Dior Gallery

At the entrance to La Galerie is a grand white marble staircase and display cases that house more than 1,874 creations from the French house, including dresses, accessories, bags and shoes. Included are miniatures of iconic designs by the seven couturiers who have passed through Dior’s artistic direction, namely Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri. Dior is the only house in the world to have such a dedicated space.

Christian Dior

Born in 1905 in the seaside town of Granville on the Normandy coast, Christian Dior was the son of a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer and one of his five children. At the age of five, he moved with his family to Paris.

Although his parents hoped he would become a diplomat, Dior had artistic inclinations and began selling his sketches on the street to earn pocket money. When he finished school, Dior took over a small art gallery purchased by his father, where he and a friend sold works by artists, including Pablo Picasso.

After the onset of the “Great Depression” in 1929, the death of his mother and brother, and the collapse of his father’s business, Dior was forced to close his gallery. He then began working with the couturier Robert Piguet until he was called up for military service in 1940.

History of the Gallery

Shortly after joining Dior in February 2018, president and CEO Pietro Beccari embarked on an ambitious project: the renovation of the French luxury house’s flagship on Avenue Montaigne.

After two years, the fashion house has reopened its redesigned flagship in the 1865 private building built by Napoleon I’s son in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

In 1947, the House of Dior opened its first boutique in a fabulous location on Avenue Montaigne. The 4-story mansion was built between 1865 and 1868 for the widow of Napoleon’s illegitimate son (Alexandre Colonna Walewski) and is also known as “Hôtel de Millon d’Ailly de Verneuil”. Prior to the pandemic, it was the best-selling Dior boutique in the world and, naturally, a renovation of this magnitude required thought and planning. After almost two and a half years, it is ready to welcome back the public, more impressive than ever.

Dior’s new 10,000-square-meter flagship now houses a gallery, Monsieur Dior Restaurant and Dior Patisserie, two restaurants led by French chef Jean Imbert, three gardens, a 200-meter guest suite and much more.

The offices have been relocated and will be under one roof on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées (when the new headquarters opens).

The iconic store also offers all categories of products: ready-to-wear, leather goods and jewelry. In short, luxury shoppers and Dior fans alike can eat, sleep, dress and work out at Dior!

How to get to the Dior gallery

Metro:

Line 1 Franklin Roosevelt station
Line 9 Franklin Roosevelt or Alma-Marceau station
Line 13 Champs-Élysées-Clémenceau station

Bus :

Lines 42 and 80, stop Montaigne – François 1er
Line 72, Palais de la Découverte stop

Price: 12 €, free for children under 10 years old

Opening hours every day except Tuesday, from 11am to 7pm.

11 Rue François 1er, 75008 Paris

https://www.galeriedior.com/

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