Chanel S/S 2026 Paris

[Reggie63]

Apparently, the Chanel x Charvet shirt is going to retail for $4,350. Clearly, they are banking on this shirt to be the profit maker for this season.

 

[Lola701]

Apparently, the Chanel x Charvet shirt is going to retail for $4,350. Clearly, they are banking on this shirt to be the profit maker for this season.

A regular popelin cotton shirt from the current FW is $3150 so $100 for a Chanel/Charvet with a chain trim is almost a bargain ahaha!

 

[Lola701]

A regular popelin cotton shirt from the current FW is $3150 so $100 for a Chanel/Charvet with a chain trim is almost a bargain ahaha!

My typing is horrific! $1000!

 

[Grets]

or you could just go to Charvet for 650

 

[Caffeine]

Charvet, the value proposition

(Made to measure or even bespoke is often superior. Costing way less than Chanel. )

 

[Kanzai]

Fernanda Torres didn’t attend the show right? Also no Margaret Qualley? I like this dress, hope he follows this direction. Simple yet very chic.

 

[PDFSD]

Fernanda Torres didn’t attend the show right? Also no Margaret Qualley? I like this dress, hope he follows this direction. Simple yet very chic.

The problem is that simple yet very chic does not sell at Chanel especially to keep the 19 billion a year turnover number.
The discrepancy with this ideal of chic versus the big spenders & quantity of spenders at Chanel that go for items at the brand shop for something distinctly Chanel (yes, often also a logo placed somewhere sadly), but not just this! It's also in the cut/proportions & DNA markers of color, shapes, prints, and material, and lastly, design.
Having not enough of this in collections or single items will result in middle-of-the-road products that look like any X brand.

Like an analyst said recently, Chanel is Chanel because it looks like Chanel and nothing else, and that's their biggest unique point that most houses would kill or spend years to build, often by force try to replicate.

When it's diluted, you lose brand authority, which is worse than fashion authority.

Also, Blazy was supposed to be CHANEL and not bring what he did at other houses to impose on Chanel, as Bruno mentioned why other creative directors were not considered, like Hedi who impose his view on every house he goes to, but it seems we got BV dull items from phoebe sample sale RTW and BV ugly shoes at Chanel prices and no true novelty in ACC either.

But now they have to sit it out and grin and cross their fingers that this chic, anonymous, yet every woman's woke Chanel collections will do the trick.

Chanel, at this size, you have to get pop and get your hands dirty and step out of the Gallery white box with out (Phoebe) PTSD.
The rest of the world does not want to dress in potato sacks or curtains no matter how small/clever the CC logo or DNA is on it or behind the curtains in this case lol.

 

[Grets]

The problem is that simple yet very chic does not sell at Chanel especially to keep the 19 billion a year turnover number.
The discrepancy with this ideal of chic versus the big spenders & quantity of spenders at Chanel that go for items at the brand shop for something distinctly Chanel (yes, often also a logo placed somewhere sadly), but not just this! It's also in the cut/proportions & DNA markers of color, shapes, prints, and material, and lastly, design.
Having not enough of this in collections or single items will result in middle-of-the-road products that look like any X brand.

Like an analyst said recently, Chanel is Chanel because it looks like Chanel and nothing else, and that's their biggest unique point that most houses would kill or spend years to build, often by force try to replicate.

When it's diluted, you lose brand authority, which is worse than fashion authority.

Also, Blazy was supposed to be CHANEL and not bring what he did at other houses to impose on Chanel, as Bruno mentioned why other creative directors were not considered, like Hedi who impose his view on every house he goes to, but it seems we got BV dull items from phoebe sample sale RTW and BV ugly shoes at Chanel prices and no true novelty in ACC either.

But now they have to sit it out and grin and cross their fingers that this chic, anonymous, yet every woman's woke Chanel collections will do the trick.

Chanel, at this size, you have to get pop and get your hands dirty and step out of the Gallery white box with out (Phoebe) PTSD.
The rest of the world does not want to dress in potato sacks or curtains no matter how small/clever the CC logo or DNA is on it or behind the curtains in this case lol.

Thank you! (and so appreciate your voice!)

 

[FashionPower]

Also, Blazy was supposed to be CHANEL and not bring what he did at other houses to impose on Chanel, as Bruno mentioned why other creative directors were not considered, like Hedi who impose his view on every house he goes to, but it seems we got BV dull items from phoebe sample sale RTW and BV ugly shoes at Chanel prices and no true novelty in ACC either.

But now they have to sit it out and grin and cross their fingers that this chic, anonymous, yet every woman's woke Chanel collections will do the trick.

Chanel, at this size, you have to get pop and get your hands dirty and step out of the Gallery white box with out (Phoebe) PTSD.
The rest of the world does not want to dress in potato sacks or curtains no matter how small/clever the CC logo or DNA is on it or behind the curtains in this case lol.

This is exactly what annoyed me the most from the collection. We had Pavlovsky claiming for months that CHANEL has its own codes that shall be respected by the new guard and then we got a Bottega collection shown in Paris with distressed 2.55 mini flaps (a la Demna Balenciaga) and even the same headpieces / brooches made with leather scraps from BV. In particular, there were two printed floor length dresses shown somewhere in the middle of the collection that could be easily mistaken for Bottega.
If CHANEL generates 19 billion turnover per year is thanks to the tacky boots with huge pearl heel with CC logo on (some may say, I thought they were funny but yeah even I would have reduced the pearl dimension), not with Awar wearing a white silk shirt and a maxi skirt made of leather scraps that looked like a Bottega design that didn't make the cut from the FW24 show.
I am sorry, blame me as much as you want for saying this, but I would have taken Jacquemus interpretation of Karl's codes with majestic venues and aggressive marketing / storytelling rather than this "CHANEL is craft" narrative Matthieu, Pavlovsky and Leena are gonna push.

 

[Xone]

The problem is that simple yet very chic does not sell at Chanel especially to keep the 19 billion a year turnover number.
The discrepancy with this ideal of chic versus the big spenders & quantity of spenders at Chanel that go for items at the brand shop for something distinctly Chanel (yes, often also a logo placed somewhere sadly), but not just this! It's also in the cut/proportions & DNA markers of color, shapes, prints, and material, and lastly, design.
Having not enough of this in collections or single items will result in middle-of-the-road products that look like any X brand.

Like an analyst said recently, Chanel is Chanel because it looks like Chanel and nothing else, and that's their biggest unique point that most houses would kill or spend years to build, often by force try to replicate.

When it's diluted, you lose brand authority, which is worse than fashion authority.

Also, Blazy was supposed to be CHANEL and not bring what he did at other houses to impose on Chanel, as Bruno mentioned why other creative directors were not considered, like Hedi who impose his view on every house he goes to, but it seems we got BV dull items from phoebe sample sale RTW and BV ugly shoes at Chanel prices and no true novelty in ACC either.

But now they have to sit it out and grin and cross their fingers that this chic, anonymous, yet every woman's woke Chanel collections will do the trick.

Chanel, at this size, you have to get pop and get your hands dirty and step out of the Gallery white box with out (Phoebe) PTSD.
The rest of the world does not want to dress in potato sacks or curtains no matter how small/clever the CC logo or DNA is on it or behind the curtains in this case lol.

Oh you are back! welcome back! <3

Yes, I hope they get it better on that sense for the next collection...anyway i just hope for the best

 

[Caffeine]

Ah, so PDFSD is back. Thank you for such an insightful post and welcome back! You nailed it.

 

[PDFSD]

This is exactly what annoyed me the most from the collection. We had Pavlovsky claiming for months that CHANEL has its own codes that shall be respected by the new guard and then we got a Bottega collection shown in Paris with distressed 2.55 mini flaps (a la Demna Balenciaga) and even the same headpieces / brooches made with leather scraps from BV. In particular, there were two printed floor length dresses shown somewhere in the middle of the collection that could be easily mistaken for Bottega.
If CHANEL generates 19 billion turnover per year is thanks to the tacky boots with huge pearl heel with CC logo on (some may say, I thought they were funny but yeah even I would have reduced the pearl dimension), not with Awar wearing a white silk shirt and a maxi skirt made of leather scraps that looked like a Bottega design that didn't make the cut from the FW24 show.
I am sorry, blame me as much as you want for saying this, but I would have taken Jacquemus interpretation of Karl's codes with majestic venues and aggressive marketing / storytelling rather than this "CHANEL is craft" narrative Matthieu, Pavlovsky and Leena are gonna push.

Jacquemus is another low seriously it would be another type of crap as in sh*t: if Blazy is giraffe poop Jac is elephant poop for me!

If was the ceo or consulting on the hiring i would rather have a Hedi vintage revival at Chanel alla 1973 Chanel Haute Couture Autumn-Winter collection that was designed by Ramón Esparza (the assistant and life partner of designer Cristóbal Balenciaga)

who was the first one to put CC on clothes and do the chanel bag with CC logo and did youthful and fun prints like fragile on coats etc all before Karl did.
he was fired after one collection
even if he basically predicted chanel of the last 40 years in one collection.






if anybody want to see the full collection. here is the Getty link 6 pages full of pics :
Chanel Fall 1973 Couture Fashion Show - Getty

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Jacquemus is another low seriously it would be another type of crap as in sh*t: if Blazy is giraffe poop Jac is elephant poop for me!

If was the ceo or consulting on the hiring i would rather have a Hedi vintage revival at Chanel alla 1973 Chanel Haute Couture Autumn-Winter collection that was designed by Ramón Esparza (the assistant and life partner of designer Cristóbal Balenciaga)

who was the first one to put CC on clothes and do the chanel bag with CC logo and did youthful and fun prints like fragile on coats etc all before Karl did.
he was fired after one collection
even if he basically predicted chanel of the last 40 years in one collection.

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if anybody want to see the full collection. here is the Getty link 6 pages full of pics :
Chanel Fall 1973 Couture Fashion Show - Getty

Amazing!
Thank you for that PDFSD!

 

[Caffeine]

Apparently we haven't got anything new all these years

 

[PDFSD]

Oh you are back! welcome back! <3

Yes, I hope they get it better on that sense for the next collection...anyway i just hope for the best

merci merci ...i don't hope seriously!!!

He had one year to refine this collection & the next act drop looks really bad worse than the studio collections post VV.
He has a dull Belgiumesk side to his ways of doing, that makes Chanel already a lady brand look more old. (VV never changed taste level either KL had good moments and had evolution but he was always KL) i don't care he is born in the Louvre he lacks french refinement.
KL at least always was looking forward and wanted to stay young and fresh, with mistakes sure but still he made it happen for many years.

Blazy is too snobby in a ridgid way in his approach of what modern design is or should be he is very much like a Raf and Peter also has this, i find all 3 insufferable at this point.
His propopotions where off at BV and still see it at Chanel just over reliance on craft propaganda that KL and VV did daily tweeds that disappear into embroidered optical illusions are not new etc ....i really see that this is his hand /taste is like this bulk design and randomness that he hides behind because he can't choose a direction much like AM at Gucci and now Valentino. and we know how that ended at Gucci and is going now at Valentino.

When even average influencers that buy Chanel say too much bulk etc .... i think one has to be blind or paid by Chanel to not see that there is work to be done on the cut and proportions. No amount of craft can hide this when you look like a american football player in gear with feathers and beads attached to your look.

Kl had issues at times as well with proportion as did VV, with the studio collections some seemed to be corrected but not significantly.

Him coming there should have been a proper refinement with new eyes , we only got curtains and blob couture looks of a zara crop suit jacket as the new easy to make chanel jacket.

more i see the show more i hate it for the lack of many things in 2025.

no !

 

[PDFSD]

Apparently we haven't got anything new all these years

at core chanel she was innovating by a need but once her looks was clear she kept it and i think like a patek watch it does not need to change but only get refined made better and better with new experience and technical innovation before redesign as cosmetic.

you can stretch and challenge the idea of core chanel isms but going to far off it will be like any brand , what makes chanel chanel is that its a complete idea of look even if its lots of separates elements you can break down but at core it needs to be clear Chanel or else the concept in a presentation/brand halo is broken.

i love this recap of chanel

The Rise and Fall (& Rise Again?) of Chanel​

by understitch,

Chanel was a brand born of boredom. A woman who wanted more from her life than to be dependant on a man. It didn't really matter that she didn't have design or constructional talent, she understood that the best way to make her brand successful was to act successful herself. And it worked. At least until it didn't.It literally took decades to claw back success to the company after the 1939 closure. It took five new creative directors to find something that could stick - Karl Lagerfeld. A force to be reckoned with, Karl transformed the brand from struggling to successful, and at least until the last few years of his tenure was widely loved. Since then, and one Virginie Viard, Chanel has again struggled (though considerably less than it had in the past). So, on this day, the day of Matthieu Blazy's debut, we find out if it can once again be saved.

Chapters0:00
Introduction1:01
Chap 1. Chanel Modes5:41
Chap. 2. Sportswear10:48
Chap. 3 Biarritz15:02
Chap. 4 Growth22:28
Chap. 5: Noone Likes Chanel26:02
Chap. 6: Follow Fashion, Even If It's Ugly29:31
Chap. 7: The Return35:31
Chap. 8: Coco Après Chanel39:37
Chap. 9: Karl Lagerfeld51:57
Chap. 10: Virginie Viard54:52
Chap. 11: Matthieu Blazy

 

[Kanzai]

Chanel was a brand born of boredom. A woman who wanted more from her life than to be dependant on a man. It didn't really matter that she didn't have design or constructional talent, she understood that the best way to make her brand successful was to act successful herself. And it worked. At least until it didn't.It literally took decades to claw back success to the company after the 1939 closure. It took five new creative directors to find something that could stick - Karl Lagerfeld. A force to be reckoned with, Karl transformed the brand from struggling to successful, and at least until the last few years of his tenure was widely loved. Since then, and one Virginie Viard, Chanel has again struggled (though considerably less than it had in the past). So, on this day, the day of Matthieu Blazy's debut, we find out if it can once again be saved.

Oh no, I think this person has zero idea about history of fashion. Just reading that paragraph already tells me everything about the quality of the video. A great designer isn’t defined by sales or fame, but by the respect they earn from other great designers. Coco Chanel inspired all the significant greats after her. Even Rick Owens admitted it, come on!

Armani for Wallpaper Magazine:

The true fashion revolutionaries of the 20th century were all women, and I’m not surprised: a woman who creates women’s clothes has an understanding of their bodies, as well as of their roles, that a man can hardly achieve. I appreciate Jeanne Lanvin as much as Madeleine Vionnet and Elsa Schiaparelli, but my favourite remains Coco Chanel, whom I consider the inventor of a modern way of dressing and thus, by translation, of the contemporary woman. The liberation of the female wardrobe started with her, and this should not be forgotten.

 

[Kanzai]

^ Full article (from Wallpaper Magazine issue Oct 2022 has him on the cover)
Giorgio Armani on his creative inspirations, from Eileen Gray to Issey Miyake

 

[Grets]

I think there is also a problem with the commentators talking about Chanel. Too much of this is focused on sales revenue or the marketing around the products or the celebrities. The beauty about Chanel was that she was about innovation, comfort and products that improved women's lives.