ELLE Australia shared the November 5, 2026 scene of seagulls crowing as the sun bounced off the glittering water near The Cutaway in Barangaroo. A whale’s whistle was heard in the distance as ornate Art Deco-style chairs beckoned the gathering crowd to take their seats. Vases overflowing with “plumes of violet snapdragons and vivid orange pincushion flowers” signaled yet another joyful Matthieu Blazy Chanel extravaganza was about to begin.

Reports are that past Elders were in the house, eager to bless the proceedings as Chanel and Blazy showed the new Chanel Cruise 2026/27 Collection [IG], originally unveiled in Biarritz last April.

Guests surely saw visual acknowledgements of the hallowed ground on which the renovated, reopened in August The Cutaway in Barangaroo resides:

We acknowledge Gadigal Country, her lands, sea and sky, we acknowledge her custodians, the Gadigal people, their kin the Wangal, Bidjigal, Cabrogal and Cammeraygal who often visited this Country to connect and share. We offer our respect to their Elders both past and present.

We circle back to Europe now, arriving in the November 2026 pages of Vogue Italia [IG] and its focus on the Chanel Cruise Collection 2026/27 with a story ‘Riviera Mon Amour’. Robbie Spencer styled models Malin Rudnick and Sara Caballero, who were photographed by Ben Toms [IG]. / Hair by Magdalena Loza; makeup by Magdalena Loza