Celine Dion has opened up about her emotional look on the 2024 Grammys earlier this yr.
In a video interview with Vogue’s “Life in Appears” sequence, the 56-year-old Canadian singer defined her choice to put on a mustard yellow coat on stage whereas presenting the Grammy for Album of the Yr, which in the end went to Taylor Swift for her 2022 album, Midnights.
“It made me really feel higher for a second to carry onto this coat, to cover myself somewhat bit from all these little issues,” Dion stated about her trend alternative for the night.
“It was very nerve-wracking, however on the identical time, an enormous honour,” she informed Vogue about her shock look on the awards ceremony. “That magic. That pleasure. To see the followers, to see the group. To see present enterprise once more.”
The “My Coronary heart Will Go On” singer shocked viewers on the 66th annual Grammy Awards on 4 February when she walked onstage after being identified with Stiff Individual Syndrome – an autoimmune and neurological dysfunction that causes rigidity within the torso and limbs. The “All By Myself” singer revealed in December 2022 that she had been identified with the incurable, uncommon neurological dysfunction and subsequently cancelled the remaining dates of her world tour.
As she appeared onstage carrying a blush pink robe and caramel coat from Valentino’s spring 2024 high fashion assortment, which was styled by Legislation Roach, Dion was greeted with a standing ovation from the viewers. She was escorted onstage by her 23-year-old son, René-Charles Angélil, which Dion admitted helped give her the help she wanted to current the award.
“It took lots, lots out of me. However my son, René Charles – RC – got here and gave me his help,” Dion stated. “And to current the award – the album of the yr – to Taylor Swift, it was an honour as a result of she’s having the time of her life and I’m the one who’s presenting it to her.
“Nevertheless it’s at all times very, very touching when you could have a standing ovation,” she added.
All through her profession, Dion has been hailed as a “true trend icon” for her on-stage and off-stage appears to be like. Nevertheless, in a current interview with Vogue France, the singer disregarded reward for her fashion, saying that she “wouldn’t go so far as saying that” about herself as a result of it might be “very pretentious of” her.
Dion defined that her trend sense has advanced from its humble beginnings, when her mom “mended [her] tights, sweaters, coats and mittens, all [her] little issues for winter.”
The “I’m Alive” singer, who grew up with 13 brothers and sisters, defined how she was given her siblings’ “hand-me-downs” all through her childhood. It wasn’t till she acquired her first paycheck for her paid tv appearances that she was in a position to purchase garments for herself.
“With my first successes, I purchased a home for myself and my husband, and for my mother and father and a few members of the family too,” she stated. Dion welcomed three youngsters along with her late husband René Angélil: René-Charles Angélil, 23, and 13-year-old twins, Nelson and Eddy.
“After my first album in English, I used to be in a position to purchase garments by designers, and I began to learn trend magazines,” she added.
Dion has since caught by her personal rule of shopping for her personal designer garments, explaining: “I’ve at all times purchased all the pieces myself. I didn’t wish to borrow. It’s a type of respect. Individuals pay to return and listen to me sing, so I pay to purchase myself garments by designers.”
