Storytelling collection opens with mousseline skirt suit and ends with simple black dress in spirit of label’s founder
Much like the story of Gabrielle Chanel, Matthieu Blazy’s tenure at the maison writes itself like a fairy tale. The Belgian designer has breathed new life into Chanel’s icons while staying true to the house—and for fall/winter 2026 couture, he spun them into a fairy tale of his own.
Today, guests like Tilda Swinton, Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine Deneuve, and Pedro Pascal—all outfitted in Blazy’s effervescent Chanel creations—stepped inside the Grand Palais, which was transformed into a surreal garden with life-sized vines and fauna. The venue set the scene for Blazy, who took to the idea of fables, from “Jack and the Beanstalk” to “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” after discovering a book inside Gabrielle Chanel’s library.
Aptly titled “Gaby and the Beanstalk,” the offering cast the designer as the heroine of her own imagined fable.
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