Matthieu Blazy Is an Empath Bringing Spirit and Joy to Chanel Spring 2026

The international model lineup in Vogue’s Chanel story includes Abény Nhial, Achol Ayor, Aditsa Berzenia, Awar Odhiang, Bhoomi Yadav, Charlotte Boggia, Dru Campbell, Feng Jiao Long, Luiza Perote and Zaya Guarani, styled by Amanda Harlech in images by Rafael Pavarotti [IG]. / Hair by Karim Belghiran; makeup by Ammy Drammeh

Blazy is an empath; hands down. AOC has written about his leadership style, mixed with his creative curiosity, and prior overt gestures to get the recognition for the women in his Bottega Veneta atelier that they deserved.

A certain circle of ladies — luxury clients — quietly process all these small gestures into our collective memory, weaving our impression of a designer’s values and how s[he] operates in the world at large. Many women luxury clients do not fit this mold.

But ever so quietly — and reliably with increasingly large numbers of women — the designer’s spirit imprint on a brand matters. His or her values spill over onto the client woman wearing the clothes — if you consider that clothes have functioned as totems for thousands of years.