For the first Métiers d’art show of his tenure at Chanel, Matthieu Blazy chose New York’s underground as his backdrop. The collection debuted last December on a subway platform that’s been abandoned since 2004, the French-Belgian artistic director’s tribute to a city that brings you up as effortlessly as it puts you down.
In the subterranean world of Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel Metiers d’art show last December, beacons of painstaking craft meandered among red-painted steel columns and over gum-speckled cement in a parade of New York archetypes: the socialite skulking home in last night’s party gown and fringe of feathers, the always-in-a-hurry power broker marching to the office with her leather trench cinched tight, the leisurely grande dame in a sumptuous leopard-print tweed set savoring the luxury of time.
Each look—delightfully anachronistic, quintessentially urbane—represents a melding of the house’s codes over the last century, from slim-hipped flapper silhouettes for the 1920s to slouchy silk sets for the 2020s. Taken together, they represent the lavish chaos that New York embodies in the collective imagination—a metropolis rich with symbolism that no one, not even Blazy, can resist taking a bite.
The Uptown Executive
The Opera Patron
The Downtown Gallerist
The Litchfield County Escapist
The Rising Starlet
The Day Trader
Photography by Anaïck Lejart
Creative Direction and Styling by Studio&
All Clothing and Accessories by Chanel Métiers d’art 2026
Hair by Jacob Kajrup
Makeup by Tiziana Raimondo
Nails by Magda S
Modeling by Lou Seriot
Dog: Mia
Set Design by Marine Armandin
Production by Jules Crye at Lambert Lambert
Project Management by Chloe Kerins
Casting by Sébastien Hernandez Bertrand
Styling Assistance by João Bengala
Set Design Assistance by Caroline Garnier
Production Assistance by Balthazar Astier
Lighting Assistance by Lucas Matichard
First Assistance to Studio& by Cydney Moore
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