Like a theatre of dreamlike illusions, the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2025/26 Ready-to-Wear collection, presented by the Creation Studio, plays on scales of size, length and proportion. Beneath the glass roof of the Grand Palais, an installation designed by scenographer Willo Perron dances over the floor while soaring into the air. With his black ribbon as a monumental backdrop, the collection leans into points of reference and alters perceptions.
From this perspective, a mini jacket in blue, white and pink tweed is worn with exaggeratedly long trousers. A big poplin shirt reaches down to the ankles, a little black tweed jacket trimmed with braid adopts the appearance of a long coatdress with jewelled buttons, and a cape ends with jacket cuffs.
The bow, the ribbon, the pearl and the flower… the collection revisits some of the most cherished House signatures. In every size, bows blossom over the collars and cuffs of blouses and dresses, accumulate on necklaces and down to the ankles of a dazzling black down jacket and sweatpants ensemble. A long white knitted ribbon wraps around a black sweater concluding in a big bow on the shoulder. Other voluminous or openwork (cut-out) bows highlight dresses, cardigans and sweaters. Heels are made of a single pearl, a cross-body bag gives the impression of an oversized pearl necklace, and a set of jewels is adorned with maximalist rhinestones: spirited illusions of scale dominate the collection.
To give body to these trompe l’oeil effects, the collection also explores layering. A three-piece outfit in grenadine tweed consists of a micro-jacket lined with bright red silk, a wrap skirt and a pair of flared trousers. Another in bronze hues includes a tunic and trousers with a skirt buttoned over. A third features a sleeveless blouson gilet and a long ivory slit skirt topped with a miniskirt.
Between contrast and balance, a suit in champagne, black or white tweed is set off by a diaphanous flounced cape in black or white illusion tulle. Here, a blouse and skirt in black tulle are worn over an ecru trouser suit. There, a long shirt with puffed sleeves in white tulle envelops an ecru jacket-dress. Through this transparency, the lines of the silhouette are superimposed and create movement.
Delicacy also intervenes in the shape of chiffon jeans, silk looking like tweed, a print of ribbon motifs floating in the wind and as a hooded parka in black organza embellished with bows. Femininity reigns supreme with sock-ankle boots and a satin bouillonné along the length of the vamp of a pair of shoes. Removable ruff-collars resembling corollas, black wool lace trench coats inlaid with enhanced faux fur, and black sweaters with 3D white petal plastrons punctuate the collection with a poetic touch.
Never far from the universe of fairytales, the Fall-Winter 2025/26 Ready-to-Wear collection conjures up a world of mastery and imagination, all while rendering the House codes sublime.
CHANEL CHANEL FALL WINTER CHANEL Fall-Winter 2025/26 Chanel Show