GROWING STORIES — CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW26


Inspired by the CHANEL Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture Show.

What captivated me most was not the fairy tale itself, but how it was brought back into everyday life. Exquisite craftsmanship becomes part of the storytelling, allowing each garment to carry emotion, memory, and imagination.

Continuing my elongated horizontal composition, I used intertwining, growing vines to shape the scene, weaving the models together with flowers, bears, chairs, heels, ladybugs, snails, and other small details. Drawn from both the show and my own imagination, these elements become fragments of a story where the runway and a fantasy world begin to overlap.

Rather than depicting a distant fairy tale, I wanted to capture the imagination that grows within everyday life—and the private stories hidden within the clothes we wear.




Linzi Chen