Matthieu Blazy unveils his Chanel Métiers d’Art 2026 campaign, and it feels like a full cinematic universe. Shot by Craig McDean and captured on film by Rahim Fortune across the streets of New York, models including Anok Yai, Bhavitha Mandava and Feng Jiao lead the charge — and this is exactly what we have been waiting for.
Built on the electric pulse of cosmopolitan street life, the collection is a love letter to every kind of woman: the student, the socialite, the superhero, the working girl, all crossing paths in one eclectic, time-bending universe. Elevated knits move alongside floor-length gowns, raw denim sits next to hand-painted skirts, and the Maison’s most recognisable codes, from the suit and two-tone shoes to pearls and camellias, get a full Blazy-era reimagining. Fashion as superpower? Pretty much.
Craftsmanship is, as ever, where the collection fully lands. Blazy calls on the full roster of Chanel’s Maisons d’art: Lesage, Massaro, Goossens, Lemarié, Atelier Montex, Maison Michel and more, representing the eleven houses living under le19M, the creative hub Chanel built in Paris back in 2021. Art Deco extravagance meets animal tweed meets intricate embroidery, all made by the kind of artisans whose hands carry decades of French savoir-faire. This is the annual Métiers d’Art moment Chanel has been staging since 2002, and under Blazy, it feels like it has levelled up hard.
