Cline Dion still remembers her wedding tiara and the bulging, bleeding cut it caused.
The My Heart Will Go On singer sat down with Vogue this week to reflect on some of her most memorable fashion moments. While recalling her 1994 nuptials to the late Ren Anglil , she revealed that her tiara decorated with 2,000 Swarovski crystals really left a mark.
This big piece is not glued to my head, obviously, it has been sewn, she said in the video .
So, no problem, I can manage the weight, Dion continued. And when youre so happy, theres no weight, theres no problem, theres no pain. We rehearsed one time with the dress and the big veil and all that ... in a big ballroom made of beautiful wooden floors.
Dion said her practice run was smooth, but that when she arrived at the cathedral for her actual wedding, the floor was carpeted which she hadnt practiced on. Dion recalled pulling an immediate facelift of shock at the time, but then walked the aisle without issue.
The tiara reportedly weighed seven pounds and left more than an impression.
When we removed the tiara, I had a cut because the pressure was too much, said Dion. The next day, I wake up, I look at myself in the mirror, I have a [bump] the size of an egg in the middle of my forehead. I look at my husband and said, Its too late now, were married.
While she certainly had a sense of humor about it, Dion said the injury was so huge she went cross-eyed. The newlywed ultimately decided to seek medical attention and forgo the traditional post-wedding leisure, and said she had to be on antibiotics for about three weeks.
Dion and Anglil, who discovered the singer after listening to her demo tape and became her trusty manager, shared 22 years of marriage together and had three children. The Canadian producer died in 2016 at 73 years old after multiple cancer diagnoses.
Dion, who is now navigating health issues of her own, wouldnt change a thing.
This is a moment that will be with me for the rest of my life, she told Vogue. The dress couldnt have been big enough. I couldve had three times the [injury] size on my head. I couldve had six different dresses that night because he was, and still is, such a wonderful human being.
He brought [out] the best in me, Dion continued. He really did.
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