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Welcome to La Galerie Dior!
The application allows you to enrich your visit and discover exclusive content.
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La Galerie Dior
“When the House Christian Dior first opened, it had three Ateliers under the eaves of 30, avenue Montaigne, a tiny studio, a salon in which to show the dresses, a cabine or dressing room for the models, an office, and six small fitting rooms,” recounted Monsieur Dior in his memoirs.
“Haute couture is one of the last repositories of the marvellous, and the couturiers the last possessors of the wand of Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.”
Newly transformed and enhanced, this “refuge of the marvellous,” the beating heart of the House of Dior since its founding, is now home to La Galerie Dior, a testament to the visionary boldness of Christian Dior and his successors: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri.
For more than 70 years, the collections of the House of Dior have come to life within these walls, starting with the iconic New Look, a revolutionary event in the history of fashion. This silhouette, so named by Carmel Snow, editor-in-chief of the American magazine Harper’s Bazaar, after Dior’s debut fashion show on 12 February 1947, embodies the attitude of a woman who asserts her femininity. Radiant, confident, and aware of her powers of seduction in the post-war period of reconstruction.
Through a singular scenographic narrative, La Galerie Dior captures the spirit of Parisian Haute Couture while perpetuating the memory of this historic address, displaying looks, original sketches, photographs, and archival documents, as well as accessories and exceptional pieces, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.
Dior / Lindbergh
La Galerie Dior is paying tribute to photographer Peter Lindbergh (1944-2019) by displaying more than a hundred of his shots taken between 1988 and 2018. Throughout the visit from room to room, a fascinating dialogue unfolds between the photographs and the looks on show – stretching from Christian Dior to Maria Grazia Chiuri – for a viewpoint over the House’s creations that seems to come alive.
Peter Lindbergh was born in 1944 in Leszno, Poland, and grew up in the industrial German city of Duisburg. After studying at the School of Applied Arts in Krefeld, he started his own studio in 1973 and subsequently moved to Paris. There, he began working with top-tier fashion magazines. Following a naturalist approach to reveal true beauty free from artifice, Peter Lindbergh trailblazed the era of supermodels, with his shots that have since become iconic. “My key subject was women. Zooming in on them, so they can express themselves, affirm their own truth. I chase mystery, seeking a feeling.*” This is how Lindbergh, whose images housed in prestigious museums have made photography history, described his work.
The exhibition, created with the exceptional support of the Peter Lindbergh Foundation, reveals photographs from his legendary series, particularly for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, alongside unpublished archives. It also shares the extraordinary shots planned specifically for Dior in New York in 2018, which had never before been shown to the public.
This unique look back over Peter Lindbergh’s work for Dior is a testament to the subjects of their deep affection: both Dior and Lindbergh alike made a point to emphasise the beauty and unique aura of women.
* Annick Cojean, interview with Peter Lindbergh, Le Monde, 18 September 2010.
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Christian Dior (1905–1957)
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La Galerie Dior
“When the House Christian Dior first opened, it had three Ateliers under the eaves of 30, avenue Montaigne, a tiny studio, a salon in which to show the dresses, a cabine or dressing room for the models, an office, and six small fitting rooms,” recounted Monsieur Dior in his memoirs.
“Haute couture is one of the last repositories of the marvellous, and the couturiers the last possessors of the wand of Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.”
Newly transformed and enhanced, this “refuge of the marvellous,” the beating heart of the House of Dior since its founding, is now home to La Galerie Dior, a testament to the visionary boldness of Christian Dior and his successors: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri.
For more than 70 years, the collections of the House of Dior have come to life within these walls, starting with the iconic New Look, a revolutionary event in the history of fashion. This silhouette, so named by Carmel Snow, editor-in-chief of the American magazine Harper’s Bazaar, after Dior’s debut fashion show on 12 February 1947, embodies the attitude of a woman who asserts her femininity. Radiant, confident, and aware of her powers of seduction in the post-war period of reconstruction.
Through a singular scenographic narrative, La Galerie Dior captures the spirit of Parisian Haute Couture while perpetuating the memory of this historic address, displaying looks, original sketches, photographs, and archival documents, as well as accessories and exceptional pieces, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.
Dior / Lindbergh
La Galerie Dior is paying tribute to photographer Peter Lindbergh (1944-2019) by displaying more than a hundred of his shots taken between 1988 and 2018. Throughout the visit from room to room, a fascinating dialogue unfolds between the photographs and the looks on show – stretching from Christian Dior to Maria Grazia Chiuri – for a viewpoint over the House’s creations that seems to come alive.
Peter Lindbergh was born in 1944 in Leszno, Poland, and grew up in the industrial German city of Duisburg. After studying at the School of Applied Arts in Krefeld, he started his own studio in 1973 and subsequently moved to Paris. There, he began working with top-tier fashion magazines. Following a naturalist approach to reveal true beauty free from artifice, Peter Lindbergh trailblazed the era of supermodels, with his shots that have since become iconic. “My key subject was women. Zooming in on them, so they can express themselves, affirm their own truth. I chase mystery, seeking a feeling.*” This is how Lindbergh, whose images housed in prestigious museums have made photography history, described his work.
The exhibition, created with the exceptional support of the Peter Lindbergh Foundation, reveals photographs from his legendary series, particularly for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, alongside unpublished archives. It also shares the extraordinary shots planned specifically for Dior in New York in 2018, which had never before been shown to the public.
This unique look back over Peter Lindbergh’s work for Dior is a testament to the subjects of their deep affection: both Dior and Lindbergh alike made a point to emphasise the beauty and unique aura of women.
* Annick Cojean, interview with Peter Lindbergh, Le Monde, 18 September 2010.