Chanel autumn/winter 2025: a winter of elegance and comfort

Paris – Chanel presented a glamorous and understated Haute Couture collection at the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday. This is the last collection designed by its in-house creative studio before the highly anticipated debut of new artistic director Matthieu Blazy.

For the autumn/winter 2025 season_ the French fashion house reinvents winter classics and reinterprets its emblematic tweed. This time_ it takes on a woven look in dresses of varying lengths. It also features in long coats_ and low-waisted skirt and trouser suits_ embellished with sequins_ feathers and pearls.

Lighter dresses and skirts_ generally in silk or chiffon and often ruffled_ also form part of this new wardrobe. The collection plays with layering_ with long skirts open over shorter skirts or wide belts with pockets.

All of this is presented in black_ beige and white_ matched with round-toe_ knee-high boots.

This new wardrobe was presented in the Salon d'Honneur_ decorated with wide draped curtains and comfortable beige sofas in the style of last century's haute couture salons. It was not shown in the nave of the Grand Palais_ as is usually the case_ as the latter houses a monumental installation by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto.

Guests included actresses Marion Cotillard and Carole Bouquet_ as well as pop stars Lorde and Gracie Abrams.

The next collection_ presented in October during Paris Fashion Week_ will be signed by Blazy_ who was appointed in December_ six months after the abrupt departure of Virginie Viard.

The discreet and highly respected French-Belgian_ former artistic director of Bottega Veneta_ will have the difficult task of turning the page after Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld reigned over the house for more than three decades until his death in 2019_ leaving the reins to his right-hand woman_ Viard.