Chanel's Blazy debuts celestial Spring 2026, Kidman named ambassador

Matthieu Blazy made his debut as creative director of Chanel on Monday with a spring 2026 collection presented at the Grand Palais in Paris, closing Paris Fashion Week with a star-studded audience and a production evoking a celestial theme. The show, staged under a canopy of stars and planets and attended by roughly 2,300 guests, marked a visible shift in the house’s creative direction and included the announcement that Nicole Kidman has become a Chanel brand ambassador.

The front row drew a range of international celebrities, including Kidman, Margot Robbie, Penélope Cruz, Pedro Pascal, Ayo Edebiri, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kendall Jenner. Kidman attended with her two daughters and wore a white button-up shirt embroidered with a subtle red Chanel logo, wide-leg jeans and an oxblood quilted flap bag. Chanel said the actor, who previously served as a face for the brand, would be an official ambassador of the house.

Blazy’s collection reconstructed several of Chanel’s hallmark codes, with particular attention to footwear and proportion. Runway looks featured a reworked captoe pump with altered proportions and smaller toe accents, referencing the two-toned slingback first introduced...