Photo Credits: Fashiongonerouge
Picture mermaids bursting forth from the seas, bodies glistening under the vivid blue skies. That’s what Elie Saab paints us on his open canvas for Spring Summer Haute Couture 2014. Saab set about his screen goddess salute by invoking sacred body silhouettes that flutter with fluid draping. Silk mousseline envelope and refract the golden sun, as the pieces embody a pensive spirit.
Couture has always been a triumph of the craft, yet with mastery comes a relaxed approach; and Saab may be this fashion Olympian to tribute these designs upon any red carpet royalty. They were divine in a manner that will be familiar to the cult of Hollywood.
As such, Saab’s thirst for endless shorelines (and hemlines for that matter) could be drawn from his Beirut roots. A tinge of antiquity lingers on the countless embroidered trims, rendering one to dream of Elven Queens in the Parisian urban jungle. The Elie Saab woman is one of regal dignity, but none who takes herself too seriously. Appliques conjure as much Greta Garbo as any Oscar worthy doyenne.
Other creative endeavours were more understated, with subtle inclusions of colour graduations from citrine to burnt aubergine. In the end though, it will not be the flashy fanfare accompanying the siren along her solitude walks, but the air shrouded in mystery that fascinates the roving eye, asking: who is that stunning lass? Saab’s dresses had maketh the woman
