Matthieu Blazy appointed Artistic Director of Chanel
Matthieu Blazy appointed Artistic Director of Chanel
Chanel has announced the appointment of Matthieu Blazy as artistic director of fashion activities for the French luxury fashion house, responsible for the haute couture, ready-to-wear and accessories collections.
Matthieu Blazy trained at La Cambre's atelier Stylisme, parures et accessoire, from which he graduated in 2007.
After a spell at a Catholic boarding school in the countryside, then a military school in England, Matthieu Blazy finally found his calling at La Cambre. During his studies, he took his first steps in the luxury goods industry with an internship at Balenciaga and then at John Galliano. In 2006, at the ITS competition for young talent, Matthieu met designer Raf Simons, now co-creative director of Prada. Simons became his mentor, and Matthieu began designing Simons' men's collections. Four years later, he moved to Margiela's artisanal haute couture line, where he began to deconstruct and play with materials. In 2014, he joined Céline to work on the pre-collections and hone his sense of detail. From 2016 to 2029, he was director of women's ready-to-wear at Calvin Klein. In 2020, he joined Bottega Veneta as director of ready-to-wear design. In 2021, his name became unavoidable, and he was appointed artistic director. In less than two years, he transformed the Italian fashion house into one of the most desirable brands of its time.
In an interview with the New York Times in 2021, Raf Simons - now co-creative director of Prada - described Matthieu Blazy as a ‘genius at human relations’ and a creative mind not afraid to experiment.
