Penélope Cruz joined a bevy of high-profile figures in her Chanel garb for the French luxury fashion house’s spring 2026 couture runway show during Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday.
The Oscar-winning “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” star looked to the pre-fall 2026 collection for her look. Cruz wore a coordinated skirt-suit set with a long-sleeve, formfitting cardigan and jewel-encrusted rounded neckline.
Penélope Cruz at the Chanel spring couture 2026 show on Jan. 27 in Paris.
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With shimmering buttons running down the front placket, Cruz’s look transitioned to a midi pencil silhouette skirt with a flouncy hemline. The hem of the skirt featured the same jewel embellishment detailing as the neckline of the knit top.
As for accessories and finishing touches, Cruz wore a pair of pumps from the fashion house’s spring 2026 collection, carried a small black leather bag and capped off her sleek style with cat-eye sunglasses in a shade of black, a final unifying touch to the actress’ monochrome look.
Penélope Cruz
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Cruz has served Chanel as an ambassador since her appointment to the role in 2018. The actress, a regular at Chanel fashion shows, starred in her first campaign for the French luxury fashion house in October 2018, sporting pieces from the label’s nautical-themed cruise collection.
The spring 2026 collection marked Matthieu Blazy’s first haute couture curation with Chanel after he was named the latest creative director of the French luxury fashion house in December 2024. “I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures — the tweed, the jeweled buttons — you can still get to that essence,” Blazy said of the haute couture collection in a preview interview with WWD.
Penélope Cruz
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“Initially, everything was more complex, and during the design process, I kept stripping things away,” Blazy told WWD of the design process for the spring 2026 couture collection.
“I took out anything that felt too heavy. We had made some huge, gorgeous dresses. It’s not that they didn’t work, but I felt the message wasn’t clear. We were losing sight of the essence of the house, which is clothes that women actually wear.”
