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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

Chanel blasts off on new course with Matthieu Blazy debut show

Awar Odhiang on the runway in a silk T-shirt and rainbow-feathered skirt.
Awar Odhiang danced on the runway in a silk T-shirt and rainbow-feathered skirt at the end of the show. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Clutch your pearls. Cover your ears. Talk about a big bang: under a galactic stage set, the designer Matthieu Blazy just blasted the world’s most famous fashion brand through the sound barrier and into the 21st century.

Backstage after his debut, Blazy quoted what Coco Chanel once said when asked why she wore the same tweed jacket day after day. “She said, if I translate into English: ‘I don’t give a fuck. I like them worn.’” This is Blazy’s take on the house Coco founded: Chanel, with no fucks given.

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