Elie Saab 2012 Couture

It's been over a year since I last posted a review of any show and I miss doing so. Being a fashion student however, studying and critiquing your own work takes centrefold in your brain rather than laying on to others. I try my hardest to keep up to date with every fashion week and season, but these days it involves a brief visit to Style.com and a quick scan of the shows. Now that I have handed my last module in, which I did so on Friday, I can actually take a proper look at the last season (and the current one) and see what's going on.

I just want to add before I get on to this review of the mastermind that is Saab, that I could have had the chance to work the ever prestigious London Fashion Week this February but the opportunity was not for me this time. This included numerous factors mostly to do with money, London is not a cheap place you know! I promise you though that one day I will be there, be it September 2012 or February 2015, I have my dreams! Onto the review....



This is one show that got me incredibly excited, I think it's possibly the mix of fairytale, romanticism and also a wedding quality. I think Saab has become one of those designers that never really needs to prove himself worthy of the fashion world, you just expect his shows to be magnificent. A girl can never get tired of her dresses and thus can never tire of a dress designer, especially the very talented folk who can supply a vast array for all types of female. I'm not sure why chiffon, silk and all things sparkly tantalise our fashion lust but it's a love affair that will never really die.

Until I became a fashion student I never really understood the time that went in to making a garment and one thing I have learnt is that even simple can take time and often be more complicated than your extravagant pieces. And when you look at the silhouettes in Saab's collections they are all quite simple indeed. I think it's this quality that really reaches out and pulls you in. When choosing a dress you want something that you can get out of just as easily as you can put it on, you want something that accentuates your figure but doesn't pull away from your face and above all you want something that gives you that certain class that no other garment can bring. That being said there is a such a thing as too simplistic but fear not for it's the detail and cloth that really make these gowns something else.



A mixture of gorgeous botanical print, lazer cuttings, appliqué and bead work give way to a craftsmanship that I myself feel only a select few possess. It is so easy to get it wrong and pile on too much that you weigh the garment down. But though Saab's gowns are adorned with detail and work they still have that sense of airiness and lightness that make the models seem as if they are in fact floating down the runway. All of this emphasised by the chosen angelic fabrics and pastel palette.

I expect it's because it's close to valentines day that all i can think about from these designs is weddings, romance and Aphrodite, or maybe it's just my love for every single piece before my eyes that has me feeling cupids arrows. What a remarkable addition to Spring and Bravo Mr. Saab, keep up the good work because i'm not ready to end this affair yet!

To view the full collections and the image sources go to style.com.