A dress on the size of the heart … Elie Saab offers his most beautiful masterpiece for his son’s bride
We did not go beyond what was called the wedding of the century in the city of Venice, which gathered Jeff Bezos, the founder of “Amazon” and Lauren Sanchez, until we transferred the wedding of Seleio Saab and Zain Katame to a completely different atmosphere. This time in the heart of the village of Fakra in Lebanon.
The difference between the rituals is vast. The first was a photocopy of the newlyweds and a review of the prestige and wealth, and the second was the embodiment of a Lebanese wedding with his rituals, generosity and elegance of his details.
For three days, the guests moved between a poverty and a virgin, and from there to the magic of the Lebanese mountains in an atmosphere full of love and joy. But it is wrong to say that it was just a family celebration in which all elements of dazzling and beauty were available. Above all was a token of love and loyalty to the homeland, and a occasion in which a difficult family celebrated elegance and life at the same time.
Elie Saab could have established his son’s wedding in any global destination, as Jeff Bezos did, who chose Venice. The capabilities do not lack it or the options, but it is clear that he wanted to support his country’s economy, according to the comments of many Lebanese on social media. Everyone blessed its decision on the basis that the wedding parties in Lebanon are a self -standard industry that contributes to the country’s economy as a distinct tourist destination, in terms of its movement of hotels, restaurants, transportation and the like.
However, this wedding presented an invaluable additional thing: revealing the beautiful and elegant face of Lebanon and corrected that image that the wars and the political turmoil that the Middle East has been suffering from decades ago. He also revealed the global artistic capabilities enjoyed by the people of the country, from the hairdresser Wassim Marous to the makeup artist Bassam Fattouh, coordinator and designer of decorations, Naiman Qazi. It was clear that Elie Saab wanted her to be a Lebanese story with all its details.
Within all these goals and messages, it cannot be ignored that the wedding was also a dedication to the position of “Mizon Elie Saab” in the fashion world. The groom is the son of the famous designer, and therefore it was self -evident that everyone would wait for what he would be creative, Zain Qatami curiously. He was expected to play the role of maestro. The face of all and supervises all the details, on top of which are the bride’s dresses and attendance alike. He chose the golden gradients as a basic “theme” for the three days, in a gesture of the golden age of Beirut, and drew a dazzling painting in which his son Silio and his bride Zain appeared as two heroes for a story of “One Thousand and One Nights”.
In the Bakri Church, the bride went to her dress as she was based on her father’s arm in a look, suddenly made all the wedding dresses that the stars and women of society appeared in their last weddings faded. Yes, the beauty of the classic bride was remarkable, but the dress will remain with his embroideries, long tail and the veil engraved in memory, as in the “Mizon Saab” archive forever.
Social media did not calm down. Everyone is all that Zain is fortunate to be Elie Saab. It does not deny this fact. On the contrary, she assures her to Asharq Al -Awsat, saying: “Like many girls, I always dreamed of feeling a princess on my wedding day, and I am very fortunate that Eli Saab is a protection, because he gave me much more … made me feel like a queen. Not only because the dress was only owned by all standards, but because it resembles me. ”
Zain tells that she said to Elie in the first meeting they gathered with the aim of designing the dress that she is completely trusting. Her only request was to reflect her personality and maintain her nature. She continued: “It was an interesting and open dialogue between us. He listened to me deeply and understanding even unless I can express it with words. The result was exceptional because the dress was not only a masterpiece, but an embodiment of the girl’s dreams inside me and the woman who grew up and matured and she knows what she wants. In every rehearsal I was doing, I was standing dazzling and I saw him turning the dream into a more beautiful reality than I imagined. He was a genius that he expressed me and my dreams, and at the same time he remained faithful to his own style. From this perspective, I come back and say that I am really lucky, and that the dress was the fruit of love and respect between me and Elie, designer and fever, because this bilateral relationship added to him a special emotional dimension that he rose to to more than just a wedding dress.
Remarkable comments and reactions are positives in general. Usually, every wedding follows criticism in which guests are hunting mistakes. They highlight and increase spices. It is different here. Everyone agreed that elegance and sophistication were the main title throughout the three days.
As for the dress, not only embodied the dream of Zain for excellence. Elie Saab challenged himself as the designer and dazzling the world, cried in his position as the king of wedding dresses, as he poured all his romantic and high -end marks, from using the tulle material as a basis to the generosity of embroidery, in which he relied on about 1500 pills that sequgrate their colors and radiation, according to the repercussions of light. The veil alone took about 250 hours, while embroidery and stabilizing the sequins needed about 480 hours. As for the total working hours on it, it is 800 hours, which he carried out 39 literally with accuracy and passion.
The question that arises is whether Elie Saab is more surprising and dazzled after all this creativity? Time is enough to answer, perhaps at the wedding of his younger son Michel.
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