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    Elio Fiorucci has died at age 80

    in ARCHIVE - Madonna

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    2004 - Cocktail D'Amore : Amanda Lear interviews Elio Fiorucci.

    Amanda: Considering the early 80's, do you think that pop stars could really influence people's life in wearing clothes or carrying a certain style?

    Fiorucci: I do! This is very interesting...There are some talented stars like Madonna who are able to sense what's going to be 'in'.She needs people around and feels their need and interpretates it in that moment.

    Amanda: Oh yes, Madonna! We all remember as she influenced all those girls that loved her inconditionally and dressed like her, you know, with all those crosses... Did she also wear clothes from your stores, right?

    Fiorucci: She felt like 'the trend was in the air' as we use to say. Well I can tell you that she started with us for sure. When Madonna wasn't so famous, there was a store in New York's 54th Street where her little brother used to work, so she was almost every day there.She had her first performance in 1984 at Studio 54 celebrating Fiorucci's 15th birthday.
    What I like in Madonna is that she always do what she wants and without influence, because it's a talent, she is like a stylist, she senses what's going on at that moment.

    New interview for Oakland Press: Growing up in Midwest and Rebel Heart Tour

    in ARCHIVE - The REBEL HEART Forum

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    Madonna says folks shouldn’t be too put off over her recent comments about growing up in Rochester Hills.

    “I appreciate my provincial upbringing,” the Michigan-born pop culture icon explained by phone Friday, June 17, from her home in New York City. She’s preparing for her Rebel Heart Tour, which begins Sept. 9 in Montreal and will bring Madonna back home on Oct. 1 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

    The Bay City-born Madonna (nee Ciccone) — who was raised in Pontiac and Rochester Hills, graduating from Rochester Adams High School — ruffled local feathers when she referred to the “basic, provincial-thinking people” of her hometown during a March interview with Howard Stern on SiriusXM satellite radio. The remark even prompted an open letter from Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett defending the area.

    Madonna, 56, who studied dance for one semester at the University of Michigan before moving to New York, says she hasn’t read Barnett’s letter but expressed a bit more pride about her roots on Friday.

    “To me it’s really important that I came from the Midwest,” she explained, “with my father and people that I was surrounded with, very strong work ethic and my practical approach to work, and not a lot of frills.

    “I don’t think I would be as creative as I am if I’d grown up surrounded by everything at my fingertips. The fact that I came from a small town in the Midwest has a lot to do with the kind of open notebook that I had to start my journey of creativity.”

    That journey has continued with “Rebel Heart,” Madonna’s 13th studio album — which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts in March — and will take its next step with the tour, which she promised will be one of her characteristically theatrical spectacles, featuring songs from throughout her 32-year Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recording career, with plenty of challenging choreography and provocative imagery.

    “I’m still working my way through the set list,” said Madonna, who’s working on the show with a team of creative directors, choreographers and costume designers. “The name of the tour, Rebel Heart, starts the party and then I think, ‘What’s a strong beginning? What’s the statement I want to make?’ and then we go on a journey from there.”

    The theme of the show, she added, will be “romance.”

    “Love. Living for love. Being a rebel heart. Living for love. They’re all kind of intertwined, you know — rising above, believing in your dreams, overcoming heartbreak, things like that,” Madonna said. “You know, the simple things in life.”

    And while fans wonder if she can still perform at the level she has in the past, Madonna, whose daughter, Lourdes, begins her second year at U-M this fall, said they won’t be disappointed.

    “I have a very disciplined life,” she said. “I don’t do a lot of socializing. My life revolves around my show and my children and trying to live a very healthy lifestyle. The only thing I’m lacking right now is sleep — as always.”

    Tickets for Madonna’s Joe Louis Arena concert, priced $53-$158, are on sale. Visitolympiaentertainment.com for details.

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