DIOR TEAMS WITH THE LOUVRE MUSEUM TO PRESERVE THE TUILERIES GARDENS

Dior has signed a five-year partnership with the Musée du Louvre to help restore the Jardin des Tuileries, one of the largest and oldest public gardens in Paris. The project will kick off with the reopening of the wooded area that houses 116 trees of four species. Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s creative director of women’s wear, held her FW 2020-21 show inside the lush garden, in a sprawling temporary structure overlooking the octagonal fountain near the park’s entrance on Place de la Concorde. The initiative comes after Dior celebrated nature with its SS 2020 catwalk show that recreated a garden featuring 164 trees, later replanted around the French capital. Located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, Jardin Tuileries were created by Catherine de’ Medici in 1564 and eventually opened to the public in 1667. It became a public park after the French Revolution and today is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List that welcomes 14 million visitors annually.