Elie Saab Resort 2025 Ready-to-Wear collection photos, in Paris, June 2024.

PARIS (AP) — Elie Saab, the Lebanese designer long favored on the red carpet, returned to familiar territory on Wednesday, with fall haute couture — and did so unapologetically.

In a statement from eponymous founder Elie Saab, he said that The 1001 Seasons of Elie Saab was not just an event commemorating 45 years of the brand, but also to “ [usher] in fresh years ...