Ayo Edebiri wore a Chanel Pre-Fall 2026 leather look and Matthieu Blazy’s spring 2026 two-tone pumps on her way to Today in New York on Friday. The appearance put Chanel’s newest ready-to-wear and footwear direction in public view while she promoted her Broadway debut in the first revival of David Auburn’s Proof.
Chanel’s spring 2026 pumps
The white-and-black pumps had black patent outlining the topline, a narrow black strip down the vamp, a squared-off toe, a V-shaped vamp and a slim heel. Worn with the rest of the outfit, they gave the look a sharper finish than the usual celebrity walk-in-to-studio uniform.
Blazy’s footwear choice matters here because Edebiri is his first Chanel ambassador, a role she took last October ahead of his debut show for the French house. That makes Friday’s outing less like a random clothes call and more like a public test run for how the house wants his work seen outside a runway setting.
Pre-Fall 2026 in New York
Her Pre-Fall 2026 outfit stayed fully in leather: a collarless jacket with a slightly elongated cut, patch pockets, visible seams and green-and-gold buttons, plus straight-cut pants with buttoned side openings near the ankle. Danielle Goldberg styled the look, and the burgundy top-handle bag and black Chanel sunglasses kept the outfit anchored in the same house language.
The bag added the one clear color break in an otherwise strict palette. That makes the styling read as deliberate merchandising, not just a red-carpet glossed-over appearance; Chanel gets a walking preview of how the collection lands on a working actor moving through New York, not a static campaign frame.
Proof at Booth Theatre
Friday’s stop on Today came as Edebiri promotes Proof, where she stars opposite Don Cheadle as Catherine at the Booth Theatre. The Broadway run gives the outfit a practical setting: she is not only selling a show, she is appearing as a current stage lead with a fashion house now attached to her public image.
The sharper read on this is simple: Chanel is using Edebiri as a visible bridge between runway-season product and everyday press appearances, and Friday’s look did that job cleanly. For readers tracking both fashion and theater, the takeaway is immediate — Edebiri is turning a morning-TV outing into a useful piece of house-facing promotion while Proof keeps her in the middle of New York’s cultural traffic.
