The Oscars are about to provide yet another dazzling showcase for the Lebanese designer Elie Saab, Julia Robson meets the couturier with Hollywood at his door.
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Dressed
by Saab: Halle Berry (Oscars, 2002); Kate Winslet (Emmys, 2011);
Gwyneth Paltrow (Bambi awards, 2011); Bérénice Bejo, star of The Artist
(Baftas, 2012). PHOTOS: REX/CORBIS
Two words are synonymous with red-carpet fashion these days: Elie
Saab. Rarely a week goes by without a beautiful celebrity wearing an
exquisite, twinkling creation by the 47-year-old Lebanese designer at an
awards ceremony or starry premiere. Remember the curvaceous,
crimson-hued, cap-sleeved gown Kate Winslet wore to collect her Emmy
last September? It was an Elie Saab (a copy now graces the waxwork
Winslet at Madame Tussauds). And the emerald-sequined ‘mermaid’ gowns
Gwyneth Paltrow and Zoe Saldana wore on the same night in November to
functions on either side of the Atlantic? Elie Saab.In the past year the
roll-call of leading ladies who have chosen Saab’s fluttering chiffon
or billowing satin to wear on the red carpet has trebled.
Lebanese
designer Elie Saab waves after the presentation of his Women’s
spring/summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris. PHOTO: AP Read more…
