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Chanel's Matthieu Blazy turns couture into a dark fairy tale at Grand Palais
ChanelMatthieu BlazyGabrielle ChanelGrand PalaisTilda SwintonMichelle YeohCatherine DeneuvePedro Pascal
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In Paris, Chanel unveiled its latest haute couture collection under new designer Matthieu Blazy, transforming the Grand Palais into a dark fairy tale garden inspired by a book from Gabrielle Chanel's apartment. Source: AP News, CNA
The inspiration
Blazy drew from a small leather-bound book of fairy tales found in Coco Chanel's apartment, questioning whether her rise from an orphanage to fashion icon was itself a fairy tale. Source: AP News He likened her story to Jack and the Beanstalk.
The collection
Key design elements included:
- An opening look with a sheer suit embroidered with bean shoots. Source: AP News
- Evening bags shaped like sleeping bears and chickens; heels sculpted into butterflies and golden eggs. Source: AP News, CNA
- Frayed edges and hidden details like painted linings and stitched shopping lists. Source: AP News
- Blazy emphasized couture for real women, focusing on wearable pieces like a sharply cut coat and black tunic. Source: AP News
The front row
Celebrities included Tilda Swinton, Michelle Yeoh, Catherine Deneuve, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, and others. Source: CNA, AP News
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“I started to wonder, was Gabrielle Chanel's life a fairy tale?”
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“Haute Couture at Chanel is not just a fairy tale; in essence it is for women, their realities and their adventures of the everyday.”
CNA↗
“The show looked enchanted and faintly poisoned at the same time, which turned out to be the point.”
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“Inside the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday (Jul 7), Chanel's starry salon was swallowed by a garden gone wrong: giant beanstalks climbing to the ceiling and huge flowers blooming a little too brightly to be safe.”