Chanel Show

Matthieu Blazy’s Cosmic Reinvention

On the night of October 6th, 2025, beneath the newly restored glass dome of the Grand Palais, the world of fashion witnessed a moment that felt almost celestial. For his first show as creative director of Chanel, Matthieu Blazy turned one of Paris’s most iconic spaces into a cosmic dreamscape.

Gone were the familiar codes of the classic runway. Instead, a galaxy unfurled: glowing orbs hung from the ceiling like planets in orbit, a monumental sun, ifteen meters wide, bathed the space in golden light, and a lacquered, mirror-like floor reflected it all like liquid stardust.

This wasn’t just a show. It was a manifesto of rebirth, a declaration that Chanel’s gaze is not fixed on its illustrious past, but on an infinite future, between earth and stars, memory and imagination.
As Blazy put it: “For my first show for Chanel, I wanted to do something universal, like a dream, something out of time. I’ve always been fascinated by the universe and the stars. We all look at the same sky, and I think it provokes the same emotions in all of us.”

The tone was set: Chanel was entering a new orbit.

Heritage Meets the Cosmos

Chanel’s love affair with the stars is nothing new. Gabrielle Chanel herself often looked upward for inspiration. “I love everything that is above,  the sky, the moon, I believe in the stars,” she once said.
Her fascination with celestial symbols ran deep. Stars, comets, and constellations were among her favorite motifs, appearing in her jewelry and embroidery as signs of hope and destiny.

In 2017, Karl Lagerfeld famously made a Chanel rocket “launch” under the same Grand Palais dome, blending science fiction with haute couture spectacle. But eight years later, Matthieu Blazy’s approach feels distinctly different.

Where Lagerfeld’s rocket celebrated technological conquest, Blazy’s universe explores existential connection. His Chanel doesn’t seek to escape Earth; it seeks to understand it through the stars.

This show, his debut after taking over the creative direction in April 2025, is more than a continuation of the brand’s legacy. It’s a dialogue across time: Gabrielle’s codes, Karl’s showmanship, Virginie Viard’s refinement, and now Blazy’s poetic vision converge into a constellation of meaning.

Under his direction, Chanel no longer orbits nostalgia. It expands, emotionally, visually, and philosophically.

Designing a Universe

The show’s scenography was orchestrated by Arnaud Selve and produced by Bureau Betak, known for their large-scale artistic productions. The Grand Palais, with its iconic glass roof, became an otherworldly observatory. The light danced across the audience, reflected on mirrored surfaces, evoking both lunar silence and cosmic energy.

The 77 silhouettes of the Spring/Summer 2026 collection floated through this galactic cathedral, each one a synthesis of tradition and exploration.

The classic Chanel tweed, an emblem of heritage, appeared in airy, iridescent textures, woven with metallic threads that shimmered like cosmic dust. Camellias, long a symbol of the house, were reimagined as 3D embellishments resembling asteroid blooms. Pearls gleamed under the lights like tiny planets.

The color palette moved between eclipse black, starlight silver, milky white, and unexpected bursts of cosmic turquoise. The silhouettes were fluid yet structured: boxy jackets paired with flowing skirts, sculpted blazers reinterpreted with masculine precision.

Accessories told their own story. Globe-shaped handbags, embroidered with constellations, hinted at the possibility of carrying a piece of the universe. Bicolor shoes glowed under the lights, and oversized necklaces layered like planetary rings.

Everything, from fabric to form, celebrated freedom, motion, and luminosity.

A New Era

But beyond aesthetics, this show carried a deeper resonance.
In times of uncertainty, global, environmental and cultural, Blazy’s cosmic vision offered a kind of escape that feels grounding.

The space motif became a metaphor for the modern Chanel woman: independent, curious, and radiant. She doesn’t conquer; she explores. She doesn’t escape reality; she transcends it.

On that October night, the symbolic connection between the universe and the house’s identity was impossible to ignore.
As the audience of 2,400 guests, including Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Margot Robbie, Marion Cotillard, and Vanessa Paradis, watched in awe, they were witnessing not only fashion, but philosophy in motion.

Coincidentally or perhaps fatefully,  that same night marked the first Super Moon of the year. The moon was closer to Earth than usual, glowing brighter, larger, and more powerful. Astrologers spoke of heightened emotions and a surge of creative energy.

Under that same moonlight, Blazy’s Chanel aligned itself with cosmic rhythm.
The show became more than a presentation. It was a moment of collective emotion, a reminder that fashion, like the universe, is a living force that evolves through cycles of rebirth.

The Modern Take of Chanel

If Gabrielle Chanel once revolutionized women’s fashion by liberating their movement, Matthieu Blazy now extends that liberation into another dimension.
This new “Allure”, as critics have called it, is sensual yet intellectual, refined yet daring.

Blazy pays homage to Coco’s masculine-feminine codes: the borrowed shirts from Boy Capel, the tweed jackets inspired by the Duke of Westminster, the freedom of motion she cherished. But instead of merely reviving them, he rewrites them with his own grammar.

“I wanted to create a wardrobe,” he told Business of Fashion." Dressing in Chanel is almost like a ritual, a costume. I want to rebuild that experience.”

And he does.
From airy skirts designed “to walk in,” to blazers that sculpt the body without restricting it, Blazy’s pieces express a fluid modernity, a conversation between memory and momentum.

Even the accessories play their part. The new 2.55 bags, slightly distorted as if touched by time; the turquoise handbags gleaming under chains of gold; the shoes that bridge couture and comfort.

As Bruno Pavlovsky, Chanel’s president of fashion, put it: “Matthieu is someone who truly understands the product.”

It’s this understanding, of heritage, of desire and of emotion, that positions Blazy not just as Chanel’s successor, but as its new storyteller.

The Legacy

When the lights dimmed and the applause erupted, it was clear that Chanel had entered a new era of creativity.
Blazy’s debut didn’t rely on nostalgia or shock. It relied on emotion. It balanced reverence with risk, memory with imagination.

Critics called it “a comet,” a rare alignment of artistry, vision, and timing. The fashion world, still recovering from a series of creative shifts, with new appointments at Gucci, Dior, Balenciaga, and Bottega Veneta, found in Chanel’s show a sense of clarity and renewal.

In a time when the luxury industry questions its own future, Chanel’s new orbit felt like an answer: the path forward lies in poetry, craftsmanship, and meaning.

“Chanel is love,” Blazy said after the show. “The birth of modernity in fashion came from a love story, and I find that beautiful. Outside time and space, it’s an idea of freedom. The freedom Gabrielle Chanel embodied.”

My Thoughts

Watching Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel show felt like stepping into another dimension. I was completely captivated by the scenography. The glowing orbs, the mirrored floor, the vast sun suspended above the audience. Everything seemed to move in harmony, as if the room itself was breathing with light. It wasn’t just a setting; it was a living artwork, a dream made tangible. The pieces themselves were just as mesmerizing: tweeds that shimmered like constellations, camellias reborn as cosmic sculptures, silhouettes that floated with quiet power. What struck me most was the balance between innovation and heritage. It felt futuristic yet unmistakably Chanel. 

See you in the next one,

Xoxo

Eden

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