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Elie Saab

Fashion Designer

- Born on July 4, 1964, Lebanon.
- 1982: Self-trained, launched his own atelier, at 18 years old, with 10 employees, in Beirut.
- First Collection is shown at the Casino du Liban, Beirut.
- 1980’s: Establishes his Couture house, reaches satisfaction of princesses for his evening dresses.
- 1997: Invited to take part in the prestigious Camera Nazionale della Moda, as the only non-Italian designer.
- 1997: Begins to show his couture collection in Rome, during Alta Moda fashion week.
- 1998: Launches his first ready-to-wear collection, Milano, Italy.
- 2000: Opens a Salon and showroom in Paris.
- 2002: Stardom achieved when Actress Halle Berry, wearing a gown of his creation, wins Oscar for Best Actress. E.S. starts designing for A-list celebrities.
- 2003: Shows his Haute Couture Collection in Paris, as an officially invited member of the Prestigious Chambre Cyndicale.
- October 2005: Launches his expanded ready-to-wear collection in Paris and in Beirut, at the same time.
- 2006: Is nominated as “Membre Correspondant” at the Chambre Syndicale de la Fédération Française.
- March 2007: Opens flagship store in Paris, at 1, Rond Point des Champs-Elysées.
- July 2008: Opens his first UK Boutique at Harrod’s.
- Elie Saab dresses in 2012 many actresses, among them: Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Emma Stone, Lea Seydoux, Emmanuelle Beart, Maggie Cheung, Emmanuelle Devos, Leila Bekhti, Sarah MargareT Qualley, Aishwarya Rai, Anja Rubik, Zoe Saldana, Berenice Bejo...

Spring-Summer 2009: Haute-Couture:

Pinky sweet dresses majorly decorated with elaborate roses and then re-embroidered with pearls.
Some dresses add a strong feminine sexy feeling by showing extra volume on the hips, which contrasts with the slimness of the entire silhouette.
Tender sweet colors are used, like beige, pink, using refined silky materials.
Complicated and rich looking embroidered roses give fullness and shape to many of the dresses, whether they are short or long. Some dresses included Swarovski Crystals which are used in a way which does not steal the success from the very dress.
Other dresses had the same refined and richly decorated material used for both the dress and the coat which comes along with it.
Noticed big thick yet very feminine belts inspired by the Kimono belts.
The Kimono inspiration sometimes inspired the entire dress.
Nice surprising trains seen on the back of very modern dresses.
Cheeky low-cut backs added fantasy in order to balance with the high-cut necklines or some very casual short dresses.

Autumn-Winter 2009/2010:

Strong and sexy short dresses are balanced and softened by tulle and dentals.
Noticed self-imposing Jacquard suits in beige, along with unexpected crystal sewn on it.
Very refined and richly embroidered materials are used for all the dresses.
Daring very short dresses which also include low back-cut are balanced by high-cut necklines.
Many short or long dresses.

Spring-Summer 2010 collection: Dreamy short or very long dresses. Beautifully inspired by Fairytale Princesses. All colors are in tender pastels. Refined materials add a magical feeling, such as a lot of satin, a bit of cute sweet fur here and there...And a lot of richly embroidered roses which give the actual final shape to the short dresses, for example. Noticed a lot of sweet transparencies which are used on either some parts of the dress or on the full dress, may it be short or long. It all gives a great well-balanced feeling of feminity, sexiness, and tenderness. In September 2010, Elie Saab launched his own collection of ready-to-wear wedding dresses with 11 new styles, sold exclusively in Paris and Beirut.

Haute-couture Summer 2011 - Ready-to-wear Autumn / Winter 2011 /2012

Haute-couture and Ready to Wear - Collection 2013

Haute-couture, Ready to Wear and Bridal - Collection 2015

Books and magazines sources:
-“Noun” magazine, March 2008.
-“Ever Young” magazine, November 2007.
-Freiha, Asma, & Ghanem, Viviane, “Lebanese Imprints”, Volume 1, Dar Assayad, Hazmieh, Lebanon, 2005.
-“Journal du Textile”, Août 26, 2008.
-“Al Balad” Newspaper, Thursday, Jan.24, 2008.
-“L’Orient Le Jour”, Friday, July 18, 2008.

Other Pages

Article about Fashion Designer Elie Saab
Spring-Summer 2010 collection - Elie Saab

Featured Works

Black dress 2007 collection

Autumn / winter 2008/2009

Haute Couture Long empire dress made of Siena muslin layered on a lace bottom. Asymmetrical taffeta off-the-shoulder top, ruffle at the shoulder. Velvet belt.