US EditionThe Man with One of Fashion’s Biggest Jobs Just Made His Debut
Matthieu Blazy’s debut collection features oversized suits and A-line skirts, marking a new creative era for Chanel during the penultimate day of Paris Fashion Week.
- On Tuesday at Paris Fashion Week, Matthieu Blazy debuted his first Chanel collection at the Grand Palais, where 2,300 guests attended beneath a suspended solar system set inside the venue.
- After months of speculation about who would take over, Matthieu Blazy was appointed as Chanel's artistic director in December last year following Virginie Viard's departure, with his debut being the final of 15 designer debuts in 2025.
- Design-Wise, the collection favored oversized tailoring and reinvented tweeds, featuring oversized slouchy suits, A-line skirts, and accessories like oversized fringed hats and statement jewellery.
- Front-Row reaction was immediate and vocal, with Penélope Cruz moved to tears and front-row celebrities and house ambassadors applauding the debut, closing the show to a standing ovation.
- Commentators noted the collection's broader significance, saying Blazy expanded Chanel's vocabulary while nodding to Coco and Karl, positioning the brand with androgynous energy and freedom-focused looks that could shape future fashion trends.
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Showmanship returns at Chanel as Matthieu Blazy debuts under a sky of planets
Showmanship returned to Chanel on Monday. At Paris Fashion Week, its new designer Matthieu Blazy opened the season’s most anticipated debut beneath colossal celestial bodies—Saturn with its rings, a full solar system suspended above a jet-black and a mirror-bright runway—staking a claim for theater from the first second. Reflections mirrored the cosmos beneath the runway, while a front row constellation—Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swi…
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