Elie Saab – Spring 2021 «A New Dawn»
+31 Elie Saab – Spring 2021 «A New Dawn»
His ready-to-wear collection, titled “a new dawn,” for new beginnings. It is the most optimistic message since Saab’s atelier and home were destroyed in the August blast in Beirut’s port, an explosion of ammonium nitrate that ripped through the city, killing 200 people and injuring thousands. His early-20th-century home, one of the few remaining examples of traditional architecture left in Beirut after the civil war, was wrecked, its Ottoman-era chandeliers smashed and windows blown out. His atelier was similarly reduced to rubble. His team worked night and day and, remarkably, the haute couture atelier of 200 people was up and running again just 15 days later.
“Everything comes from the heart. That is the force behind wearing my designs”
Saab became more well known in the United States after he became the first Lebanese designer to dress an Oscar winner, Halle Berry,in 2002.In May 2003, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture invited him to become a member, and he showed his first haute couture collection in Paris in July 2003. The brand has boutiques located in Beirut, Dubai, Doha, Paris, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Moscow, New York City, and Mexico.
He has been worn by Queen Rania of Jordan, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden,Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
First Lady of France Brigitte Macron wore an Elie Saab outfit of military coat and skinny trousers during a state visit to China.
