Chanel, one of the most luxurious fashion brands, returned to New York City to unveil its Chanel Metiers d’art 2026 collection underground in a subway station. The show, held at the abandoned 168 Bowery station, may have been a lot less glamorous than a Parisian fashion show, but let’s be honest, the fashion crowd loves a moment.

In the 1970s, WWD would become one of the first publications to make a point of capturing the urban beauty, decay and decadence of the city in its “They Are Wearing” and “Best of New York” fashion advances. The subway, though not always everyone’s dream chariot, served as a literal and metaphorical source of inspiration for everyday life in New York.

Popular culture has also enshrined the NYC subway in films, Broadway shows and music videos through the yea

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