ChanelMatthieu Blazy presented new creations for Chanel during Paris Haute Couture Week in Paris, France, on January 27. Photo: XinhuaAdvertisementAfter reaching for the stars in his first show for Chanel , new artistic director Matthieu Blazy took a feathery flight of fancy for his debut haute couture collection on Tuesday inspired by birds and nature. The vast Grand Palais exhibition space in central Paris was transformed into an enchanted and psychedelic forest populated by giant mushrooms and pink weeping willows. Photo: APBlazy, 41, said he intended to “probe and explore the heart of Chanel” with his haute couture creations following his highly acclaimed first ready-to-wear women’s collection in the same space in October. Kim Go-eun, Tilda Swinton, Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman, Arthur Jafa, Guillaume Diop and Hannah O’Neill attend the Chanel haute couture spring/summer 2026 collection show in Paris, France, on January 27.