

Source: Daily Mail By Chris Johnson
30th September 2009
These are some the stunning creations in which Kylie Minogue will grace the stage for her first-ever North American tour, which kicks off tonight. In a pop/fashion collaboration that will Victoria Beckham green with envy, she will wear an array of costumers from John-Paul Gaultier’s Autumn/ Winter 2009/10 collection. Kylie personally hand-picked the French designer’s outfits during Fashion Week in July.
Kylie, 41, who begins her six-city For You For Me Tour in San Francisco, will slip into a series of ensembles and, as these pictures show, sparkle seems to be a recurring theme.
But then she has high standards to live up to, costumes from her last tour, Showgirls, were later exhibited at London’s V&A Museum.
These outfits include a sexy silver corset number, a stunning floor-length shimmering metallic halter-neck dress and a slinky short black number with leather gloves and waistcoat.
She has also released a behind-the-scenes video, filmed just two days ago, showing the frantic last-minute rehearsals and backstage preparations.
In the two-minute clip, we meet some of Kylie’s scantily clad male dancers and hear from her head of wardrobe, Louise, who is avidly sewing feathers onto costumes.
Fans can expect to hear some of the Australian singer’s best-loved songs, including Better The Devil You Know, Come Into My World and I Believe In You.
After her two shows at the Fox Oakland Theatre in San Francisco, the nine-date tour will move on to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, then into Toronoto, Canada, before finishing off with three gigs in New York.
Writing on her official tour blog yesterday, Kylie praised her team for pulling things together during the second day of production rehearsals.
She said: ‘Production Rehearsal went incredibly well – everyone putting in 100 per cent.
Choreographer Tony Testa and assistant Jillian Mayers worked hard on the last day before show day to perfect the dancers moves. The choreography is beautiful and eye catching.
‘The sun is San Francisco slept behind the clouds today which was quite a change from the past 2 days.
‘No doubt tomorrow will be sunny for opening night! Nerves are buzzing and Kamp Kylie is getting incredibly excited. Oh my goodness… Kylie-fornia!’
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