Matthieu Blazy - Designer, Creative Director of Chanel

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This comment on social seems to be about Blazy ( or JWA but i don't see JWA being shy to say what he wants ) from zeitgeist podcast on paris fashion week :

*The reality is far less glorious. Collaborators are less impressed. Very unsure, doubting, misses vision and knowledge on how Couture works, he doesn’t know how to use the different ateliers at his disposal. And he doesn’t seem interested. He’s extremely vague in his indications and lets others do the job. He is very turned into himself and doesn’t look people into the eyes…

This sounds like classic JWA, and that may explain why the quality of Dior's red carpet teasers was so terrible. Don't forget Blazy has couture background, and he's much more nerdy when it comes to fabrications and techniques than Anderson. When compared, Anderson's work is superficially nerdy, and he's more of a curator than a real designer. That worked well at Loewe, but the longer he is at Dior, the more I doubt about that approach being the right one. And if anyone lacks technical knowledge, it must be him.

 

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This sounds like classic JWA, and that may explain why the quality of Dior's red carpet teasers was so terrible. Don't forget Blazy has couture background, and he's much more nerdy when it comes to fabrications and techniques than Anderson. When compared, Anderson's work is superficially nerdy, and he's more of a curator than a real designer. That worked well at Loewe, but the longer he is at Dior, the more I doubt about that approach being the right one. And if anyone lacks technical knowledge, it must be him.

Can be but JWA seems more assertive even in his first show concept is clear even is outcome is weak and researched and not shy at all. and agree with the rest on him being superficial nerdy arty type that Blazy also falls under with Raf and Pieter.

Blazy you mean at margiela couture ? for me does not count at level of Dior or Chanel HC and i hated his margiela work even then and i did not even know what he would have become at BV even back than.

Blazy in his own words admits to being overwhelmed by archive etc and he lacks direction at BV and able to chose and these are things that come up in his own interview with his own words.

 

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Collaborators are less impressed. Very unsure, doubting, misses vision and knowledge on how Couture works, he doesn’t know how to use the different ateliers at his disposal. And he doesn’t seem interested. He’s extremely vague in his indications and lets others do the job. He is very turned into himself and doesn’t look people into the eyes…

Maybe the owners should not have assumed that he is a fashion genius and should have asked him how he planned to work with all the ateliers...
There was clearly a DD issue.

 

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Maybe the owners should not have assumed that he is a fashion genius and should have asked him how he planned to work with all the ateliers...
There was clearly a DD issue.

the owners are not into the fashion details you saw in the interview vogue piece one of the owner said let's not talk about fashion /work because if your here means you are good to Blazy for his interview ...meaning the company did preselection and proposed him for the final person

you can see how traitor vibes and easy moved fashion ceo´s are KL was genius when he was alive we do things the way we do we are chanel bla bla bla and as soon as there is a new CD in the house old way does not work now we are much faster as Blazy changed and works ahead of time not like karl last minute etc .....bla bla

If you have vision as CEO when KL passed you could have had the vision already to change the system to be more on time with VV, why wait years later.

You see he said also the one star system of CD does not work any more ... business needs first make faster .....have collection ready ahead etc ......

optimization x 100 is key like Kering new ceo from car world make faster and respond on time to feedback of market needs.

its just another rat race only difference ist planned ahead the fashion wont get better or more creative or authentic.

 

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the owners are not into the fashion details you saw in the interview vogue piece one of the owner said let's not talk about fashion /work because if your here means you are good to Blazy for his interview ...meaning the company did preselection and proposed him for the final person

you can see how traitor vibes and easy moved fashion ceo´s are KL was genius when he was alive we do things the way we do we are chanel bla bla bla and as soon as there is a new CD in the house old way does not work now we are much faster as Blazy changed and works ahead of time not like karl last minute etc .....bla bla

If you have vision as CEO when KL passed you could have had the vision already to change the system to be more on time with VV, why wait years later.

You see he said also the one star system of CD does not work any more ... business needs first make faster .....have collection ready ahead etc ......

optimization x 100 is key like Kering new ceo from car world make faster and respond on time to feedback of market needs.

its just another rat race only difference ist planned ahead the fashion wont get better or more creative or authentic.

which means they won't be able to fix the ss2026 collection.
of course 2025 financials would be better than thought. Everyone is buying everything in store now!

 

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Maybe the owners should not have assumed that he is a fashion genius and should have asked him how he planned to work with all the ateliers...
There was clearly a DD issue.

Isn’t the word genius thrown to easily?
Maybe they just assumed that he is a capable talented working designer…

which means they won't be able to fix the ss2026 collection.
of course 2025 financials would be better than thought. Everyone is buying everything in store now!

I really think that the « things to fix » aren’t that important. It’s not like brands makes the biggest of their sales from the runway collections. With the pre-collections, the commercial collection of the runway collection, the pre-orders, there’s enough stuff.
I don’t think they will produce a ton a beaded tweed suits.

The women buying Chanel have always bought knitwear and tweed the most.

And then again, the conversation has been so much about the vocal unhappy clientele…Therés a lot unsaid about the people who left Chanel and who may be interested in coming back to it. I don’t think the Erica lady pre-ordered a Chanel/Charvet shirt but it will potentially be the HIT of this collection.

The bags, in reality are quite classic still. So much fuss about the wired 2.55 when they will probably just make the 2.55 in silver and gold patent leather.

I wonder if the new spark in Chanel will brought people back into the 2.55 which in reality was totally left out at Chanel for a longtime even more with the price increase (for a bag that didn’t sell a lot at all).

Out of all the brands that debuted this season, Chanel is really the one I’m the less worry for…By FAR!

 

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which means they won't be able to fix the ss2026 collection.
of course 2025 financials would be better than thought. Everyone is buying everything in store now!

i assume Show collection tweaked /fixed yes as its has to be produced still and before placing orders they could have tweaked it as needed
P = Printemps Collection Spring Act 1 released January in stores ......is bought already and production is at end
this i doubt any tweak is done too late.

i think its more the commercial drops without a show like P (spring) ACT 1 what the guest already worn to the ss26 S (spring) Act 2 show, coco beach, neige B ( fall )act 1 etc are designed and produced and then close to the date you have the communication and drop in store very soon after.

easy recap:

Each year Chanel releases 6 separate ready to wear (rtw) collections which includes new seasonal and classic bags, shoes, jewelry, and small leather goods.

Each collection is designated with the corresponding year and then a letter representing the collection (e.g. 2C). The exact release date of each collection varies slightly each year.

• C = Cruise Collection (released November of the year before to January) SHOW CRUISE
• P = Printemps Collection Spring Act 1 (released January to March) DROP only*
• S = Summer Collection Spring Act 2 (released March to June) SHOW SS
• A = Autumn Collection Pre-Fall, Metiers D’Arts (released May to September) SHOW PRE FALL
• B = Fall/Winter Act 1 (released June to October) DROP only*
• K = Fall/Winter Act 2 (released August to November) SHOW FW

+ SS HAUTE COUTURE SHOW
+ FW HAUTE COUTURE SHOW

+ COCO BEACH DROP only*
+ COCO NEIGE DROP only*


its allot :-)

 

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Isn’t the word genius thrown to easily?
Maybe they just assumed that he is a capable talented working designer…

I really think that the « things to fix » aren’t that important. It’s not like brands makes the biggest of their sales from the runway collections. With the pre-collections, the commercial collection of the runway collection, the pre-orders, there’s enough stuff.
I don’t think they will produce a ton a beaded tweed suits.

The women buying Chanel have always bought knitwear and tweed the most.

And then again, the conversation has been so much about the vocal unhappy clientele…Therés a lot unsaid about the people who left Chanel and who may be interested in coming back to it. I don’t think the Erica lady pre-ordered a Chanel/Charvet shirt but it will potentially be the HIT of this collection.

The bags, in reality are quite classic still. So much fuss about the wired 2.55 when they will probably just make the 2.55 in silver and gold patent leather.

I wonder if the new spark in Chanel will brought people back into the 2.55 which in reality was totally left out at Chanel for a longtime even more with the price increase (for a bag that didn’t sell a lot at all).

Out of all the brands that debuted this season, Chanel is really the one I’m the less worry for…By FAR!

The women buying Chanel have always bought knitwear and tweed the most.
Sure but knits with logo and fantasy designs and frills on it etc.......... not grey uniqlo knits or same knits you can get at Barrie

I understand logo free but these seem more design free as well. lol

930 Euro Barrie (same factory of Chanel)