Big news out of Las Vegas: TV personality and actress NeNe Leakes is starring in Zumanity, wearing Chagoury Couture custom designs. Zumanity, the sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil, will feature Leakes  in costumes which were created by Chagoury himself. Leakes’ run on Zumanity in Vegas will go from June 27th to July 1st and will feature her as the “Mistress of Sensuality.”

Zumanity, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, along with Cirque du Soleil, have never before featured a celebrity in any performance in Cirque’s 30 years as a company. By introducing a celebrity guest, Cirque approached couture and ready to wear designer, Gilbert Chagoury, to create custom pieces for NeNe to wear during the show’s run.

Chagoury began his career working under the legendary designer Christian Dior in Paris. Since launching his self-titled line, Chagoury has quickly amassed a high profile clientele and continues to dress Hollywood starlets, such as Milla Jovovich, Eva Longoria, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood, Hayden Panettiere, Sarah Hyland, and many others.

Chagoury’s creations have had a visible presence at numerous award shows, premiers, galas, and film festivals. His visibility has also expanded to include editorial attention from a variety of national and international publications, including Glamour, ELLE, The Los Angeles Times, InStyle Russia, Lucky, GENLUX, and Brides Magazine, to name a few.

Nene Leakes getting fitted for the Zumanity dress rehersal with her custom costumes designed by Gilbert Chagoury.

Earlier this week, Nene Leakes gave an exclusive sneak peek in Las Vegas for her Cirque du Soleil, Zumanity performance. The live rehearsal took place at New York New York Hotel with reporters in attendance to preview what’s to come with Zumanity and Nene. All of NeNe’s costumes have been custom designed by Gilbert Chagoury, of Chagoury Couture, and has been working closely with NeNe for months. Gilbert Chagoury joins a small group of affluent designers such as Annie Horth and Dominique Lemieux who have been hand-selected to design costumes for these amazing and successful shows.