{"id":2777,"date":"2026-10-16T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:04:21","slug":"celine-dion-revives-iconic-1997-oscars-look-in-chanel-gown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2777","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion revives iconic 1997 oscars look in chanel gown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Celine Dion has revisited one of her most memorable red-carpet looks, wearing a custom Chanel gown inspired by the dress she wore to the 1997 Academy Awards during her Paris residency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The singer debuted the shimmering silver-and-blue creation on Wednesday, October 14, at her third-to-last show of the five-week concert run at La D\u00e9fense Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Chanel creative director Matthieu Blazy, the gown features a corseted bodice, sculpted hips and a thigh-high slit.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion house said its ateliers in Paris handcrafted the dress, with specialised embroidery by Atelier Montex.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vogue, the gown took more than 1,380 hours to make and features 6,000 jewels and 5,000 beads.<\/p>\n<p>Dion completed the look with a silver shooting-star necklace inspired by the jewellery she wore at the 1997 Oscars, where her Chanel couture dress became a memorable fashion moment.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the inspiration behind the outfit on Instagram, Dion said the new design was not a replica but a fresh interpretation of her original red-carpet look that brought back memories of the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The 1997 Oscars also marked a milestone in her music career, as she performed twice during the ceremony, singing \u201cBecause You Loved Me\u201d and covering Barbra Streisand\u2019s \u201cI Finally Found Someone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dion\u2019s Paris residency marks a significant chapter in her return to live performances following her 2022 diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>She performed at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in 2024 before returning to the stage for other high-profile appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celine Dion has revisited one of her most memorable red-carpet looks, wearing a custom Chanel gown inspired by the dress she wore to the 1997 Academy Awards during her Paris residency. The singer debuted the shimmering silver-and-blue creation on Wednesday, October 14, at her third-to-last show of the five-week concert run at La D\u00e9fense Arena. Designed by Chanel creative director Matthieu Blazy, the gown features a corseted bodice, sculpted hips and a thigh-high slit. The fashion house said its ateliers in Paris handcrafted the dress, with specialised embroidery by Atelier&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}