Chanel Pre-Fall 2026 New York

[marines]

 

[Alquimista]

Love the animal pattern!

So many beautiful, BOLD pieces but I do not like the way it was presented. The randomness destroys the impact of everything. I saw a gorgeous red dress, came and went lol I still believe a Chanel show should have a grand finale with gowns.

Where are the photos for us poor peasants?

 

[Caffeine]

Don't you remember the opening look from the supermarket collection on Cara

This is a fun exercise:

 

[hamburgers]

Where are the photos for us poor peasants?

https://www.chanel.com/ww/fashion/metiers-art-2026/l/FshCollection26A/the-looks/

 

[plentyofhorns]

This is a fun exercise:
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Ugh that first look is sooooo pedestrian banana republic I don’t understand why this is how he would start his first metiers d’art show. Also not sure if it’s the angle or strategic editing but the website does not show the button

 

[Frederic01]

The full collection is viewable on the Chanel website everyone, complete with details shots, link below! You have to click on "See The Looks" below this ...


chanel.com/au/fashion/collection/metiers-art-2026/

 

[Caffeine]

Ugh that first look is sooooo pedestrian banana republic I don’t understand why this is how he would start his first metiers d’art show. Also not sure if it’s the angle or strategic editing but the website does not show the button

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Must have been edited. Last night I took a quick peek at RedNote and everyone was all over it. like, hard push back.

 

[marines]

 

[QuantumCouture]

What bothers me the most is the lack of point of view. I see the references to archives, I see the "Chanel goes downtown" idea, I see the textile research... but where is Blazy?

 

[PDFSD]

BOF​

By
Robert Williams
03 December 2025

Chanel Takes the Subway​

There’s a lot to like about Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel. The way material innovation, craftsmanship, design and image-making are so closely intertwined, and work together to tell a story. The way he uses fashion to create a panoply of identifiable characters without veering into costume. The way his first two shows have teased out an emotional response rather than bludgeoning us with a pre-ordained vibe. He and his team really emphasise process, resulting in clothes that leave me wanting to know more. What was that technique, that material? How did they arrive at this palette, those prints?

Blazy’s sophomore collection shown Tuesday in New York — his first annual Métiers d’Art outing — channeled the expertise of Chanel-owned suppliers like Lesage and Lemarié to convey a point of view about the city, its history and iconography, and the various ways in which its women dress and live.
It avoided falling into a heavy-handed exercise about technique (with correspondingly heavy-looking clothes, as has sometimes been the case for this collection).

The beaded pinstripes on Alex Consani’s zoot suit were a perfect example. I also liked the leopard dress with the chunky buttoned-on straps; the abstract floral jacket in white, yellow and dark brown; the tiered black gown with the swinging tassels. The jeans and white-T-shirt combo underneath the long embroidered vest was a bit jolting amidst the faux furs and fascinators (not to mention in the context of a Chanel runway show), but it helped to land the “slice of life” staging. Chanel committed to the bit — that model was barely wearing makeup, and had her hair down loose like many a busy city girl.

Chanel Métiers d’Art 2026. (Chanel)

With so many things to like about what Blazy’s Chanel is, I’m struggling to relate to detractors who seem to be getting hung up on what it’s not.

No, his first two shows are not driving fashion forward with a clear, prescriptive silhouette. I can see how these loose, eclectic collages of designs might feel like a drastic retreat from the more focused, authoritative glamour of years past.
But a) Rome wasn’t built in a day,
b) Chanel needed to loosen up and
c) Blazy’s unpredictable streak — random even, in the case of that “Bowie and his dogs” look — is giving people a reason to keep a close eye on the brand.

Some of the ensembles may seem a bit out there to Chanel’s core customers. But from a commercial standpoint, the bags in this collection felt like a breakthrough: softer, bigger, more lived-in. The brand’s hit handbags have previously been ultra-classic designs (like Flap and 2.55) or expensive seasonal novelty bags aimed at Chanel superfans. Attempts at commuter styles like the Deauville shopper were usually a bit sad. This lineup of practical yet desirable totes could provide a new axis for growth. (New brand ambassador A$AP Rocky wore one on the Gotham Awards red carpet last night — a hint at how Chanel might cash in on its growing line-up of male spokespeople without launching “menswear,” per se.)

I was initially surprised Chanel would stage its show in the actual subway instead of re-creating one as a set — channeling Karl-era theatricality — or simply choosing a more conventionally glamorous backdrop. But opting for such a raw, democratic setting for its pinnacle expression, the runway show, made for a strong statement after several years of being criticised by consumers for being too out of touch. The brand knows how to do fantasy; re-enchanting the reality of being a Chanel client is where it needed work.

I still haven’t sorted out the strategy behind the brand’s rollout of the show online, however. Rather than streaming live, the brand staged two shows for clients and press hours before releasing the official video on its website — creating a vacuum that allowed amateur photography to drive the narrative. As of Wednesday evening, the brand has still posted only one video teaser on its own Instagram: no stills, no additional clips.
Blazy’s clothes are not the easiest to capture in a photograph — this isn’t a brand where it makes sense to let the audience do the talking.

 

[fruitdots]

everyone liking it is cherry picking parts .....while the real issue is its just too random and ugly mostly and directionless.....it truly reflect a confused world with engineered positivity to disguise it all and easily blinded by the latest shiny object.

I don't understand this complaint. Should a collection only be evaluated in its totality? Of course people are sorting through to see what they find desirable. And there are stunning garments here—almost all of the black looks, the divine skirt on Liu Wen, the beaded fish dress, the ecru suit with brown floral embroidery and red & white trim...

It's getting so tiresome seeing this thread descend into a nostalgic Lagerfeld circle-jerk. Why are we evaluating the present based on an idealized, borderline fictional past? Karl's Chanel was nothing if *not* "blinded by the latest shiny object." That man was always trying to start trends—he wasn't the divine repository of some prelapsarian Chanel.

 

[PDFSD]

I don't understand this complaint. Should a collection only be evaluated in its totality? Of course people are sorting through to see what they find desirable. And there are stunning garments here—almost all of the black looks, the divine skirt on Liu Wen, the beaded fish dress, the ecru suit with brown floral embroidery and red & white trim...

It's getting so tiresome seeing this thread descend into a nostalgic Lagerfeld circle-jerk. Why are we evaluating the present based on an idealized, borderline fictional past? Karl's Chanel was nothing if *not* "blinded by the latest shiny object." That man was always trying to start trends—he wasn't the divine repository of some prelapsarian Chanel.

Should a collection only be evaluated in its totality? Yes, first its vision, then details, then what you would buy or wish to wear.
In that order its high fashion, the vision comes first than commerce and then reality.

If not its high street or contemporary , garments product merch goods .

It's the rules of anything at the highest standard.

Even Chanel and Prada CEO say the same thing , when people talk about price it means your not presenting them with a story to believe in (a vision)

That's the artistic/art part in High fashion, for that you need a distinctive voice , something to say asking or providing possible solution for progress of your art form and there for mankind.

You speak about garments i speak about point of view , its like you talk about paintings or sculptures as stuff while i talk about the artist.

I am not nostalgic for KL nor VV and people that love blazy at Chanel should stop circle jerk as saying its better than Karl there for its good instead of say this is good period.

when something is only better when its compared to the past one (the worst) does not do a great job to legitimise that its good on its own.

i dont see that the past is fictional in this case because its well documented.
Karl was pop and he did not hide it , your not saying anything new in regard to who he was or seen.

 

[Darko]

Me before 2 years wearing this normcore sh..y zip quarter sweater from Marks & Spencer in grocery shopping on a gloomy day vs Matthieu 2026 masterpiece
Ok guys I think its time for me and for f...g MY fashion career

 

[yslforever]

Thanks for the pictures, I just find 90% of the bags and the accessories very corny. Like something Michele could have come up with. And I prefer the Michele Valentino version.

 

[NYLA22]

As a New Yorker, all I can say is I hope they gave the venue a deep clean. Bowery station is one of the nastiest, dirtiest in Manhattan.

 

[Plax]

But Chanel has been always quite random. I’ve never thought Karl has that distinctive directions or vision. Yeah there always been clothes that like tweed jacket or skirt. But do you guys think he really has that distinctive directions? I mean image wise, his campaigns have been random all the time. It’s little bit surprised how people perceive history of this brand?

 

[Grets]

BOF​

By
Robert Williams
03 December 2025
Blazy’s clothes are not the easiest to capture in a photograph — this isn’t a brand where it makes sense to let the audience do the talking.

The elitism.

 

[PDFSD]

But Chanel has been always quite random. I’ve never thought Karl has that distinctive directions or vision. Yeah there always been clothes that like tweed jacket or skirt. But do you guys think he really has that distinctive directions? I mean image wise, his campaigns have been random all the time. It’s little bit surprised how people perceive history of this brand?

karl game was as he said him self :
to make people believe every season that whatever theme/story he did was Chanel once or is now.
he did every show with a idea or a back story ..corny or pop sometimes concept of who coco was or where she went etc

the ads would be complementary to the concept or a juxtaposition as in putting the looks in a reality of current time.
but bruno the ceo even said it then once the theme of the show was set this will set in motion the rest for windows and commercial activities etc

its not perception its facts you can find in interviews and resee video´s of shows .

 

[GivenchyHomme]

I’m really not loving this. There’s a severe, almost spiritual lack of taste. The accessories are “fun,” but fun in that Party City, last-minute-Halloween-costume way—nothing ironic, nothing clever, just kitsch for the sake of kitsch. And the clothes? It’s giving Bottega cosplay with a Chanel jacket slapped on like, “See? It’s Chanel, I swear!” Those signatures should glide in naturally, not scream for attention like a tourist in Times Square. For a show in New York, this should’ve been chic, SATC-coded, Devil Wears Prada energy, a little Broadway sparkle—something. Instead we got, “Let’s put an apple on a shoe because it’s the Big Apple!” Wow. Genius. I’m asleep. Wake me when he stops doing student-project literalism and finally develops a sense of humor and a taste level above souvenir-shop chic.

 

[PDFSD]

The elitism.

he is right as a big brand you need to tell your own story first .
its like if i spoke for you before you even said a word about your own life .

the brand should be incharge of its narrative, people want to believe they own a part of brand because they spend money on it but its a one way conversation mostly when it comes to the tone of voice or story telling of the brand.

its not the same as customers service or deciding how to change your couture chanel dress to fit your needs.