“What you put on issues,” Usher tells Vogue in the course of the closing wardrobe becoming for his hotly anticipated Tremendous Bowl 2024 halftime present. “It makes individuals really feel one thing.” These phrases simply rang resoundingly true because the R&B celebrity delivered an instantly-legendary efficiency at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas—wearing customized Dolce & Gabbana.

“Material and the embellishment of clothes is one thing that they actually do distinctive, and I wished to have somewhat little bit of that,” Usher says of his want to work with the Italian home. The performer has worn Dolce & Gabbana on a number of events all through his illustrious profession; however by no means fairly like this.

“We begin with a fantastic dramatic overcoat with crystals and beadwork, and issues that really feel very opulent,” costume designer Tanja Caldwell says of Usher’s opening look. “We would like it to talk to what Vegas tradition is, and what it has been.” The white coat, awash in silver beaded gildings and dramatized with a prepare, certainly echoes the grandeur and glitz that outline Las Vegas. Paired with side-pleated pants and Portofino sneakers, it’s one in all a number of layers that was made for the efficiency. “There’s a narrative that’s being instructed by means of the wardrobe,” Caldwell says. “We’re sort of unraveling Usher all through the evening.” 

Amongst items designated for a grand reveal is a jeweled prime dripping in crystal fringe. Impressed by a Dolce & Gabbana robe with the identical beadwork, the piece, stylist Brookelyn Types says, speaks to Usher’s fondness of clashing masculine and female kinds. Ever the showman, Vogue‘s winter 2024 digital cowl star regarded to designs that he may change out and in of shortly, in a approach that makes the viewers “really feel like one thing magical” is occurring on stage.

Whereas Usher’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency formally marks halftime between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers matchup, it additionally caps his now storied Las Vegas residency. “We performed 100 offered out reveals right here in Las Vegas,” he says. “For my 101, we get an opportunity to have this crescendo collectively.” Suffice to say, he’s dressed for the event.  

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