Elie Saab

Spring/Summer 2011

TODAY’S couture collection from Elie Saab was as pretty and feminine as we expect from this Lebanese designer – but today he displayed a lighter touch than in recent seasons and the dresses were all the better for it.

A pale palette of nude, pink and beige – as well as a new pale-grey-to-the-point-of-white shade that appeared at Chanel and Givenchy as well this week – accentuated the new delicacy and allowed flashes of green, red or black to shout even louder.
"It was much lighter and much prettier as a result," said fashion director Lucinda Chambers after the show. "Even the embroidery was less heavy on lovely chiffon full length dresses – he has a new focus and it suits him."