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Throwback Thursday: Celine Dion’s Oscar Tux

June 22, 2017 by WendyB

Céline Dion was talking about fashion with People magazine recently, and I was glad to learn that she isn’t traumatized by the criticism of the backwards John Galliano tuxedo she wore to the 1999 Oscars.

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Céline said:

“When I wore that look, yes it was at the Oscars, and when I wore that, everyone was wearing dresses, not pants. I was the only one with pants in a backward suit from Galliano and if I would do this today it would work. It was avant-garde at the time. And it doesn’t matter, you just have to assume what you wear, you wear, and I did.”

In other words, Céline was way ahead of us basic bitches, but she’s too nice to put it in exactly those words. I appreciate her forbearance, because I was one of those basic bitches, as I admitted in this 2008 post. I’ve evolved even more since 2008. I wrote that maybe I wouldn’t wear that tux to the Oscars. What? I’m ready to give that suit a damn Oscar.

This makes me determined to wear my 2003 white Versace pantsuit somewhere — anywhere! — this summer. I’ve been thinking about it since 2015 when Broad City aired an episode in which Ilana decides to be more professional, leading her to buy a “power suit.” A white suit. That she keeps loudly describing as a “white power suit.”

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Also, I do like to take photos of clothes being worn 10 years apart, and the last photos I have of me in that suit are from 2007.

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I wore it to a book launch for model Alek Wek …. and check it out! MrB and I took a picture with Alek herself.

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My Twitter friend Kim has given me some new styling ideas, using my suit’s long-lost twin: a Thierry Mugler that she found on 1stdibs.com.

Corporate series pic.twitter.com/2pixPouKcE

— kim (@kimdvniels) June 21, 2017

So cross your fingers that (a) I fit into the suit and (b) I don’t have an Ilana moment. I don’t want to accidentally attract any of those Pepe the frog fascists!

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Celebrities, Fashion, favorite brands, models, pictures of me, suits, Throwback Thursday, versace, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: celine dion, oscar fashion

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  1. Catherine says

    June 23, 2017 at 11:11 am

    Celine’s look has aged way better than a lot of Oscar fashion. I forgot about it totally but now I think she looks chic AF. Even that hat is killing it. I hope you do wear your suit again this year! Have a great day, Wendy!

    • WendyB says

      June 23, 2017 at 11:21 am

      I might have a place to wear the suit next week!

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