Chanel proposes a comfortable winter

Yesterday, luxury brand Chanel presented a glamorous and understated haute couture collection at the Grand Palais in Paris , the latest conceived by Juana Martín and her in-house design studio, ahead of the eagerly awaited first steps of new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.

For the fall-winter 2025-2026 season, the French house reinvents winter classics and reinterprets the iconic tweed , which this time takes on a woven feel in longer or shorter dresses, long coats, and low-cut skirt and trouser suits , embellished with sequins, feathers, and pearls.

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Lighter dresses and skirts, usually made of silk or chiffon and often with ruffles, are also part of this new wardrobe that plays with layering, with long skirts open over shorter ones or wide belts with pockets.

All of this comes in black, beige , and white, paired with round-toe over-the-knee boots.

Out of the ordinary

This new wardrobe was presented in the Salon d'Honneur, decorated with wide draped curtains and comfortable beige sofas in the style of last century's haute couture salons, and not in the nave of the Grand Palais, as is usually the case, as the latter houses a monumental installation by Brazilian Ernesto Neto.

Guests included actresses Marion Cotillard and Carole Bouquet, as well as pop queens Lorde and Gracie Abrams.

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The next collection, presented in October during Paris Women's Fashion Week, will be designed by Matthieu Blazy, appointed in December, six months after Virginie Viard's abrupt departure.

Former artistic director of Bottega Veneta, the discreet and highly respected Franco-Belgian will have the difficult task of turning the page after Karl Lagerfeld, who reigned over the house for more than three decades until his death in 2019, leaving the reins to his right-hand woman, Virginie Viard.