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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 26 september 2018
Dior and Gucci theatrically kick off Paris Fashion Week

By THOMAS ADAMSON Milan-based powerhouse
Associated Press continued its year-long
PARIS (AP) — Dance and love affair with France by
theatricality were at the hosting its spring show in
heart of Paris Fashion Paris, exceptionally.
Week's first day of spring The one-off venue was
shows, as American stars carefully chosen: Le Pal-
Blake Lively and Shailene ace, the iconic club-
Woodley gushed over Di- turned-theater that was
or's balletic presentation inaugurated in 1978 by
at the famed Longchamps Grace Jones who sang La
racecourse. While, Gucci Vie en Rose atop a pink
held its evening spectacle Harley Davidson.
at France's answer to Stu- The opportunity to show
dio 54, the iconic Le Pal- in this legendary space
ace — once the club that wasn't squandered by su-
showcased fashion's most perlatively flamboyant de-
dramatic looks. signer Alessandro Michele.
Here are some highlights Actress Salma Hayek stared
from Monday: through opera binoculars
DIOR'S ODE TO DANCE at the stage from her bal-
To clouds of falling white cony seat, as a surreal art-
petals, dancers clad in pat- house film was projected
terned bodysuits twisted Actress Shailene Woodley leaves a photocall before Christian Dior's Spring/Summer 2019 ready- on the stage.
gracefully to the clicking to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Sept.24, 2018. Mid-way through the col-
sound of a metronome. Associated Press lection, French-English sing-
This season, Dior turned to er Jane Birkin rose suddenly
dance to produce the mu- Woodley told The Associat- top. channeling a tutu. from one of the seats and
sic and visuals for its spring- ed Press. That's how the House of Ballet slippers evoked the began singing, then sat
summer collection, infused The runway hall was spa- Dior described the key dance tradition very liter- back down.
with diaphanous, tulle-rich cious enough to house idea behind designer Ma- ally, while open toe heels The colorful and wacky
gowns. the dozen roving dancers ria Grazia Chiuri's soft and featured crisscross strap- men's and women's looks
The house enlisted the tal- thanks to a marquee con- supple 87-piece show in ping in a take on a balle- well captured the exuber-
ents of choreographer structed in the grounds of monochrome and nude. rina's shoe. ance of the place dubbed
Sharon Eyal for a sublime the historic Longchamps Few risks were taken in this There was a softness to the France's Studio 54. It was
and balletic contemporary racecourse, which dates display. entire show, accentuated once the stomping ground
dance performance that to the 19th century and has But this didn't matter since by the gentle round shoul- for figures such as Mick
ran throughout the spring- been the site of some of the fashion, inspired by a ders that were set off ro- Jagger, Andy Warhol and
summer show. former Dior designer John dancer's wardrobe, was mantically by dappled and Yves Saint Laurent.
It had the star of "Divergent" Galliano's most memorable primarily aimed at being misty lighting. The time dial was set to
and "Big Little Lies," Shailene couture shows. simple and feminine. ___ styles from between 1978
Woodley, floored. ___ Jumpsuits, straps and cords GUCCI AT LE PALACE and 1985 — the heyday of
"You marry dance with BALLETIC LOOKS featured on silhouettes that Following on from Gucci's the club.
fashion and movement As ethereal as a layer of were either tight on the May resort show in The Aly- Shades, large hats, oversize
and you have a visceral, tulle, with the corset re- torso, evoking a leotard, scamps, a famed Roman beads, sequins and glitter
overwhelming experience," placed by a simple tank or diaphanous and floaty, necropolis near Arles, the were ubiquitous.q

Celine Dion to end Las Vegas concert residency next year

Associated Press we do at the Colosseum successful singers. The cou-
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Ve- throughout this fall, and ple shared three children.
gas will soon have to find a right up until the final one, His death drew an out-
way to go on without Ce- will feel very special." pouring of sympathy from
line Dion, who announced She also expressed grati- Nevada politicians like U.S.
Monday that her concert tude to all the fans who Sen. Harry Reid. At the time,
residency will end next have come to watch her Reid said the couple took
year. over the years. a risk on Las Vegas when
The Canadian music star Las Vegas has been home Dion agreed to take up res-
took to social media to to her and her family since idency at The Colosseum.
confirm that she will leave moving there in 2002. Her Their support was always
Caesars Palace in June suburban Vegas home in appreciated.
2019, a decision that Henderson is where her hus- This will mark the end of
brought "mixed emotions." band, Rene Angelil, died Dion's second long-running
"Las Vegas has become in January 2016 at age 73. residency at Caesars Pal-
my home and performing Angelil, who was battling ace. Dion has performed
at the Colosseum at Cae- throat cancer, was also her nearly 1,100 shows there
sars Palace has been a big manager. He is credited since 2003. The first time
part of my life for the past with molding Dion from a was from 2003 until 2007. In this May 21, 2017 file photo, Celine Dion poses in the press
two decades," Dion said in French-speaking ingénue Her current residency be- room at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
a statement. "Every show into one of the world's most gan in 2011.q Associated Press