Kwingqokelela yakhe yangaphambi kokuwa kwe2017, Elie Saab ithatha umkhwa we80. Ukusuka emlenzeni wemikhono yegusha ukuya kumalaphu evelvet eluxe kunye nemihombiso yekristale, ukutyeba ngundoqo kwixesha elitsha lonyaka. I-Saab igxile kwiimilo zentliziyo kunye neleyisi enombala oluhlaza wehlathi, oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nomnyama. Ixesha lonyaka libonisa yonke into ukusuka kwiibhatyi zesikhumba ezilungele emini ukuya kwiingubo zokuhlwa zokunxiba kunye neebhatyi ezihonjisiweyo. Idityaniswe nezithende zeqonga kunye neepompo, umfazi we-Elie Saab umalunga nobukhazikhazi obuphezulu bokuwa kwangaphambili.
Elie Saab Pre-Fall 2017 Collection