Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I love this model. She's stunning, and that LIPSTICK. YES. The dress is also really funky. This show felt like quite a departure from the Elie Saab of my mind -- it's darker, edgier. I'm not sure what I think of it all, but I appreciate the need not to make the same 40 dresses every six months.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
This one is neat -- it's like a cartoon cityscape by night.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I can't tell if that crotch panel is actually translucent, or just shimmery. At least it's an interesting dress to ponder.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Okay, that IS see-through. The skirt is so pretty, and the gown is so deliciously Maleficent in places... I honestly have no idea if a future wearer would line it or not. I guess we'll soon know. Kristen Stewart has worn Elie Saab before and this has her vibe.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
This, and the last one actually, feels a bit like a Valentino/Marchesa mash-up to me.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
The top of this is like sculpture. It's wearable art, except I'm not sure how wearable it will turn out to be.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
That is cool. It has a Jaimie Alexander vibe to it, and yes, I'm totally pigeonholing her based on that groovy green Golden Globes dress from January. But that doesn't mean it's not also true. OOOOH, or Elizabeth Banks, who LOVES an Elie Saab with a big ol' skirt. As does Taylor Swift.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
That is quite a neckpiece
Elie Saab : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I AM enamored of the stripe.
Elie Saab : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
This is really, really beautiful.
Elie Saab : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
If only Lily James were still on her Cinderella press tour.
Elie Saab : Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I could ALSO see Elizabeth Banks in this.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Give it a shot, Swifty.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
That is lovely, and also, the little girls in the matching dresses are -- at the risk of sounding like my own grandmother -- utterly darling.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Hmm. Not leggy enough for Diane Kruger, maybe, but it's also got a LOT going on and she could carry it. Or so could, say, Andra Day, who usually likes something more vintage but I think would rock this.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
This is... too precious for me.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I'm going Uma Thurman.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I am not feeling the velvet and tulle cocktail here.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
The shimmer on that fabric... wow, do I wish I could've seen that in person under the lights. I bet it was spectacular.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I'm not convinced that will be flattering on anyone.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Some of these bird dresses are starting to have a whiff of roadkill.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
I believe her alien masters can communicate with her through that breastplate.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
Here I am stopping, and wincing, at the shoes.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
J.Lo all the way.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
This feels like something you'd see on Young Starlet Who Is First On The Red Carpet At Any Awards Show Because That's When She's Most Likely To Get Interviewed.
Elie Saab at Haute Couture Week: Fall/Winter 2016-2017
And this wedding gown is Glinda the Good Witch via a pond full of algae.