Elie Saab imagined the pre-fall collection as a return to reality, for women who want to be “cool and shine from the morning onward,” the couturier said at a preview.
And in this reality, no garment is too pedestrian to wear — provided it is worked over with a couture eye.
Take sportswear and athleisure. In Saab’s hand, they’re zhuzhed up with all manners of hand-crafted techniques taken from his…