CHANEL Métiers d’art 2026 Collection — A New York Homecoming

CHANEL returns to New York with the unveiling of the 2026 Métiers d’art collection, a show that honors the house’s long-standing bond with the city since Gabrielle Chanel first set foot here in 1931.

This season is especially meaningful: it marks Matthieu Blazy’s first Métiers d’art presentation as Creative Director. His vision draws on his own lived experience of New York—a place where theatrical tension, cultural diversity and a fearless sense of freedom exist in a single frame.

A Love Letter to Craftsmanship

Since its inception in 2002, the Métiers d’art collection has been CHANEL’s annual tribute to the artisans behind the house:
the embroiderers, feather makers, pleaters, milliners, shoemakers and jewelers who form the soul of le19M and its 11 extraordinary workshops.

This year, CHANEL partnered with The New York Times T Brand Studio, weaving film and narrative together to spotlight the luminous heritage of French craftsmanship—its delicacy, rigor and enduring poetry.









































































Why Did CHANEL Choose the New York Subway?

One question dominated the industry before the show:
Why would a house as storied as CHANEL present its signature craftsmanship collection in the subway?

The answer is profoundly New York.

New York is one of the rare cities where everyone takes the subway.
You never know who you’ll meet at the next stop—children, students, artists, diplomats, CEOs. People from every background converge here, stripped of hierarchy and pretense.

For lifelong New Yorkers, the subway is the closest thing to a social equalizer.
It is a gravitational field of raw energy, connecting the many layers of the city in motion.

To Blazy, this is the core of contemporary life:
authentic, unfiltered, diverse, and in constant transformation.

Placing Métiers d’art—one of CHANEL’s most exquisite, labor-intensive collections—into this setting creates a striking dialogue between luxury and lived reality, between heritage and the everyday.

The 2026 Métiers d’art Vision

The show bridges Parisian savoir-faire with New York’s pulse:
hand-embroidered patterns catching the glow of station lights, rich textures juxtaposed against industrial tiles, silhouettes moving like dancers through urban pathways.

It is a reminder that craftsmanship is not fragile; it is alive.
It evolves, adapts, and thrives wherever human stories unfold.