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FASHION GONE VIRAL

On a July day in Paris, as the city melted into mayhem under the scorching summer heat, Céline Dion stepped out of the Hôtel de Crillon looking cool and collected. Her green Richard Quinn ball gown billowed from her bust as she strode along the footpath, a pair of huge, diamond-collared Weimaraners in tow. “Walk the dogs,” her nonchalant expression seemed to be saying. “But make it fashion.”

For the Canadian songstress, it was the grand finale in a whirlwind of clicking shutters and costume changes at Paris Couture Week: a spandex Chanel catsuit one day, feathered canary skirt the next, then a graffiti-emblazoned leotard and suit jacket, no pants necessary.

From whichever angle you were watching the extraordinary haute parade, the 51-year-old was serving looks. Would her efforts propel her to the top

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