India, July 9 -- Chanel is anticipatedly, going through it's strongest winds of change with Maison Margiela alum Matthieu Blazy set to to take over as Creative Director, his debut slotted for later this year in October.

If the Spring-Summer 2025 ready-to-wear collection was anything to go by, Chanel is seemingly toying with the idea of having a few fingers firmly rooted in the camp end of the spectrum, a wild, wild shift from its staunchly stoic and feminine flair. And the Fall-Winter 2025/26 collection, showcased at the currently ongoing Paris Haute Couture Week, happily corroborates this.

The Fall-Winter line was drowning in tweed, and that is no exaggeration. Across the 46 looks, there were hardly 5 which didn't carry tweed - forgiva...