Biography
Talented Lebanese designer Eli Saab creates dresses and other outfits, harmoniously combining Western and Eastern culture. For sewing clothes, a man uses atlas, organza, taffeta and other light and flowing materials. For many years, he managed to establish himself as a connoisseur of fashion, and therefore now his collections are bought by the most famous representatives of modern show business.Childhood and youth
Eli was born in the summer of 1964 in the Lebanese city of Beirut. The boy from early childhood knew that his future profession would be connected with the design of the clothes. Having interest in sewing, since the six years he mastered clothes and from those found in the attic curtain created dresses for sisters.
Parents believed that the Son would become a tailor, in his native country this profession is an original male. However, conservative oriental traditions did not give him fields for fantasy: in Lebanon, strictly compliance with centuries-old traditions, and those who experimented with images were called clowns.
Saab did not suit such a state of affairs, he understood that in the eastern state is not fully implemented, and in 1981 he moved to Paris. In the capital of France, the young man planned to receive designer education, but quickly realized that recognition would be difficult to conquer in this area. A year later, he returned to Beirut and opened a workshop on tailoring, orders performed hired workers.
Personal life
The personal life of the fashion designer was successful, Claudin Saab became his wife, who over the years of marriage presented his spouse for three children. Despite the consistency, they decided not to leave the native country, they have real estate in Geneva and France, but there the family spends less time than in the homeland.In the summer of 2019, the son of Designer Eli-Jr. married Christine Murad, for a 3-day wedding, the father-in-law prepared a daughter-in-law of three elegant dresses. Photo from the celebration, a man published in "Instagram". Despite the big employment in different projects, he still has time and sports. Although his height and weight are unknown, fans celebrate the fashion designer tightened.
Design and Fashion
The world learned about the talented fashion designer later. In Lebanon, he tried to develop an enterprise, helped him in this people tired of civil war and seeking luxury. Already then, when creating evening and wedding dresses, he began to combine Western and oriental motives. More women and men began to turn to their services, and then Saab decided to arrange the first show, the event took place in Beirut, in Casino du Liban.
Then he was waiting for his first success, Eli was only 18 years old, and his photo was printed newspapers, calling a young genius. This attracted the owner of a small studio of new customers, including the royal family representatives.
Great demand for clothes allowed the designer to expand production, after which he began to accept customers from France and Switzerland. From this point on, large changes began to occur in the biography of Saab. At first, he entered the National Fashion House of Italy, presented another collection at Fashion Week in Rome, launched a clothing line in Milan and opened the first fashionable salon in Paris.
And a year later, a man presented one of his brightest collections, using an unusual style with a rich manifold of shades, for which she received a laudatory reviews. Prices for outfits of the famous couturier immediately increased.
Now Showerma and Saab boutiques are in Milan, Paris, his native Beirut and in other cities. And brand representations are located in Hong Kong, Great Britain, Russia and America. Fashion designers regularly appear at the Paris Fashion Week. He also developed his own part of the perfume, which is sold in Riv Goshe and other popular cosmetics stores around the world.
Eli Saab now
Now Saab lives with his family in Lebanon and continues to create. A man does not stop only in one case, but expands the range of works. Eli engaged in the development of furniture, he introduced the first collection at the end of April 2020 at the Salone Del Mobile exhibition in Milan. Expanding your own brand, it works in conjunction with the Swiss design company Corporate Brand Maison.
Among the furniture developed by CAAB, presents a set of chairs with a table, a bed and a couch with built-in shelves and gold armrests, all objects in bright colors. Previously, he already participated in the creation of interior design with the architect Carlo Colombo, decorating the Emaar Beachfront Tower building in Dubai.