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Province sqIk sq Win one of 50 Time 100, I the Music of Our lives 2-CD I I sets. Details, Page B14 -L-L DrrSD www.vancouverprovlnce.com Editor: Jonathan McDonald Thursday, April 1, 1999 I if II II I I I II Shania Twain's videos and Marc Bouwer's fashion sense have altered the look of country music forever Mention the name Shania Twain and the first thing most people think of is the way the woman looks. Not half bad, they invariably say. The man who gets to dress Twain the gig from paradise is New York fashion designer Marc Bouwer. He's also designed for the likes of Faith Hill, Toni Braxton, Sigour-ney Weaver and Pamela Anderson Shania Twain with Leahy Where: GM Place When: Saturday; doors at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets: Sold out. (Check with I TicketMaster at 280-4444 for any tickets that might come available close to showtime.) but shania is his big priority these days. Bouwer his name means builder in Dutch came up with that fitted, stretch velvet, frosty blue East Indian look for the From This Moment On And then there was that down-home country outfit Twain donned for her recent Grammy appearance. Patsy Cline may have tried to bring country music uptown with her '50s gowns but a black bustier, thigh-high boots and dog collar make a fashion statement Cline wouldn't have begun to know how to utter. Bouwer was amazed at the shock that outfit caused, one Twain also wore briefly on the Man, I Feel Like a Woman video.

Continued on Page B2 JOHN P. Mclaughlin Country i Wr v- -Vt f- v. video, the leopard skin cape and hood on That Don't Impress Me Much and the severe, Robert Palmer-like suit, white shirt and tie ensemble for Man, I Feel Like a Woman. Shanla's dog collar, bustler, short skirt and thigh-high boots were the talk of the Grammy Awards. law no mm.