Insider Feature: Chanel FW26 - The Blazy Verdict

Chanel showed last night at the Grand Palais in Paris. Matthieu Blazy presented his second ready to wear collection for the house and I have a lot to say about it.This episode is different from the last one. This is not a critical take. This is me watching something and feeling genuinely impressed by what I saw. Blazy is building something real at Chanel and this episode is about what that looks like and why it matters.We talk about the show, the set, the concept behind the collection and what the clothes actually said. We talk about who Matthieu Blazy is, what he built at Bottega Veneta and why his approach to Chanel is so different from what we usually see when a new designer takes over a legacy house. We talk about why second collections matter more than debuts and what AW26 tells us about where this house is going. We talk about commercial credibility meeting creative credibility and why that combination is so rare. And we talk about Bhavitha Mandava, newly announced as Chanel’s first Indian house ambassador, and what her story says about the kind of house Blazy is building.This is The Fashion Insider. Honest takes on fashion. Nothing more nothing less.You can follow Nakul on Instagram @nakullaxwww.instagram.com/nakullaxEmail us at [email protected]