Céline Dion Says Fashion Helped Her Heal After the Loss of Her Husband: 'It’s Amazing How a Little Bit of Fantasy Can Alter Our Moods'
Fashion means more to Céline
Dion than beautiful ball gowns, sexy stilettos and a hot handbag (of which
she just launched a new line, available now).
For the French Canadian singer, 49, her array of glamorous looks — including
high-fashion designs from Zuhair Murad, Atelier Versace, Balmain, Dior,
Alexander McQueen and more — are pure source of joy and a much-needed one at
that since she lost
her beloved husband and longtime manager, René Angélil, to cancer at 73 in
2016, and the loss of
her brother just days later.
“It’s amazing how a little bit of fantasy can alter our moods,” the mother of
three tells PEOPLE during an interview about her new
handbag line featured in the newest issue, on newsstands now.
“I’ve always
loved fashion, from as far back as I can remember. But as everyone knows, I’ve
gone through some extremely difficult times in recent years, and I suppose that
I’m spreading my wings a little bit more these days and doing so with the help
of beautiful clothing and accessories.”
She’s also doing so with the help of a new stylist, Law
Roach, who she started working with last summer. When Roach teamed with
Dion, he told
PEOPLE that he could see how much fun she had with fashion, and how much it
lifted her spirits. “Fashion can really take you to another place,” he told
PEOPLE at the time. “If you feel beautiful and pretty, you can’t be sad and
miserable. It’s just impossible.”
These days, Dion agrees: “Law is 100 percent correct,” she says. “Fashion can
have a huge influence on how we feel from day-to-day. We can be feeling a little
bit down when we wake up to face the day, but things start to brighten up a
little when we put on that fancy outfit, with the vibrant colors and a
spectacular pair of heels.”
So, how does she describe her style? “I don’t think I have a style as such,”
she says. “For me, anything goes! As I’ve said I love fashion, and I love
experimenting. I feel great in a pair of faded jeans and T-shirt—I guess that’s
my rock ’n’ roll style. But as you’ve probably witnessed, I just love to wear a
beautiful couture gown, that makes me feel like a princess or a diva.”
Ultimately, if she’s taught us anything from her style
renaissance-meets-reinvention, it’s to indulge in fashion fantasies. “Fashion is
fun. Fashion is fantasy,” adds Dion. “It can often provide the escape that we
need to take our minds of our daily problems, even if only for a short but
necessary time.”
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