What CHANEL’s Ready-to-Wear, Métiers d’Art, and Couture collections tell us about where Fall/Winter dressing is actually headed.
Five Fall/Winter trends that CHANEL’s season reinforced, and why they’re worth paying attention to.
For more than two decades, Coco Mademoiselle has lived primarily on the perfume counter – warm, spiced, unmistakably French, and a rite of passage for the CHANEL woman. This Fall 2026, CHANEL extends that identity into beauty products with its first-ever Coco Mademoiselle makeup capsule, launched on Gabrielle Chanel’s birthday – August 19.
The tweed, pearls, LBD, interlocking Cs, quilted leather, and camellia have been so thoroughly absorbed into cultural vocabulary that they’ve become expected. But there are “non-traditional” CHANEL codes, and they are the most interesting.
Here are five of them.
How a shoe conceived in postwar Paris became the defining grammar of feminine elegance and why, nearly seven decades later, it refuses to become history. Let’s revisit the enduring significance of the CHANEL slingback as it enters another era of reinvention.
Gabrielle Chanel introduced the little black dress in 1926 through a simple crepe de chine design published in VOGUE. Her black dress removed excess fabric, heavy corsetry, and rigid structure. Editors described the garment as “Chanel’s Ford,” comparing its accessibility to the Model T automobile. Journalists framed the piece as practical, adaptable, and modern.
What CHANEL’s Ready-to-Wear, Métiers d’Art, and Couture collections tell us about where Fall/Winter dressing is actually headed.
Five Fall/Winter trends that CHANEL’s season reinforced, and why they’re worth paying attention to.
For more than two decades, Coco Mademoiselle has lived primarily on the perfume counter – warm, spiced, unmistakably French, and a rite of passage for the CHANEL woman. This Fall 2026, CHANEL extends that identity into beauty products with its first-ever Coco Mademoiselle makeup capsule, launched on Gabrielle Chanel’s birthday – August 19.
The tweed, pearls, LBD, interlocking Cs, quilted leather, and camellia have been so thoroughly absorbed into cultural vocabulary that they’ve become expected. But there are “non-traditional” CHANEL codes, and they are the most interesting.
Here are five of them.
How a shoe conceived in postwar Paris became the defining grammar of feminine elegance and why, nearly seven decades later, it refuses to become history. Let’s revisit the enduring significance of the CHANEL slingback as it enters another era of reinvention.
Gabrielle Chanel introduced the little black dress in 1926 through a simple crepe de chine design published in VOGUE. Her black dress removed excess fabric, heavy corsetry, and rigid structure. Editors described the garment as “Chanel’s Ford,” comparing its accessibility to the Model T automobile. Journalists framed the piece as practical, adaptable, and modern.
My thoughts on anything and everything CHANEL. From its legendary leaders to its iconic products and everything in between.
17 August 2026
A classic CHANEL suit in white with black trim. The long jacket features a collar, four pockets and white buttons with black edges down the front. It is worn with a knee length skirt, black pumps and a black classic flap. To complete the look in full CHANEL style, the hair is pulled back into a braid and finished with two black bows.
3 August 2026
A white and black tweed pantsuit with sequin accents. The jacket features buttons down the front and on two pockets and a black collar with square pattern and a fringed hem to match the fringed edges of the jacket, sleeves and pants. Platform sandals are worn in the same white tweed material. Accessories include oversized, circular earrings with interlocking C’s.
26 July 2026
A cream coloured belted sweater and matching knee-length skirt, with subtle flecks of yellow, orange, pink and green throughout is worn with chunky beige knee-high suede boots with black cap toe. Accessories include layered black pearl necklaces featuring Maltese cross and heart charms with matching earrings, cuff bracelets on each wrist and a sherbet orange Classic CHANEL Flap Bag.
FASHION
When they appeared at the CHANEL Cruise 2026/27 show, the question was: who would be the first to actually wear them?
DESIGN
Coco Chanel’s Riviera Gardens Were Restored With Her Iconic Tweed Suits In Mind
NEWS
CHANEL’s sales are accelerating after returning to growth last year.
Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture
For CHANEL’s Fall-Winter 2026/27 Haute Couture collection, Matthieu Blazy drew inspiration from classic fairy tales like Goldilocks, Jack and the Beanstalk, Swan Lake, Puss in Boots and The Wizard of Oz, setting the stage with massive green vines and a rainbow of exotic colourful flowers, as if Jack’s magic beanstalk had burst through the Grand Palais ceiling. It was theatrical without being frivolous. It was Blazy.
Cruise 2026/27
CHANEL presented its Cruise 2026/27 collection in Biarritz and the choice of location is anything but coincidental. The storied coastal town was where Gabrielle Chanel opened her first couture house in 1915. CHANEL’s decision to return to the town foundational to its identity, sends a clear message: that the future of the house will continue to be written in dialogue with its origins. And that dialogue is now in the hands of Matthieu Blazy. Seaside references, couture details and fluid freedom define the collection and carry the spirit of Biarritz.
Fall-Winter 2026/27 Ready to Wear
The second ready to wear and fourth overall collection in Matthieu Blazy’s year of debuts at CHANEL and the thrill is still present. Watching this collection in motion instantly has you imaging yourself in each look. Everything flows so effortlessly while being uniquely eye-catching. Layering, vivid prints, and an eclectic mix of textures continue to be on trend along with classic silhouettes in signature black and white. Dropped waistlines and free flowing dresses continued to display Blazy’s dedication to honouring Coco Chanel’s originating principles.
Spring/Summer 2026 Haute Couture
A breath of fresh air! Matthieu Blazy's debut couture collection for CHANEL was as light as a feather, but at the same time, very grounding. “Haute Couture is the very soul of CHANEL - it is the foundation and the full expression of the House,” Blazy said in his show notes.
