Under the vast glass vault of the Grand Palais, Matthieu Blazy unveiled his debut collection for Chanel and with it, a new constellation of codes. The set, a celestial installation of suspended planets and mirrored pathways, refracted light in soft halos across the room. It was less spectacle than meditation: a study in movement, shadow, and the quiet shimmer of beginning again.
Images of the set have gone viral, the kind of beauty that goes beyond the show itself, spreading endlessly across screens. I’ll admit it: I’ve made one of those images my screensaver. There’s something about the serenity of that orbiting light that that reminds me how vast and beautiful the universe can be.
The Skin: Luminosity, Not Shine
The routine began with Sublimage; that house signature of alchemy and touch. L’Extrait de Nuit to restore, L’Extrait de Crème to envelop, L’Extrait Huile Lèvres for softness, and finally La Brume, a fine mist that seemed to suspend time itself. The skin became the show’s first fabric- supple, lit from within, the kind of radiance that belongs only to CHANEL.
Complexion: The Architecture of Light
Over that cultivated glow came Les Beiges Water-Fresh Hydrating concealer, diffused with the Pinceau Teint 2 en 1 – Fluide et Poudre N°101, sculpting a finish that was more transparency than coverage.
Le Correcteur de Chanel, applied with the Pinceau Duo Correcteur Rétractable N°105, softened shadows and refined contours. A trace of Baume Essentiel Transparent, tapped on cheekbones, lids, and temples turned light into texture, the faintest echo of the mirrored runway above.
The Features: Soft Geometry
Brows, defined with Stylo Sourcils Haute Précision and the Pinceau Duo Sourcils N°207, framed the face with that precise ease only Chanel achieves never overdrawn, always intent. Lips whispered rather than spoke, glazed in Rouge Coco Baume either 928 Pink Delight or 914 Natural Charm offering a lived-in polish, an afterglow of grace. Hands carried the same restraint: La Base Camélia, a veil of Le Vernis de Chanel in 111 Ballerina, and a final coat of Le Gel Coat the quiet choreography of refinement.
There was something quietly lunar about Chanels beauty looks, coming not from decoration, but from balance. Under Blazy, Chanel’s idea of polish feels renewed: modern, tactile, and calm. If the set reached toward the stars, the beauty turned inward Chanel has found its glow not in excess, but in harmony.
