Celine Dion looked positively SMASHING as she greeted fans and signed autographs on the way to her concert in Paris.

It follows a week of appearances at Paris fashion shows  – in fabulous haute couture from Dior, Balenciaga, and Fendi – that she says she attended because her late husband Rene Angelil would’ve wanted her to.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Dion explained, “It could have been way easy for me to say, ‘You know what, I’m not in the mood of dressing up and having the purse and seeing the fans and having a good time and singing, giving a part of your soul.’ But knowing that [Rene] loved the industry so much…he wanted me to really be the artist I always wanted to be.”

Good for her.

She added that her fans are behind her performing — she’s currently on tour in Paris — and making public appearances so soon after Rene’s death in January.

“They’ve been such supporters in my good days and my bad days. They are so considerate for my happiness and my sadness, my good and bad moments, and they are [always] supporting me…not only my music, but who I am,” she said.

As for her high-fashion makeover, courtesy of stylist Law Roach, Celine told ET, “Do we know any girls in the world who don’t really like to be jeweled or dressed up? I never met one.”

Dion will kick off 17 shows in her home province of Quebec, Canada, including a string of shows in Montreal later in the year, and then in September she’ll resume her residency in Las Vegas.

(via ABC News; Photos: Pacific Coast News)