Elie Saab’s Fall-Winter 2022-23 Collection is Quintessential Haute Couture

Dusk inspired ethereal hues and opulent textures clubbed with sumptuous fabrics overlap with intricately embellished embroideries and embrace the body in figure defining forms.

Luxury fashion house Elie Sab presented their Fall-Winter 2022-23 Haute Couture Collection during the ongoing Paris Fashion Week. Titled ‘The Beginning of Twilight’, the collection’s ethereal hues and opulent textures draw inspiration from dusk. Sumptuous fabrics overlap with intricately embellished embroideries and embrace the body in figure defining forms.

The collection fused fantasy and reality, featuring looks for both women and men, inspired by the moments between day and night, where, for a brief instant, imaginary and real are one. The silhouettes reflected the power and grace of the ever-changing setting sun. Crepuscular rays paint the clouds in sweeping gradations of vibrant red, pink, blue and grey intensities. For the season, Elie Saab captured the feeling where everything is familiar, yet nothing is quite as it seems.

There was also a spectrum of feathers that danced with tapestries of black velvet, and stroked into bodices that alternated between opacity and transparency. Lace tresses rushed across overstated collars and exaggerated necklines, while beaded fringed swishes and swayed down sleeves, captivating the gaze with glistening movement. 

“Sumptuous fabrics marvellously overlap with intricately embellished embroideries into fantastical dreamscapes that embrace the body in figure defining forms. Crepuscular rays paint the clouds in sweeping gradations of vibrant red, pink, blue and grey intensities. Shimmering beads swirl together through nude tulle, as large silver sequins glow like moonbeams illuminating fields of gazar. A spectrum of feathers dance with tapestries of black velvet, and streaks into bodices that alternate between opacity and transparency. Lace tresses rushes across overstated collars and exaggerated necklines, while beaded fringe swishes and sways down sleeves, captivating the gaze with glistening movement.” From Elie Saab.

“Grand, floor-sweeping satin capes with majestic shoulder lines exhibit a masculine dominance in layers of wispy multicolor plumage. Gemstones and beads cling to the skin like elusive stardust and are given definition and shape from contouring chiffon cutouts. Large braids of gold beads snake around colored stones, morphing into neck ornaments, collars and sculptured waistlines of simple off-white mermaid gowns. The indefinable bride shines forth, herself a vision glimmering in a tantalising pastel spectrum. Cloaked in a fluttering veil of crystals, she ushers in a mesmerising night full of wild intrigue.” – from Elie Saab.

Discover Elie Saab Couture Fall/Winter 2022-23 collection below.