'(6 Mar 2016) GOTHIC BOHEMIAN GIPSIES AT ELIE SAAB Elie Saab presented his label\'s Autumn-Winter 16 collection at the Tuileries Garden in Paris on Saturday (5 MARCH 2016). The Lebanese designer turned up the glamour stakes with a dark, sultry and brooding collection that riffed on the Seventies. Lashings of lace, fur, ribbons and masses of decorative layering adorned feminine floor length gowns that often fluttered with the delicacy of the fabric. For once, the overriding sensuality of the 56 looks wasn\'t achieved by exposing inches of flesh, as is often the case with the popular 51-year-old designer. In this more subtle show, it was the suggestion of flesh, made faintly visible by sections of sheer tulle and lace, which gave the gowns their power. The darker palette - lots of black, deep red and ultramarine - gave this collection a more sophisticated feel. But occasional flashes of Seventies boho prints, like one red tie-dye style silk gown modelled by Kendall Jenner, also ensured the collection had a little fun. \"I tried to take my style for a feminine bohemian gypsy in a very 70\'s style,\" said Saab backstage. \"I use lace, a lot of passementerie, and fringes, and brocade fabric and like, something to give this bohemian look,\" he added. \"I feel it\'s very feminine and very subtle, very refined.\" Jenner strutted the catwalk twice, wearing two completely different looks, while her mother Kris Jenner sat front row. American socialite Olivia Palermo, actress Dianna Agron and French actress - and former Princess of Venice - Clotilde Courau sat front row at the show. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9dbd7eb5594ba832d8456063a9ac1478'
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