Chanel has announced that its upcoming Métiers d’Art show—set to debut on December 2—will mark Matthieu Blazy’s first collection for the house. While the exact location is still under wraps, the show will take place in New York, a city deeply intertwined with Chanel’s legacy since Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s transatlantic trips in the 1930s.
“I am delighted that Matthieu Blazy has chosen New York,” said Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion at Chanel SAS, noting the designer’s deep familiarity with the city, where he worked under Raf Simons at Calvin Klein from 2016 to 2019.
Blazy’s official debut as creative director is slated for the Spring Ready-to-Wear shows in Paris this October, concluding a rare extended transition following Virginie Viard’s departure in 2023.
The announcement was paired with a teaser visual: a vintage New York subway map overlaid with the iconic double-C logo, signaling a fusion of metropolitan grit and Chanel elegance.
The Métiers d’Art collection—Chanel’s annual ode to its artisanal ateliers under the Paraffection umbrella—has previously traveled to Tokyo, Rome, Edinburgh, Salzburg, Dallas, and more recently to unexpected destinations like Dakar, Manchester, and Hangzhou.
At the heart of these collections is Le19M, Chanel’s architectural tribute to craft, housing legendary maisons like Lesage, Massaro, Lemarié, Maison Michel, Goossens, and others, each dedicated to preserving the brand’s savoir-faire.
Returning to New York, where Karl Lagerfeld once staged his iconic 2018 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Blazy steps into a charged lineage—ready to shape the house’s future with a bold new rhythm.
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