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Matthieu Blazy

Matthieu Blazy
The latest news and top stories on Matthieu Blazy. An acclaimed French-Belgian fashion designer, he was appointed Artistic Director of Fashion Activities at Chanel in December 2024, with his tenure commencing in 2025. Previously, Blazy served as Creative Director of Bottega Veneta from 2021, where he garnered significant acclaim for modernising iconic pieces and reinterpreting leather through innovative trompe l’oeil techniques. His extensive background includes roles at Maison Margiela, Celine, and Calvin Klein, showcasing his expertise in blending classic elegance with contemporary design and a strong reverence for craftsmanship.
Le19M, Chanel’s new, purpose-built site dedicated to the métiers d’art, houses hundreds of artisans, including flower-making specialist Lemarié – shown here preparing a garment during the making of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 collection. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Chanel opens the doors to le19M, a secret world of couture artisans

Inside le19M, Chanel’s dedicated new home for métiers d’art, centuries of savoir‑faire meet a new vision of couture craftsmanship.

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Polo shirt reboot: how Ralph Lauren and Chanel are redefining preppy

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Why worn-out designer handbags are the ultimate status symbols

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Style Edit: The 2026 awards season was all about Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel

At this year’s Baftas, Golden Globes and Oscars, many of those nominated for awards wore Chanel looks drawn from Blazy’s first 4 collections for the house.

Actresses Teyana Taylor, Jessie Buckley and Nicole Kidman all showed they were Chanel fans at the 2026 Oscars, wearing looks drawn from Matthieu Blazy’s first four collections for the house. Photos: Getty Images
Beauty

The fashion month hair and make-up looks that caught our eye

Beauty highlights of the fall/winter 2026 fashion weeks also included smoky kohl eyes at Dior and Prada’s ‘tired girl’ make-up sported by Bella Hadid and Liu Wen.

Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week 2026: Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel revolution

Blazy’s collection included Chanel’s signature skirt suits in silicone and other synthetic materials, with sequins and floral flourishes.

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Meet Stephanie Cavalli, the 49-year-old model who opened Chanel’s show

Viral stars Alex Consani, Awar Odhiang and Bhavitha Mandava turned heads at Matthieu Blazy’s show – but all eyes were on the silver-haired Cavalli.

Stephanie Cavalli opened for Chanel at the French maison’s recent haute couture show in Paris. Photos: @stephanie_cavalli/Instagram
Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Meet the Hong Kong model nearing 60 who walked at Chanel’s haute couture show

The mum-of-7 – who just starred in Matthieu Blazy’s show – was born to Chiu Chow parents and got into modelling in her 50s.

Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Haute Couture Week highlights from Chanel, Armani, Dior and Valentino

Nicole Kidman and Dua Lipa attended Matthieu Blazy’s feather-filled Chanel show, while Jonathan Anderson used florals for his Dior creations.

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Style Edit: Matthieu Blazy’s haute couture debut for Chanel

The show at the Grand Palais in Paris drew stars including Nicole Kidman, Dua Lipa, Penélope Cruz, A$AP Rocky, Gracie Abrams, Tilda Swinton and Margaret Qualley.

A dreamy fungi-filled garden was the backdrop to Chanel’s women’s haute couture spring/summer 2026 show, part of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, on January 27. Photo: AFP
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Hanan Besovic on American Vogue and Duran Lantink’s Jean Paul Gaultier debut

Fashion influencer @ideservecouture doesn’t need your approval: ‘As long as I have Wi-fi, I can talk about fashion. I don’t need the degree’.

Fashion commentator Hanan Besovic, better known as @ideservecouture on Instagram. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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A crisp white shirt as eveningwear, from Chanel to Anne Hathaway

Matthieu Blazy set up a collab with shirtmakers Charvet for his debut at Chanel, while Celine, Miu Miu and Valentino all also showed the versatility of the humble piece.

Chanel

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 show was an ode to New York City life

It’s not the first time the French maison has presented a collection in the US – this time, Matthieu Blazy took guests, including ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky, underground.

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Q&A | A chat with Chanel’s president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky

Chanel lands in New York and unveils a short video starring ambassadors Margaret Qualley and A$AP Rocky – Pavlovsky tells us more.

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Margaret Qualley stars in a short film directed by Michel Gondry for the Chanel métiers d’art 2026 collection, revealed in New York on December 2. Photo: Handout
Beauty

8 make-up highlights from spring/summer 2026 fashion weeks

Dior, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Simone Rocha, Anna Sui and Thom Browne shows made an impact with their beauty as well as their fashions.

Baby pink lips were a feature of the Chloé women’s ready-to-wear spring/summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week on October 5. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Awar Odhiang, the model who just went viral after a Chanel show

The South Sudanese-Canadian model closed Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut show at Paris Fashion Week with a bang – so who is she exactly?

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Paris Fashion Week

Miu Miu, Thom Browne and Sacai dazzle on Day 8 at Paris Fashion Week

Liu Wen and Richard E. Grant sported Miu Miu’s workwear, Shiatzy Chen embraced equestrian chic, and Sacai’s Chitose Abe invited us into her ‘home from home’.

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Matthieu Blazy launches a new era for Chanel in his dazzling Paris debut

The storied maison’s new creative director shakes things up with a bold debut blending new ideas, reinvention and exactly the right amount of respect for the Coco Chanel legacy.

The long-awaited Chanel show by Matthieu Blazy takes to the catwalk at the Grand Palais in Paris amid a constellation of stars and planets. Photo: AP
Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week: Bottega Veneta, Tod’s and Ferragamo

Trotter incorporated the brand’s signatures while adding her own touch, while Ferragamo paid tribute to the Jazz Age.

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Meet Louise Trotter, who will make her Bottega Veneta debut in Milan

Fashionistas got a glimpse of what Trotter will bring to the Italian brand when Julianne Moore and Vicky Krieps wore custom Bottega Veneta at Cannes.

Beauty

News and releases from major beauty brands this autumn

Besides new product drops, Tom Holland was declared the global ambassador and face of Prada Beauty’s latest men’s fragrance, Prada Paradigme eau de parfum.

A beauty look from Chanel’s autumn/winter 2025 haute couture show. Photo: Handout
Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel, Schiaparelli and Armani Privé shine

Chanel’s Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry adopted a ‘back to the future’ lens, and Armani Privé went ‘nocturnal’.

The Chanel Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, at Paris Haute Couture Week 2025. Photo: Reuters
Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Michael Rider’s Celine debut steals the spotlight

Dior and Valentino are skipping haute couture week, while it’s unclear whether Giorgio Armani will be at his Armani Privé show – but Celine and Patou offer plenty of excitement.

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