--- description: Find out why Matthieu Blazy is one of the 100 most influential people of 2026. title: Matthieu Blazy: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda70fdd6a4ad9556/69dfaf691558f42901c9fa39/T100-2026-Web-Matthieu-Blazy1.jpg?branch=production --- Apr 15, 2026 # Matthieu Blazy by Margaret Qualley  Carmine Romano—The New York Times/Redux I recently went to the spring/summer Chanel couture show. The collection was dreamy and otherworldly. I got to congratulate Matthieu Blazy after the show and what he said stuck with me: “In times like these, we have to give hope.” I find myself thinking about the path of being relatable and the path of being aspirational. [Chanel](https://time.com/5176149/coco-chanel-biography-orphanage/ "undefined") is aspirational, but thanks to Matthieu it’s maintained its humanity. He hasn’t lost his goodness in order to achieve greatness. Matthieu’s impression is at once intimate and grand. I want to really know him. I care what he thinks. And I’m endlessly eager to see what he makes. Like a good marriage where yearning never dies. _Qualley is an Emmy and Golden Globe–nominated actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/matthieu-blazy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/matthieu-blazy/"},"headline":"Matthieu Blazy","datePublished":"2026-04-15T16:52:18.532Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:45.727Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/matthieu-blazy/","keywords":["TIME 100","list","franchise","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda70fdd6a4ad9556/69dfaf691558f42901c9fa39/T100-2026-Web-Matthieu-Blazy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Margaret Qualley"}],"creator":"Margaret Qualley","articleSection":"TIME100","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda70fdd6a4ad9556/69dfaf691558f42901c9fa39/T100-2026-Web-Matthieu-Blazy1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/matthieu-blazy/","name":"Matthieu Blazy"}}]}] ```