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“Elie Saab unveiled ball gowns in a sea of pastels from mint, peach, periwinkle, grey and cream with splashes of shimmer for his spring/summer haute couture collection, which rounded up the last day of Paris Fashion Week.
Much of the fabric was sheer above and below the waist, gently revealing models’ torsos and legs underneath.
Floral prints on full skirts gave gowns an air of royalty and showed why Saab is one of the undisputed kings of red carpet dressing. Many of the dresses were belted at the waist.
Shoulders were emphasised to mark the structure of the dresses, in thick layers of tulle or silk, embroidered with silver.
Saab said he found his inspiration in fairytales.
“In this collection I thought about a very modern princess, I though of the fairytales which all girls dream of in order to come up with this collection which I hope you’ll like. Concerning colours, I thought of very soft colours but ones that still retained the dazzle I wanted to achieve in this collection,” he said after the show.”
