Kylie's Showgirl tour hits the road

[KiwiCoromandel]

Kylie's Showgirl tour hits the road

Kylie Minogue has kicked off her Showgirl world tour with a concert in Glasgow.

And it looks like her extravagant costumes will be the stars of the show.

Kylie, 36, will wear an array of elaborate outfits inspired by showgirls, from the Moulin Rouge to Las Vegas.

Her already tiny figure will be encased in a handmade corset that will reportedly reduce her waist to an eye-watering 40 centimetres.

It is designed by Mr Pearl, who has trained his own waist to 45 centimetres as a result of wearing his corsets day and night.

Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano and Julien McDonald have also designed outfits for the greatest hits tour, which features a cross-section of Kylie songs from the beginning to her new single Giving You Up.

Her opening outfit is a jewel-encrusted couture corset by Galliano, which took four months to make as each jewel was painstakingly hand sewn.

The famous Lido in Paris has supplied the feathered head-dresses - so big that they need a truck all of their own to transport them between venues.

The show features a STG1 million ($2.43 million) Art Deco-inspired stage set thought to be the biggest ever built for an arena tour.

Kylie's pop career has now lasted 17 years - her first UK chart hit was I Should Be So Lucky back in January 1988.

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