Madonna talks Tour Fashion
She may be sporting Gaultier and Givenchy – as well as her first fine fragrance, Truth or Dare – on her upcoming tour, but Madonna hopes there’s one thing she won’t be wearing as she travels the globe to promote her new album: injuries.
The MDNA tour, in support of her 12th studio album – currently challenged in the charts – is requiring some physically intense moves. At Macy’s Herald Square on Thursday night, making an appearance in support of her scent, Madonna was nursing what she called a big old cut on her leg. Motioning to her black lace Dolce & Gabbana dress, she laughed, I take these clothes off, and I’m covered in bruises. It’s very sexy. Why? Wait and see, she said, but promised it will be intense.
The tour kicks off in Tel Aviv on May 20, wending its way around the Middle East and Europe before the first North American date, Aug. 28 in Philadelphia. South American dates are expected to be revealed soon. It’s crunch time for me getting my show ready, so after this I have to go back to the dungeon, she told WWD during an interview after the Macy’s appearance. I call it the dungeon, where we work. In a room with no light. It’s kind of our factory, but I have a lot of work to do.
As for the show’s couture, I worship and adore [Jean Paul Gaultier]. He’s creating one of my costumes, and kind of godfathering the costumes for a section of my show, with all my dancers. I’m really happy he’s doing it, because he’s such a genius. And I’ll probably wear something that Riccardo [Tisci] from Givenchy makes. But the rest of it is going to be what my costume designer Arianne Phillips creates with me.
If her Super Bowl XLVI costumes – which included a glittery Egyptian caftan, fanciful Philip Treacy headpieces and a priest’s robes are any barometer, those MDNA costumes will get people talking. Madonna called the Super Bowl show one of my most favorite and most treasured performing experiences, for sure. That was amazing. But next time she may opt for flats instead of heels: The dance that LMFAO does, the shuffle, was really hard to do in heels. I have to say, I would prefer to do the shuffle in sneakers. If you want to drop it like it’s hot, it’s good to wear flats, because then your booty gets really close to the floor, but then there are things you can do in heels that you can’t do in sneakers.
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