Kendrick Lamar Just Made History in a Custom Chanel Tuxedo at the 2026 Grammys

Since Matthieu Blazy’s knockout debut at the house, the brand has reinvigorated Coco Chanel’s love for a suit or a button-down borrowed from menswear (those Charvet shirts are still on everyone’s minds). The good news is, Blazy’s designs tend to stick the landing no matter whom he’s dressing—and in the process, he’s redefined what Chanel can be. Tonight, it looked like a black grain de poudre tuxedo jacket with a satin lapel, white poplin pleated plastron shirt, bejeweled chain, and Chanel sunglasses.

“The starting point was restraint and intention,” Lamar’s stylist and Vogue’s contributing style director Carlos Nazario tells Vogue. “It was about letting his presence precede him, rather than making a big fashion statement. Confidence without excess, which has been the way he has been thinking about clothes lately in general.”

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Sanchez echoes this sentiment. “We started looking at different ideas and silhouettes for what the tux could be, but ultimately, he wanted to lean pretty classic.” Lamar has yet to wear a strictly classic tuxedo to an awards ceremony, but Sunday’s event felt like the appropriate place to start—and Sanchez explains that Chanel was the only brand that they considered.

Going into the awards, Lamar was the most nominated artist of the evening, winning for best rap album for GNX, best rap song for “TV Off,” and a second consecutive record of the year for “luther” with SZA. By the end of the night, he’d won a career total of 27, officially making him the most awarded rapper of all time, surpassing Jay-Z’s record of 25.

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