“The Lightest Couture Show Ever”: First Reactions to Matthieu Blazy’s Couture Debut at Chanel

“The Lightest Couture Show Ever”: First Reactions to Matthieu Blazy’s Couture Debut at Chanel

Matthieu Blazy’s first couture collection took Chanel in a lighter, softer direction. Here’s what clients and guests had to say about it.

Matthieu Blazy’s Enchanted Haute Coutre Debut at Chanel Is Full of Whimsy

Matthieu Blazy’s Enchanted Haute Coutre Debut at Chanel Is Full of Whimsy: Signaling a lighter and more joyful era at Chanel.

Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel couture debut was a breath of fresh air

There are few debuts more freighted with expectation than a first haute couture collection at Chanel. But for his inaugural outing as a couturier, Matthieu Blazy appeared unburdened by that weight, approaching the Spring Summer 2026 collection with a focus on lightness.Staged, as always, within the Grand Palais, Blazy’s debut haute couture show unfolded within a landscape of pale pink carpeting and towering toadstools — an ethereally surreal set…

Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel couture debut was a dreamy mushroom trip

From the fairytale toadstools to an A-list front row, here’s everything that happened at the SS26 Haute Couture show