Swarovski crystals are the industry leader in jewellery, decorative art, and in costume making. Not only do they have intense sparkle, they are available in a myriad of beautiful colours, and are extremely durable. They’re made from crystal glass, not plastic, so they’ll maintain their intense sparkle over the years.
Madonna is a performer who combines musical talent with her dancing and performance expertise. Often her costumes are intricate, with many details and tiny Swarovski crystals.
Her costumes are often intricate, and can take many months to design and create. As a performance artist, she’s spent much of her adult lifetime focussing on the perfect show and her costumes show
it too. Each set on stage has her wearing a different outfit. Some are outrageous and minimal, while others are vibrant and elegant.
Madonna never wears her costumes past the season, yet they must be made for a lifetime. A good costume must last through several performances, and then it can be placed into a special museum where people can admire it at any time. Swarovski crystals will look as wonderful a decade from now as they do today. They won’t tarnish, fade or have peeling foil backs. Professional performers such as Madonna hire a team that who’ll create a theatre or show costume with only the finest of materials.
Madonna wore a beautiful black and gold 20s style dress during one of the Rebel Heart performances in 2015. This flapper-style dress was made by Moschino and she also wore a pair of long fringed gloves to go with it. She sung “Material Girl” while wearing it. What was notable about this dress was that it was entrusted with hundreds of small crystals that cascaded down on fringe around the skirt of the dress. The fringe on her gloves was also covered with crystals, as was the bodice of her dress. She topped it off with matching jewellery.
Singers, musicians, dancers, circus performers, acrobats, and illusionists may also all need that perfect costume to wear on stage. Performers must only select from the best. Rentals and vintage are passé. Today, the professional performance artist, such as Madonna, has several costumes made for one show.
Costumes differ from regular partywear in that they have to incorporate many special needs into their construction. Add on top of that hundreds of rhinestones, and that can make for a heavy costume for Madonna to wear. Not only are there ways to ensure a broader range of movement for her dancing, but the costume must not rip or tear at any time. The crystals on a costume must also move with her performance, and never catch against the fabric.
You can see from Madonna’s Swarovski-crystal embellished costumes that a lot of work goes into creating her beautiful costumes. They must last throughout each of her tour performances. It will be exciting to see how many of her Rebel Heart Tour costumes will be available for show at museums around the world.
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