On Tuesday, Chanel presented a glamorous and subtle haute couture collection in the Grand Palais Parisian. It is the last collection that was designed by the internal design studio before the new artistic director Matthieu Blazy takes on his work.
For the autumn/winter season 2025/26, the French fashion house reinterprets winter classics. The iconic tweed is processed in clothes from different lengths, long coats as well as skirts and pants suits. These are decorated with sequins, springs and pearls.
Lighter dresses and skirts, mostly made of silk or chiffon, often with ruffles, complement the collection. The game with overlays shows itself in long, open skirts over shorter skirts or wide belts with pockets.
The color palette comprises black, beige and white, to match the round overknee boots.
The collection was not presented as usual in the main hall of the Grand Palais. Instead, the presentation took place in the honorary hall, which was set up with voluminous curtains and beige sofas in the style of the skin couture salons of the last century. The main hall housed a monumental installation of the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto.
The guests included the actresses Marion Cotillard and Carole Bouquet as well as the pop stars Lorde and Gracie Abrams.
For the first time, Matthieu Blazy is responsible for the next collection, which will be presented in October during the Paris Fashion Week for women’s fashion. He was appointed last December, six months after the sudden departure of Virginie Viar.
The reserved and highly respected French-Belgian designer, previously artistic director at Bottega Veneta, has the difficult task of opening a new chapter after Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld headed the fashion house for more than three decades until his death in 2019. Then his right hand took over Virginie VIARD.
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