All the Details on Adele’s Latest Custom Dress at Her Las Vegas Show — It Took 300 Hours to Hand-Bead!
The singer bid Weekends with Adele adieu — for now — in the stunning La Ligne gown
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Adele just ended her Las Vegas residency with a bang — and a banging dress.
On Sunday, the singer-songwriter, 35, took the stage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for the last Weekends with Adele show this year in a stunning, floor-length black gown from La Ligne.
The custom dress embodied the brand’s classic style and staple pattern — stripes — which, composed entirely of black hematite crystals, sparkled under the bright Vegas lights.
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The sparkling gown “was inspired by La Ligne’s signature stripes and Carey dress silhouette,” per a release from the label.
Made of “a unique natural stretch 4-ply black silk crepe fabric,” the dress was breathtaking from top — an off-the shoulder, sweetheart neckline — to bottom, where the skirt featured “silk georgette godets.”
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And, the star of the show, the beaded stripes that span the length of the gown — envisioned in collaboration with stylist Jamie Mizrahi — “were brought to life with individual glass bugle beads meticulously stacked on top of one another,” per La Ligne.
After it was framed with a hematite crystal, each bead on the show-stopping dress was cut down one-by-one, entirely by hand, until it flowed “seamlessly” with the garment’s curves.
The meticulous hand-beading process took over 300 hours, the brand says.
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Adele, who has lit up the stage each weekend of her residency with her eye-catching gowns, paired the custom La Ligne dress with her signature bold glam, elegant waves, black and silver drop earrings, and — to beat the heat — a matching sparkly black fan.
Last week, the “Hello” singer gave her usual Weekends with Adele glam a spooky twist in a gothic look that fans compared to Morticia Addams.
For those worried about missing the “Someone Like You” songstress’ residency — and residency looks — fret not. In October, the singer announced a final extension of Weekends with Adele into 2024.
Originally scheduled to wrap up her Las Vegas shows on Sunday, she will now perform 32 additional dates next year.
The final leg of Weekends with Adele, which finds the star singing her classics and charming the crowd with her signature banter, will kick off in mid-January.
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Starting on Jan. 19, the “Rolling in the Deep” singer will continue to perform at Caesars Palace every Friday and Saturday night through the end of March. Then, after taking off the month of April, she will resume in May on the 17th and officially wrap up on June 15.
On Instagram — where the singer also documents her residency looks each weekend — Adele made a post expressing how excited she was to continue her residency and share how impactful the shows have been to her.
“This residency, these shows have changed my life,” she wrote alongside a compilation of clips from Weekends with Adele shows. “I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have. I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have!
“Being onstage over the last year so up close and personal with an audience again after all these years has been a truly extraordinary restorative experience that I’ll never forget. All the hilarious, soulful, wild and heartbreaking interactions we’ve had are banked in my mind for life.
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“The looks on your faces, seeing you laugh and cry together singing your hearts out and hoarding bags of confetti. All the simi dolls, friendship bracelets, flowers, facetime calls and flags. It’s crazy how joyful a show full of sad songs can be!! I’ve felt so much and learned so much about myself and you. It’s humanized everything I thought was scary.”
“Mostly though, it’s just made me realize how much I really enjoy being on stage, that I’m bloody good at it and that it is 100% where I belong!” Adele concluded. “So let’s go one last time before I turn into a showgirl forever! Love you and I’ll see you on the other side soon x.”