After Matthieu Blazy was appointed Chanel’s artistic director in December 2024 (the fourth to claim the coveted spot in the French label’s entire 115-year history), he wowed everyone during his debut at Paris Fashion Week’s Spring/Summer 2026. Since then, the fashion cognoscenti have been eagerly anticipating where he would take the brand next. No one, however, could’ve predicted the exact location: New York’s underground.

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Blazy mounted his sophomore show for the maison, the annual Chanel Métiers d’Art, at an abandoned MTA train station. It’s exactly how it sounds: Models strutted up and down the subway platform and in and out of a stationed train, while guests entered through turnstiles before finding their seats.

As with any Chanel show, A-listers flocked to the u

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