In a place where nothing is linear, hairstyles from all walks of life are welcomed.

Matthieu Blazy and storied stylist Duffy made sure of this at the Chanel Métiers d’Art show on Tuesday in New York City, where the past, present and future merged in the subway below 168 Bowery to form what can only be described as a parade of playfully diverse beauty .

Flanked by abandoned cars and boarded tracks, models walked the cement platform with teased curls, straight bobs, floppy pixie cuts and everything in between. Here, hair was both an accessory on top of crocodile leather and woven dresses, or a nuisance, something that needed to be tucked under a cocktail hat or pinned in a bun to brave a chaotic commute.

“I wanted to create a kind of happenstance — what we see every morning when we

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