Overview
- Matthieu Blazy presented Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2026 haute couture collection on July 7, 2026, using a leather‑bound book found in Gabrielle Chanel’s library as his starting point.
- The Grand Palais was transformed into an enchanted garden with giant beanstalks and oversized flowers to stage looks that referenced stories such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldilocks.
- Garments emphasized couture handwork including vine embroidery, appliquéd swans, feather ruffs, painted linings and deliberately frayed edges that reference Chanel fittings.
- Accessories and small objets d’art stood out as commercial draws with minaudières shaped like beans and sleeping bears and shoes with sculpted heels in forms such as butterflies and golden eggs.
- Blazy subverted house ritual by placing the bridal look before the finale and closing with a little black ‘revenge’ dress, a choice Chanel leaders said underlines his tonal reset for the maison’s couture.