Elie Saab unveils couture collection that pays homage to Beirut: 'A metropolis that triumphs over and over again'

Just over per month after his residence was razed by the catastrophic explosion in Beirut's interface, Elie Saab has dedicated his latest collection to the Lebanese capital.

The Damour-born designer unveiled a sartorial love letter to the town on Thursday, September 10, as he used an ethereal video release a his most up-to-date haute couture collection.

The line, entitled Beirut, the Sacred Source, includes a concoction of otherworldly gowns, fusing dramatic lines with the most delicate of fabrics.

Occur a dream-like forest, products emerge from behind a good mirrored door found in the label's video tutorial, parading a blast of wholly enthralling dresses, crafted in the lightest of silk, tulles and laces.

Both romantically fluid and strikingly powerful all at one time, the collection was inspired by the spirit of Lebanon's capital, Saab revealed on Instagram.

"Everything nowadays appears fantastical and unreal, however it is all so realisable," the label wrote. "Elie Saab is painting a way onward, a way for his Beirut to shine onward, an capability to dream that provides breath to expectation, to a future packed with possibilities."

The collection was also drawn from the "renewing energies" of the Earth's elements, and also Beirut's "magical spirit".

"(Saab) designs with Beirut, using its radiant cultural imaginary and its own rich creative heritage. In this whimsical innovative collection, he invokes the sacred resource, the throbbing life force that allows Beirut to overcome and once more," the label's Instagram added. "He offers breath to a vestiary of gorgeous divinities that embody the essences of his virtually all beloved Beirut."

The designer, 56, previous month revealed the harm caused to his atelier in metropolis by the August 4 explosion.

The blast at Beirut's port, which includes claimed a lot more than 190 lives and kept thousands more injured and homeless, ravaged the couturier's offices and personal residence.

"I found my son covered in blood; I could not believe it. I stated OK, he is wounded, nonetheless it was OK, it had been only cuts to his brain and hands," Saab told Reuters.

"But it was 15 minutes that felt like several days long. It had been not just since it is a dad and son element, it had been because we all interact like one family members under one roof."

Saab, who provides dressed famous brands Halle Berry, Beyonce and Angelina Jolie since founding his label in 1982, said his staff would soon resume just work at the brand's business office, but his home should be rebuilt.

"This is a huge setback but we must end up like Beirut - every time dusting itself off and time for the way it was," he said at that time.

His eponymous label is on the provisional timetable because of this month's Paris Style Week, but it isn't yet known in what capacity his show or display will take place.