Paris Fashion Week Fall 2011 - Elie Saab and Valentino

Being the fashion obsessed person that I am, Fashion Week is my favourite time of the year.  Whilst I can only wish I was in attendance at Fashion Week, I do the next best thing and remain glued to Style.com waiting and just dying to see the collections straight off the runway.  I'm sad that yet another Fashion Week is over, but never fear because it's time for L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival! 
As for this Fall season, I absolutely adored the collections from New York Fashion Week, however, I was a little disappointed with some of the highly anticipated collections from Milan Fashion Week... But Paris did not let me down!  Where to begin? Of course with my favourites, Elie Saab and Valentino.
Valentino

Elie Saab

Spring Couture 2011 - Valentino and Elie Saab

According to Pier Paolo (co-designer of Valentino) "If fashion is about today, then today it's time to go back to elegance."  One could not better define the recent Valentino and Elie Saab Couture collections.  Nothing but elegance, glamour and femininity!  The Valentino collection is delicate, with a little lace, sheer, floral, bows, pleats and ruffles.  Similar to that of Valentino, the Elie Saab collection experiments with different texture, organza, embellishments and tulle.       
Valentino

 

Elie Saab

Paris Fashion Week S/S 2011 - Elie Saab

I think it's evident, that I love my pastels.  Therefore, a collection entailing never ending pastels....I'm instantly infatuated!  Elie Saab... 'I die!'  I am in love with Elie's new Paris collection!  This collection is really opposite to a lot of the collections I've seen this Spring/Summer 2011 season.  Designers have been channelling their inner 1970's, experimenting with kaleidoscopic, electric and bold colours.  But Elie Saab decided to take a different approach to the 1970s and stuck to his signature gorgeous and elegant gowns and dresses!