Matthieu and the Beanstalk
Fashion’s elite turn up their noses at whimsy. This season, Chanel’s Matthieu Blazy’s designs spoke to childhood fairytales.
By
Cathy Horyn,
The Cut’s fashion critic-at-large since 2015.
Fashion’s elite turn up their noses at whimsy. This season at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy’s designs spoke to childhood fairy tales.
Matthieu and the Beanstalk
Fashion’s elite turn up their noses at whimsy. This season, Chanel’s Matthieu Blazy’s designs spoke to childhood fairytales.
By
Cathy Horyn,
The Cut’s fashion critic-at-large since 2015.

At Chanel, Matthieu Blazy turns couture into a dark fairy tale

Chanel brings dark fairy tale to life in Blazy’s second couture show

Chanel Haute Couture Otoño/Invierno 2026-2027: Matthieu Blazy reimagina el universo de Gabrielle Chanel

Chanel turns the Grand Palais into a dark fairy tale for Matthieu Blazy’s 2nd couture show

'João e o Pé de Feijão': Matthieu Blazy cria coleção de conto de fadas para alta-costura da Chanel

Chanel convierte la Alta Costura en un cuento de hadas

Chanel Haute Couture Toamnă-Iarnă 2026/2027

Chanel brings beanstalk to catwalk in fairytale Paris couture show

Matthieu Blazy lleva los cuentos de hadas a la Semana de la Alta Costura de París con su segunda colección para Chanel

La favola Chanel, il boudoir Armani Privé

Fashion’s elite turn up their noses at whimsy. This season at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy’s designs spoke to childhood fairy tales.

Designer’s third collection confirms his dream start at the label, as warmth for the women who wear it shines through

New designer’s kid-in-a-candy-store enthusiasm is evident in confident colours and loosened silhouettes

At his second Chanel couture show in Paris, Blazy drew on Gabrielle Chanel’s life, storybook motifs and everyday realities to…

Chanel transformed Paris’ Grand Palais into an enchanted garden for Matthieu Blazy’s second haute couture collection, blending…

Matthieu-mania is taking over the fashion world, as those in the know clamour to buy the first collections from Chanel’s new…