Article: BEYONCE ROAD TESTS HOUSE OF DEREON.

Byline: Lauren DeCarlo

NEW YORK -- During the first two weeks of a Destiny's Child world tour, Tina Knowles has always had a specific job -- making sure Kelly Rowlands, Michelle Williams and her daughter, Beyonce Knowles, nail their costume changes in as few as 40 seconds.

"You have to come up with steps, like, `one, two, zip'," Tina Knowles said. "By the time we left Australia, we had the quick changes down -- only a couple of times did they go out with their pants unzipped."

The current tour, the group's first in three years, began last month and marked a bit of a departure for Tina Knowles. The costumes she was helping the girls ...

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