giant mushrooms populate dreamlike forest set inside the grand palais for chanel show

Matthieu Blazy stages chanel show inside a fairytale garden

Chanel’s Spring Summer 2026 haute couture show transforms the Grand Palais into a pale, immersive landscape of oversized mushrooms, cascading pink foliage, and gently curving pathways. Following his celestial debut for the house (find designboom’s coverage here), Matthieu Blazy continues to frame his Chanel era through world-building, shifting from a cosmic universe to an intimate, dreamlike terrain. 

Scattered across the pale pink floor, monumental mushroom structures rise at varying heights and diameters. Their sculptural forms act as spatial markers that guide movement and perception. Ribbed undersides, softly rounded stems, and glossy caps introduce a tactile quality that contrasts with the vast iron-and-glass volume of the Grand Palais. The mushrooms scale the space down to the human body, punctuating the openness of the hall with moments of intimacy.

all images courtesy of Chanel

mushroom structures scale the grand palais

Seen from above, the scenography is organized as a series of concentric paths that spiral across the floor. Guests are seated along curved benches that trace these routes, embedding the audience within the spatial diagram, and movement unfolds continuously, transforming the runway into a navigable topography.

A perimeter of cascading pink foliage establishes a porous boundary that softens the monumental architecture of the Grand Palais. This vegetal curtain extends the logic of the dream world beyond pure scenography, aligning with the show’s wider visual language. In the accompanying campaign imagery, animated birds and woodland creatures appear alongside the hands of the French house ateliers, observing the work of stitching, pinning, and shaping fabric. Blazy’s universe frames transformation as a process, recalling a Cinderella-like narrative of patience, care and magic.

giant mushroom structures punctuate the pale pink runway

cascading pink foliage softens the monumental architecture of the grand palais

mushroom forms scale the vast exhibition hall down to an intimate, human dimension

the scenography transforms the runway into an immersive, non-linear landscape

soft curves and muted tones establish a calm, suspended atmosphere

the dreamlike environment dissolves distinctions between architecture, stage, and audience

the set design frames the show as a navigable garden

sheer layers and soft silhouettes move through the dreamlike forest set

the scenography relies on a tightly controlled palette of blush pinks, milky whites, and muted reds

the set reframes the show as an experience of proximity

garden, fairytale, and atelier merge into a single environment

softness and tactility replace excess

project info:

name: Chanel | @chanelofficial Spring Summer 2026 Haute Couture 

designer: Matthieu Blazy | @matthieu_blazy

location: Grand Palais, Paris, France