Sexy and sweet at Elie Saab

Reuters

YELLOW DELIGHT: A model presents a creation by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010 fashion show in Paris.

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Hollywood's favorite Lebanese designer, Elie Saab, has delivered a sexy and sweet spring-summer 2010 haute couture collection of heavily beaded slip gowns in muted pastel tones.

It was a slimmer silhouette than usual for Saab, whose full-skirted princess gowns have helped make him a perennial red carpet favorite. Dresses made up of delicate, transparent layers of lace and chiffon were cut close to the body and covered with elaborate beadwork.

At the end of the show, held in a theater in Paris' stately 16th district, the mirrored catwalk was littered with fallen beads, tubes and chiffon scraps.

Bias cut spaghetti strap gowns had long swishing skirts, while a series of dresses with draped bustiers had skirts with bold slits that nearly reached the model's prominent hip bones.

While pretty, the collection was a bit deja vu, with little to distinguish it from other catwalks in Paris and beyond.

- AP