In a pastoral celebration of nature’s wide-open spaces and Gabrielle Chanel’s feminine freedom, Chanel’s Fall-Winter 2025/26 Couture collection delves into neutral shades, illusionary tweed textures, and sheaves of golden wheat—Chanel’s cherished motif of abundance. 

Looking ahead, as the newly appointed Creative Director, Matthieu Blazy, isn’t set to debut his designs until October, the Maison continues to showcase the runway with the vision of the Creation Studio at its helm. 

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Before the show begins, soothing ambient music filled the room—a tranquil tone was set. Seated on plush neutral couches, A-list attendees, such as Lorde, Gracie Abrams, and Romy Mars, twirled a single sheaf of golden wheat between their fingers, awaiting the season’s opening. With visions of Gabrielle Chanel’s Haute Couture salons at 31, rue Cambon, as inspiration, Willo Perron decorates the show, set at Salon d’Honneur at the Grand Palais. 

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To know Chanel is to know tweed—for Fall/Winter 2026, Chanel revisits the Maison’s most iconic fabric in more ways than one. Tweed is knitted, paired with feathers, and disguised to mimic other textures and reflect botanical elements.

While nature sets the backdrop for this couture season’s creative narrative, the English countryside and the Scottish moors serve as the particular guiding references. Wheat ears do not just appear on the sidelines, but within the collection as well, appearing as feathers woven into chiffon, neckline embroidery, and decorative button imagery. 

No Chanel collection is complete without its seasonal bride. For Fall/Winter, she is haloed with a subtle sheer veil, her dress cascading into billowy tulle, as she walks the aisle with her bouquet in hand, a stalk of the collection’s symbolic golden wheat.

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