CHANEL FALL/WINTER 2026: MATTHIEU BLAZY REFINES THE HOUSE At the Grand Palais, the debut of Matthieu Blazy for Chanel unfolded against a setting that felt less like a traditional salon and more like a worksite in motion. Towering cranes in saturated hues, skeletal metal frameworks and the stark glare of floodlights transformed the space into something approaching an industrial stage. The atmosphere suggested a construction site reimagined through a fashion lens. Even the invitations — necklaces fashioned as measuring rulers — quietly reinforced the notion that the collection would concern itself with the architecture of silhouette. The clothes themselves, however, revealed a narrative that felt largely anticipated. Tweed, inevitably, requires little discussion here. Far more compelling was Blazy’s manipulation of proportion. The silhouette does not simply lengthen — it appears to shift, almost sliding downward. Dresses and skirts sit on a distinctly lowered waistline, sometimes graz...