Paris has gotten its first taste of Lebanese haute couture in the form of Robert Abi Nader’s newest presentation at Paris’ Haute Couture Fashion Week. With a strong bend towards wedding apparel, Nader has reached out to names as far as Celine Dion and Sharon Stone. The enterprising designer is reaching for the stars, and heck, he’s already found some.

The first Lebanese designer to ever show in Paris’ Haute Couture Fashion Week remembers in detail the gown he made for Sabah: a wedding dress from his first collection.

“I started with Sabah when I was very young,” Robert Abi Nader recalls. “I will never forget, it was beautiful. She wanted to wear a wedding dress for one of her big ceremonies.”

It comes as little surprise that the legendary Lebanese singer has an affinity for wedding gowns. Now aged 85, Sabah’s seven marriages have literally become the stuff of soap operas. (Read More)