Elie Saab was born in Lebanon on July 4, 1964. In his youth, Elie Saab developed an infinite curiosity in art. This great interest led him to enter the fashion world aggressively. He started desgining evening gowns and wedding dresses. His first fashion house was launched in 1982, in Beirut, under his own label. In the same year, Elie Saab launched his first collection at the Casino Du Liban. It was a major success and enjoyed massive media coverage!The Lebanese press referred to him as the precocious genius. Deeply attached to his native culture but constantly fascinated by the European fashion, his style was a perfect blend of Eastern and Western cultures. The 1980's saw Elie Saab's career expanding. His reputation spread throughout the Middle East attracting royalty to his fashion House in Beirut. In the early nineties, Elie Saab established a larger fashion house in Beirut. The finesses of his word spread overseas to include privat fashion shows in Paris, Switzerland etc...
In 1997, Elie Saab was the first foreign designer to present a Spring/Summer Haute Couture collection at the Roma Alta Moda week. Since then, his fashion shows are presented in Rome.
Elie Saab is on the international designers who had been dressing Hollywood movie stars at the aware winning cermeonies. Sine 2000, Elie Saab collection has been on the catwalk in the capital house of fashion, Paris, at the "Paris Fashion Week" of Haute Couture.Classically regal, yet unmistakably sexy, Saab's designs combine Middle Eastern details with European fashion, and appear at home on Hollywood A-listers like Halle Berry who wore Saab at the 2002 and 2003 Academy Awards. Since that moment, Elie has grown even more popular amongst celebrities with his romantic, crystal-encrusted evening and wedding gowns.
The women of Elie Saab are the goddesses of the modern mythology. Making brides and women wearing his dressed feel divine and radiant.
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