Tilda Swinton favored an ombré Chanel design for Thursday’s “La Bola Negra” screening during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
The Oscar-winning actress, who also serves as a Chanel ambassador, turned to the French luxury fashion house’s spring 2026 couture collection, curated by creative director Matthieu Blazy. The coordinated look featured an ombré color scheme design, transitioning from a dark blue to white on a textural fabric.
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Throughout the fabric, scratches and dashes of black juxtaposed the white tone. The billowing blouse and wide-leg trousers evoked a type of edgy modernity Blazy has brought to his designs since the couturier’s appointment to the creative director role in December 2024, officially joining the label in April 2025.
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Chanel’s spring 2026 couture collection made its runway debut during Paris Couture Week in January 2026. “I wanted something light, poetic and easily understood,” Blazy said in a preview, per Joelle Diderich’s WWD review of the collection. “Making something light also allows me to dial down the drama.”
Blazy’s couture collection “tiptoed into the daunting task of reinterpreting the most recognizable codes in 20th-century fashion,” Diderich wrote.
The collection “opened with a nude chiffon version of the classic Chanel tweed suit, its translucent layers barely tethered by the fine chains and pearls sewn into the hems. Worn by Stephanie Cavalli, a fortysomething Italian model, it came with a whisper of a quilted handbag, spilling an embroidered note,” Diderich wrote.
“By stripping away brand signifiers like tweed and camellia flowers, Blazy shed the baggage of the Karl Lagerfeld era and sought to return to the essence of the house’s founder.”
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival kicked off on May 12 and concludes on Saturday. The 79th edition of the festival will include films like “Fatherland,” starring Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller, “Full Phil,” starring Kristen Stewart and filmmaker James Gray’s “Paper Tiger.” Demi Moore, Ruth Negga and filmmaker Park Chan-wook serve on the 2026 Cannes Film Festival jury.