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Elie Saab

4 July 1964 – present

Elie Saab is a Lebanese fashion designer who founded his couture house in Beirut in 1982. He became the first non-Italian designer invited to show with Italy's Camera Nazionale della Moda in 1997 and was admitted to the Paris haute couture calendar in 2003. His evening wear reached a wide audience after Halle Berry wore one of his gowns to the 2002 Academy Awards.

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Born in Damour, Lebanon
4 July 1964

Elie Saab was born in the coastal town of Damour, south of Beirut.

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Studied fashion design in Paris
1981

He travelled to Paris to study fashion design before returning to Lebanon.

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Opened his first atelier in Beirut
1982

At the age of eighteen he founded his own label with a small workshop and a staff of seamstresses.

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Married Claudine Abi Nakhle
1990

The couple later had three sons.

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First collection shown outside Lebanon, in Rome
1997

He presented a collection in Rome as the first non-Italian designer invited by the Camera Nazionale della Moda.

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Gown worn by Halle Berry at the 74th Academy Awards
24 March 2002

The appearance brought his label international attention.

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Admitted to the Paris haute couture calendar
2003

He became a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and began showing in Paris.

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Launched a ready-to-wear line in Paris
2006

The label expanded from couture into ready-to-wear collections shown during Paris fashion week.

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