In 1946, when Christian Dior saw the four-storey hôtel particulier at 30 Avenue Montaigne, built in the 1860s for a son of Napoleon, he knew he had to have it for his new fashion house. It was elegant ...

Finally, the Dior Grand Soir Automate Etoile De Monsieur Dior is another beautiful design that shows off the landscape of Paris. The dial displays 30 Montaigne which has its windows set in gold leaf.