{"id":59596,"date":"2025-12-03T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59596\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:08:11","slug":"everything-you-missed-at-chanels-new-york-subway-fashion-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59596\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you missed at Chanel\u2019s New York subway fashion show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026<\/p>\n

Gallery \/ 20 images<\/p>\n

What comes to mind when you think of a New York subway station? Sweaty commuters? Questionable hygiene? That one viral video of a rat carrying a slice of pizza? It\u2019s probably not Chanel<\/a>\u2019s M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art show, the French maison\u2019s annual celebration of high craft, and a \u201cdeclaration of love to the artisans who contribute to the Chanel collections all year round.\u201d Despite this, that\u2019s exactly where Matthieu Blazy<\/a> decided to unveil his second-ever collection for the house, bringing together an A-list frow beneath the streets of New York. Scroll on for everything that went down at yesterday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\"Pin<\/a>\"ChanelChanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026Courtesy of Chanel<\/p>\n

For its previous M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art shows, Chanel has taken guests as far and wide as Hangzhou in China, Dakar in Senegal and Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter. For 2026, the French maison found its energy in the Big Apple, transporting the work of its in-house artisans to a subterranean metro station. Though it might not seem like the natural home of high craft, Blazy explained in show notes that \u201cthe New York subway belongs to all. Everyone uses it: there are students and gamechangers; statesmen and teenagers.\u201d For the newly-instated creative director, the New York subway provides an endless wealth of creative inspiration, a place full of \u201cenigmatic yet wonderful encounters\u201d, where everyone \u201chas somewhere to go and each is unique in what they wear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pin<\/a>\"AyoAyo Edibiri at Chanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026Photography Cindy Ord\/WireImage via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Despite Blazy commenting backstage that \u201ceveryone is invited,\u201d the show\u2019s guestlist featured a select bunch of fashion press, influencers and famous faces. After he was announced as the brand\u2019s newest ambassador over the weekend, A$AP Rocky<\/a> sat front, alongside Margaret Qualley, Tilda Swinton<\/a>, Kristen Stewart<\/a>, Solange<\/a>, G. Dragon, Linda Evangelista<\/a>, Riley Keough \u2013 and even Jon Bon Jovi and Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n

\"Pin<\/a>\"ChanelChanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026Courtesy of Chanel<\/p>\n

While remaining inherently Chanel, each look resembled a different character, building an eclectic mix of figures you might see on the subway. There was the 70s journalist rushing to meet her deadline; the 80s businesswoman on her way to meet a client for lunch; the excited tourist donning her \u201cI HEART NEW YORK\u201d t-shirt; the elegant older woman en route to the opera; and even Clark Kent, with Superman\u2019s recognisable emblem peaking out from behind a boxy power suit. The looks were consistent in their inconsistency: there was no one theme, season, era or shape, only the chaos of the underground that tied them all together. \u201cI like the idea of doing a show where nothing is linear,\u201d said Blazy backstage, \u201cI wanted to create a kind of happenstance \u2013 what we see every morning when we go to work and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna be at the corner. It\u2019s directly playful, this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pin<\/a>\"ChanelChanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026Courtesy of Chanel<\/p>\n

Animals were a common theme throughout the collection, whether it was a cat\u2019s head atop a pillbox hat, leopard print two pieces, or beaded watercolour fish prints; Chanel clearly looked to its customers\u2019 pets for inspiration. \u201cYou have two accessories in New York: a dog and a coffee cup,\u201d said Blazy, explaining the repeated dog patterns and coffee cup handbags. Thankfully, there were no rats during this subway journey. Blue velvet gowns and injections of candy apple red offset the dull grey of the train and its resting place; meanwhile, details paid tribute to the city itself \u2013 a Big Apple handbag, for instance, or a skirt that followed the shape of the skyline. If the point of the Metiers D\u2019Art show is to showcase the skill and precision of the house artisans, then Blazy and his team delivered on every front. Then again, we\u2019d expect no less of the world\u2019s most famous fashion house. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chanel M\u00e9tiers d\u2019Art 2026 Gallery \/ 20 images What comes to mind when you think of a New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1149,27643,27642,27644,27645,27646,27647,27648,1242,749,27640,27641,2538,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-59596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-art","tag-dazed","tag-dazed-confused","tag-dazed-confused-magazine","tag-dazed-and-confused","tag-dazed-and-confused-magazine","tag-dazedconfused","tag-dazeddigital","tag-fashion","tag-film","tag-ideas","tag-ideas-sharing-network","tag-music","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}