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03/07/2008 15:07. Elie Saab's models wafted down the runway in clouds of silk chiffon and tulle like angelic Botticelli beauties at his haute couture show for next autumn-winter on Wednesday.

Their hair up in chignons, with tendrils escaping, they looked as if they had stepped off a Renaissance fresco, which is what the Lebanese designer intended.

He acknowledged as his inspiration Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel for the muted palette of grey-blues, faded pinks and reddish purples like wine dregs.

Empire-line ballgowns were dramatic. He emphasized waists with giant bows, built up shoulders with flounces or ran ruffles down bare backs to meet a floor-sweeping train.

More fragile tiered dresses in silk chiffon were spangled with wavy bands of silver sequins, which trembled as the models walked.

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First News Article: AFP, 03/07/2008 03:16