US EditionChanel's new showman stages an ode to NYC with star-packed runway show on a real subway platform
- On Tuesday, Matthieu Blazy took his designs underground in Chanel's Métiers d'Art runway staged on a real, decommissioned Bowery station platform in Manhattan.
- The annual Métiers d'Art show celebrates Chanel's artisans, and Matthieu Blazy said the collection drew on Gabrielle Coco Chanel's New York visit and urban commuters for inspiration.
- Guests entered via a disguised doorway at 168 Bowery, descending to a real platform with bleacher seats while Chanel printed La Gazette and used familiar subway announcements.
- Celebrity presence amplified publicity for the show as A-list attendees including A$AP Rocky, Tilda Swinton and Kristen Stewart boosted visibility while observers noted Blazy’s commuter-focused tone contrasted Karl Lagerfeld’s earlier New York Métiers presentation.
- Blazy framed the subway as a democratic public space, saying the New York subway belongs to all and is full of encounters, and he described the platform as `the vortex of the city`, mixing commuters and pop archetypes.
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