Valérie Lemercier carries her love for Céline Dion to the end, so much so that during the 2022 edition of the Césars, from which she left with the prize for best actress, she opted for a fashion nod to the Quebec diva.
Indeed, the actress and director ofAline, true/false biopic around the life of Céline Dion – who has still not seen the film at the latest news – went to the Césars in a black dress with puffed sleeves surrounded by silver jewels, signed Stéphane Rolland. “A jewel dress that protects her (…) A line A dress, trapeze shape, with balloon sleeves, in black silk velvet, embroidered with art deco crystal bracelets“, specifies with details the creator to Gala. The latter imagined this haute couture dress especially for Valérie Lemercier, with whom he had come into contact thanks to the costume designer Catherine Leterrier, who worked on Aline and was nominated for the Césars.
Valérie Lemercier was delighted to collaborate with Stéphane Rolland since the latter had the chance to dress Celine Dion in the past! Indeed, thanks to the singer – who no longer gives news but was photographed in Las Vegas – her notoriety had suddenly exploded when she had worn one of her creations. In 2017, for the 20th anniversary of his hit my heart Will Go On she had sung at the Billboard Music Awards wearing a white dress wide open on the chest and with XXL puffed sleeves designed by Stéphane Rolland. At the time, the diva entrusted her styling to Law Roach before calling on Pepe Munoz.