Courtesy of Chanel

In October, the fashion crowd stood to applaud Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut . And tonight, on a New York City subway platform, they stood clear of the closing doors. Blazy took the industry downtown to an abandoned station for his first Métiers d’art collection for the house. Still, the sight of ELLE cover stars Teyana Taylor , Jessie Buckley , and A$AP Rocky , plus his Chanel-universe wife Margaret Qualley ; Tilda Swinton ; house ambassador Ayo Edebiri ; and more tightly lined up on those wooden benches presented its own head-scratcher for such a glamorous crowd.

Active subway platform or not, NYC remains a poignant choice for Blazy’s sophomore showing. While the city is neither the house’s home base nor a dreamy European getaway, the brand possesses an

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