La Galerie Dior is setting the tone in Paris this autumn with a rare moment of fashion dialogue that feels both intimate and monumental. Teaming up with the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation, the house opens its doors to a sweeping double exhibition that traces the quiet devotion Alaïa held for Christian Dior and the lineage of designers who followed.
Alaïa spent decades building a private archive that read like a love letter to couture. Dior sat at the heart of it with nearly six hundred pieces that remained tucked away, until now. More than one hundred of these treasures are stepping into the light at La Galerie Dior where the purity of Dior’s silhouettes meets the sculptural sensitivity of the Tunisian-born couturier who studied them with reverent precision.
At the same time the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation is presenting its own look at the dialogue between the two masters inside their Marais headquarters. Alaïa worked briefly at Dior in 1956 and carried those memories into a lifelong appreciation for the craft he witnessed on avenue Montaigne. Here, thirty Dior designs from his personal archive appear beside thirty of his own works revealing the subtle gestures and shared obsessions that linked them across time.
Curated by Olivier Saillard with Gaël Mamine the exhibitions feel like a rare chance to see fashion history through the eyes of someone who collected, not for spectacle, but for understanding. The result is a thoughtful meditation on form memory and the enduring pull of Dior.
Azzedine Alaïa’s Dior Collection is on view now through May 2026 at La Galerie Dior while Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior Two Masters of Couture opens December 15 at the Alaïa Foundation and runs until May 2026.