Madonna wants to “Dress You Up” in some of her legendary lewks!
In preparation for her career-spanning Celebration World Tour, the Queen of Pop took a trip down memory lane as she revisited several of her most famous style moments while digging through her extensive fashion archives.
Madonna gave fans an exclusive peek into her massive storage space, which featured stacked rows of boxes, bins, and an endless array of garment bags.
“A trip to my archives is always a nostalgic trip down memory lane!” Madonna captioned her post. “If I think about my journey through music over the last 4 decades— how could I not think about all the incredible clothes I got to wear and all the amazing designers I was lucky enough to work with!!”
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While life-long Madonnaphiles could lose their minds imagining all the pieces of pop iconography that laid within those hallowed racks, the “Vogue” songstress didn’t waste any time in revealing which revered items she was offering up for view during this impromptu exhibit on her Instagram page.
The slideshow centers on shots of the Jean Paul Gaultier-designed cone bras made famous on Madonna’s groundbreaking Blond Ambition Tour in 1990.
In the first photo, the 64-year-old models a blue velvet one which resembled a version of Gaultier’s first take on the cone bra from his fashion show in 1984.
While Madonna had worn Gaultier outfits early in her career, the tour was the pair’s first official collaboration. None of us have been the same since.
Next up comes the classic cone bra/corset combo she wore while performing “Express Yourself” during the 57 dates of Blond Ambition. Herstory in the making!
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Among the other artifacts Madonna previewed were her black leather cage corset, a purple bejeweled bustier, a pair of lace-trimmed bloomers, and the master copies of her 1991 tour film Truth or Dare.
It’s unclear if she plans to wear any of these costumes again on her Celebration Tour, but gay boys can dream!
Along with the images of the items, Madonna got unusually personal about her late mother. Madonna was only five when her mom, also named Madonna, died from breast cancer in 1963 at the age of 30.
“When I was a little girl I remember my mother was always cold,” Madonna wrote. “Partly because she was sick but also because she never had a coat. She always spent what little money we had on our coats and I remember standing outside waiting for the school bus with my mother shivering in the cold in the middle of winter!!”
She went on to describe how those early powerful memories continue to reverberate with her every day.
“The journey from the memory of my shivering mother in Winter to me shivering in the over air-conditioned storage space where all my costumes are stored is quite remarkable!” she added. “I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Every time I put on an incredible coat I think of my Mother. I hope she likes my taste in costumes. But most of all i hope she’s warm!”
Madonna previously opened up about her mother during a particularly emotional moment in Truth or Dare, where she visited her grave as “Promise to Try,” the song she wrote about her mom, played in the background.
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Truth or Dare is available to stream or rent on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, YouTube, and DirecTV, among other platforms.
Madonna will kick off her Celebration Tour, which pays tribute to her 40-year career of hits, on July 15th in Vancouver. Catch a glimpse of rehearsals below:
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ShiningSex
She looks hideous now. She’s so wrong for her plastic surgery disaster. It has NOTHING to do with age, just poor decision and awful surgeons.
scotty
you can put a dress on a pig but it’s still a pig. shes effin hideous.
Just.my.opinion
I cannot imagine anyone choosing to waste their time or their money going to a Madonna concert.
OberonOZ
You must have a very limited imagination.
SUPREME
it’s not for you to imagine nor is it your money.
OzMarco
Well that clearly shows that not only have you never been to one of her shows, you are also devoid of imagination!
Sucks to be you…
SFMike
The plastic mask of a face is truly frightening, right up there now with Michael Jackson’s decaying nose.
sfv1971
Can’t wait to see her with Bob the Drag Queen this fall. Haters should keep their sour pusses to themselves and let the rest of us have our fun! It’s going to be a great show!
abfab
We will wait with bated breath for the Vancouver show review to hit the news stands. I wonder when the need to hold up your annoying cell phones to take shaky pictures to share with your”friends” will end. That bothers me. Big time. But what are you going to do? It’s distracting.
Inspector 57
@abfab. As those kids with their phones would type, “ikr.” I was at the first two performances of LNX’s Long Live Montero Tour, and it felt as though I was the only person in either audience who actually watched the show. So many arms and cameras in the air! I’m trying to prepare myself for more of the same with The Celebration Tour. Keep reminding myself that I’ll at least be able to hear Madonna, and I’m hoping that I’ll get some decent visuals from giant screens. And, hey, if nothing else, my $350 will get me the exclusive ability to buy overpriced concert swag. And the right to say, “I was there.”
BigJohnSF
Loving the bitter vitriol from the pathetic haters. She looks fabulous and most of her tour is sold out.
Dijonaise
The swelling is going down, she’ll look great by the time the tour rolls around!
nm4047
I guess as a result of the laws of gravity, (if she still fits into) then it will help stop the dragging on the ground effect.
abfab
Her walk-in closets are two city block warehouses in Astoria. Imagine being the curator.
abfab
And don’t forget……celebrity watching will be in full swing. Everyone will be there!
ShaverC
I love her so much I cry every night thinking about her.
Gabby
I love her and I am so excited for the new show. I still have Madame X on repeat.
LilOralYankee
All these fake flake fag judgementalist queens.
Lets see as you age, if even you do age with all the piggish crap you do on all the fake flake fraud fag cruising apps and all the crap you use up your nose and through your veins, what you will look like in the coming years as you too will feel the need to try and remain as youthful on the outside as you feel within. What bitter queens lmao. Have a blessed daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
dbmcvey
She’s Madonna. She doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
Gabby
One of things I love about her – she really does not care.
Gabby
I have to agree.- yes she doesn’t look like she did in 1999 but I truly think she looks so great. I can only wish to look that good when I make it to 65.