Chanel Spring-Summer 2026 Haute Couture: An Impossible Lightness
Paris, France - January 27, 2026 - This morning, The Grand Palais hosted a botanical fever dream for the debut of Matthieu Blazy. He peeled back the heavy layers of Chanel's heritage to find something more personal for his Haute Couture debut.
The set of the runway show was surreal. Guests walked into a landscape of towering red colored mushrooms, bright spring colors, and weeping willow structures setting the stage for a collection Blazy calls “impossible lightness.”
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The clothes themselves were inspired by Chanel’s most famous silhouette. Using silk mousseline and translucent blush organza. The garments that retained the classic shape were turned soft and moved weightless as Blazy considered it “ghostly.”
Models walked the runway with personal love letters, lucky charms, and secret dates hidden inside of their linings. Blazy noted backstage “it only matters when it's worn. I wanted to give these women a canvas to tell their own stories, not just ours.”
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Blazy preserved the House by mixing Gabrielle Chanel's obsession with movement and freedom with a modern edge. After this show, he has signaled a shift in the House’s trajectory. “Couture is Chanel’s soul,” he noted. “But it must be wearable to be meaningful.”
Images courtesy of Chanel
Images courtesy of Chanel
Images courtesy of Chanel
Images courtesy of Chanel
Article by Lily Kalbasz, Contributor, PhotoBook Magazine
Tearsheets by Daniel López, Art Director, PhotoBook Magazine
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