led by the painfully chic, understated Phoebe Philo. But there's been a strange and unexpected U-turn in recent weeks – enter Celine Dion who has become summer's most talked-about style icon. Her recent tour saw her in Demna Gvasalia's Balenciaga; back in May she attended fashion's big party, the Met Gala; and, most recently, she was seen enthusiastically applauding at the couture shows in Paris. The Dionaissance is real.
As a consummate showgirl, Dion has always loved fashion. In fact, for the past five years, she's nearly exclusively worn couture for her own performances – from Schiaparelli to Versace. But her status as an avant-garde style maverick is entirely new.
This is how she did it.
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She is obsessed with fashion
A recent interview uncovered the depth of Dion’s interest and dedication to fashion. She keeps a master file divided into mini files of pages torn from magazines, circles looks from collections’ special issues, turns down pages, and gets annoyed when a look or accessory is not produced and the sample is un-buyable. Dion has an encyclopedic knowledge of fashion.
