Cover Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (Image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (Image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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The custom-made fuchsia Atelier Versace performance outfit was entirely covered in Swarovski crystals
Above LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on March 14, Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California and broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on March 14, Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California and broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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What do you do when you have to sing a soft pop song in the first minute and burst into dance the next? Versace had the answer—a three-in-one fuschia stunner that Grammy Award winner Dua Lipa sloughed like a sartorial snake, as she moved from Levitating to Don't Start Now. Dua Lipa won Best Pop Album at the star-studded affair last night.
Above LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on March 14, Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California and broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on March 14, Dua Lipa performs onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California and broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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The first layer consists of a voluminous duchess satin cape dotted with crystals in a degradé pattern. As the song progressed and Dua Lipa began to show off her signature moves, the cape gave way to a long blazer-dress underneath, entirely encrusted with Swarovski crystals, before finally revealing a bralette top with fuchsia Medusa studs and matching bottoms for Don't Start Now. Even the accompanying boots and mic stand were studded with pink crystals.
The inspiration? Future nostalgia, the title of her winning album, by infusing '60s silhouettes with a poppy, future-looking optimism.
The dancers were also dressed in Versace outfits covered with maxi-paillettes.
Above LOS ANGELES - MARCH 14: Dua Lipa at THE 63rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 14, 2021 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+. (Photo by Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)
Above LOS ANGELES - MARCH 14: Dua Lipa at THE 63rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 14, 2021 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+. (Photo by Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - MARCH 14: Dua Lipa at THE 63rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 14, 2021 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+. (Photo by Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)
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Dua Lipa's red carpet dress, also by Versace, was a fluid column covered in crystal mesh in fairy hues, complete with a butterfly bodice—a great hint at her stage costume that followed.
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