The new Palais Galliera and its elegant reception areas

We are delighted to take you today to discover the Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris which we have been eagerly awaiting the reopening and which, on this occasion, is creating an event with the first retrospective ever devoted to the woman who revolutionized fashion, Gabrielle Chanel.

The refinement of a Belle Epoque palace inspired by the Renaissance to welcomeyour receptions.ptions

Ideally located in the very chic 16th arrondissement, not far from the Champs Elysées and its Golden Triangle, the architectural jewel of the Chaillot hill, the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris offers reception areas of great elegance.

In the heart of a lush garden, inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the Palais Galliera presents an aesthetic with multiple references very popular in the late nineteenth century, the "Beaux-Arts style", a mixture of periods, techniques and materials characteristic of eclectic architecture.

The main hall and lounges with monumental bay windows overlooking the Palais de Tokyo and the Eiffel Tower can accommodate up to 80 guests for exceptional mornings, days (Mondays are closed only) or evenings.

In fine weather, the museum's outdoor spaces, courtyard of honor, peristyle, and garden offer an enchanting setting for events of up to 400 people in the heart of the City of Light.

A renovated showcase for fashion in Paris

This building was built by the Duchess of Galliera, a philanthropist, patron of the arts and heiress of one of the most important fortunes of the^Second Empire. In 1879, she undertook the construction of a palace to house her important collection of works of art that she wished to bequeath to the French state. Following a legal imbroglio the collection went to Italy and the Palais Galliera was finally inaugurated in December 1895 as the Museum of Industrial Art. During the following decades, the place was used for various purposes (painting salon, auction room...) before being entirely dedicated to fashion, Starting at 1977.

The museum has undergone many periods of work and redevelopment over the past forty years. The work begun a little over two years ago and completed today, in addition to the renovation of 5,000 square meters of facades and architectural ornaments, allowed the transformation of the vaulted cellars into exhibition rooms, the creation of a second vertical circulation with an elegant staircase linking the two levels of the building, and thus doubling its surface area. The Fashion Museum will thus be able, in addition to the large-scale exhibitions organized each year, to present Starting at the summer of 2021 its permanent collection - renewed periodically due to the fragility of the pieces.

The Palais Galliera holds priceless collections, among the richest in the world. Estimated today at nearly 200,000 works (clothing, accessories, photographs, drawings...), these collections reflect the codes of clothing in France, from the 18th century to the present day, and are regularly the subject of numerous exhibitions in Paris, in France and abroad.

An eventful exhibition dedicated to a fashion and luxury icon

Partly financed by the House of Chanel, exclusive sponsor and committed to this ambitious project essential to the influence of Paris as a fashion capital, the new exhibition galleries in the basement have been named "Galeries Gabrielle Chanel" and it is to this visionary and extraordinary designer that theopening exhibition is dedicated: Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto.

This is the first retrospective in France devoted to the work of a woman who has made her name a universal symbol of fashion and luxury and invented her own recognizable and timeless style based on comfort, freedom and sophisticated simplicity.

Drawn from the Chanel heritage, the Palais Galliera collections and various international museums, the exhibition presents a collection of over 350 pieces from 1910 to 1971. By offering an analysis of her career path, the birth and evolution of her style, the characteristics of her work, her codes and her contribution to the history of fashion, this unprecedented retrospective sheds new light on the lasting influence of the designer who anticipated the evolution of women and their place in society, transformed their look forever and revolutionized the world of fashion, accessories, perfumes, beauty and even fine jewelry.

Discover or rediscover the origins of a timeless style, from the jersey sailor suit of 1916 to the casual chic of the little black dresses of the Roaring Twenties, be amazed by the allure of the sophisticated dresses of the 1930s, but also decipher the Chanel codes, the tweed suit with a band, the two-tone pumps, the quilted bag 2.55, black and beige colors of course, but also red, white and gold... without forgetting the jewels essential to the Chanel silhouette, it's at the Palais Galliera starting today!

Private tours of the current exhibition (Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto until March 2021, Vogue Paris 1920-2020 from spring 2021) organized on request are always very popular with guests and those of the Palais Galliera are exciting, think about it if you want to organize a reception!