Pizza and thousands of silver leaves. Celine Dion backstage with Dior – Observer

If the euphoria in the French capital had been really high, with a deified reception from the crowd, the cherry could have been served shortly after. After announcing that she suffers from arteriosclerosis, which causes her to have involuntary spasms and almost choke her when singing, Celine Dion made a dramatic return to sing from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower the song L’Hymne à l’amour. By Edith Piaf. The voice is self-explanatory, even after recent battles, but it is worth presenting the star’s performance, with detail and brilliance worthy of this moment.

“More than 500 metres of fringed details, expertly set with thousands of silver beads, highlight the star’s body contours, revealing the House’s incredible expertise through dazzling proportions balanced by the workshop’s mastery of excellence,” Dior describes on its social media following the opening ceremony, guiding its followers backstage at the show. By Maria Grazia Chiuri, the creative, the sparkling dress that, according to French Vogue, It took over a thousand hours to complete.sealing the collaboration with the brand that was the focus of the entire week.

Also on Friday, before the big moment by the Seine, the singer was seen leaving the hotel in a style that matched the logos, wearing a tracksuit from the same brand. In the photos shared by Dior, you can see her in another style, now more classic, with a black dress from the house and matching slingbacks.

Indeed, with this look we see her still navigating the history and creations of the haute couture brand created by the legendary designer Christian Dior in 1946. Sitting comfortably on the floor, perhaps between exams, in front of a pizza. However, after a deluge of praise (and Post about the performance that got over 4 million likes), The singer has already said goodbye to Paris.

Dior, a distinguished partner of Paris 2024, left other marks throughout the expanded opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, a celebration organized by artistic director Thomas Joly, and told through twelve dreamlike scenes that enveloped the City of Light. It was up to the brand to wear five of these paintings. “To create this fairy tale, Montaigne’s thirty workshops spent several thousand hours embroidering, bead by bead, sewing and assembling, with extreme precision, the architectural designs that represent each of the Dior silhouettes that enchanted this unprecedented event.” As it stands,

For the history and archives of the house, he chaired the opening session. lady gagaIn addition to the ten dancers who performed the famous Mon Truc en Plumes, a tribute to the French ballet star Zizi Jeanmaire. Furthermore, in 1947, the father of the new look took charge of the scenography and wardrobe for one of the first shows by choreographer Roland Petit, with other subsequent collaborations.

Christian Dior circa 1947. The designer created the wardrobe and set design for choreographer Roland Petit’s show at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Pictured with dancer Nathalie Philippart © Getty Images

Back to games too Aya Nakamura Her six dancers brought Dior’s iconic gold to life, thousands of feathers applied one by one by hand, like a second skin. Performing “The Marseillaise” on the roof of the Grand Palais, Axel Saint Cyril She wore a Dior dress that was more than 8 metres long, where the dress began at the flag and the flag turned into a dress. For this show, she was accompanied from the Pont Alexandre III by a female choir, all wearing peplum dresses that were also re-invented by Maria Grazia Chiuri.

In addition to Dior, which in May, counts down to the Olympics, 15 new brand ambassadors appointedAs well as Louis Vuitton and young creators. They were responsible for a large part of the wardrobe chosen for the event.