T-Boz turned up to the 90s R&B Rewind concert last night (Jan 13, 2018) at the Microsoft Theater in California to show some love to the performers, one in particular being her former boyfriend, Mr Dalvin of Jodeci!
Jodeci performed at the sold out concert along with other 90s legends Soul For Real, Jagged Edge, SWV (fresh from their first Lady Of Soul award win) and Boyz II Men, who will be TLC‘s touring partners in Australia next month.
Dalvin DeGrates took to his Instagram after the show and said they were ‘friends for life’, going onto say it was good to see her at the sold out show.
T-Boz with Brian Amlani and Jodeci’s K-Ci Hailey
Later that night, T-Boz shared her moment arriving home and struggling to get her boots off! Her daughter Chase had to step in to help her mommy, a scenario most of us can relate to!
T-Boz and Chilli decided to do something they never do to end 2017 – they worked during the holidays – in the cold – just for the fans!
That’s right, TLC, the biggest selling girl group of all time graced the stage in Atlanta’s Woodruff Park to headline the city’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration, Peach Drop!
Singer/actor Tyrese and rapper Jeezy perfomed prior to the girls to get the crowd warmed up on such a cold night, ready to celebrate the infamous peach drop into 2018!
TLC, who were rocking brand new custom made outfits (extra padded due to the freezing cold temperature outside), turned up the heat as they opened up their set with their hit “Diggin’ On You“.
The girls went on to perform all of the favorite’s, from “Creep“, “No Scrubs“, “Unpretty” and “Waterfalls” to new material from their latest self-titled album, in the form of “Way Back“.
At one point, T-Boz began excitedly chanting “this is our home town!“, whilst she and Chilli both told the crowd it meant a lot to them to be performing in Atlanta on New Year’s Eve.
Despite the plummeting sub zero temperatures, the ladies didn’t miss a beat, and even playfully suggested to skip songs because it was so cold, but they soldiered on through.
Grammy-winning girl group TLC, who stopped in Vegas last month for their “I Love the ’90s” tour, their nostalgic fans not only want to hear their favorite hits but want to see iconic outfits from past music videos.
“The one thing I use for inspiration is to try to create something people want to re-create for Halloween — that’s how you know it’s good,” said the group’s costume designer, Brea Stinson, who reimagined TLC’s futuristic wardrobe in 1999’s “No Scrubs.”
“They are Michael Jackson fanatics, so I tried to bring in Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ era mixed with the [all-black] look from ‘No Scrubs’ — it’s a hybrid but recognizable to TLC’s aesthetic; sexy but a little bit of a tomboy.”
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas (third member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes died in 2002) played to an audience at the open-air Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, which Stinson said presented challenges because alterations had to be made to adjust for the sweltering heat. In fact, one week ahead of the Vegas show, Thomas suffered dehydration while performing in Concord, Calif., at an amphitheater, Stinson recalled.
“This year’s costumes are made of vegan leather and satin, with lots of hardware,” Stinson said, adding that changes such as swapping leather for all-satin jackets and short-sleeve versions of the costumes in lighter fabrics were made. “We create sex appeal and a cool factor; they still dance like it’s 1992.”
Watkins and Thomas wear only one costume throughout the tour — mixing the look with Isabel Marant hiking boot sneakers in black with a natural gum sole and New Rock combat boots in black with silver accents.
Costume designer Brea Stinson has worked for Beyonce, Rita Ora and TLC
“We have to make sure [the shoes] have grips because they dance so much, and you never know the condition of stages,”Stinson said. “Another important factor is ankle support, so sneakers will be a high-top and boots will be a midcalf silhouette for ankle support.”
Some other strategic measures the costume designers took with footwear include lacing and fit. “If Tionne is wearing a high-top or boot, then we tie it around her ankle instead of lacing it — we take it and go around the ankle for added support and double-knot it in the back to make sure it doesn’t come undone. I double-knot Chilli’s laces twice in the front.”
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