After “Enchanted Gardens” in 2025, the exhibition “Christian Dior: In Search of the Colors of Childhood” retraces the couturier’s early years at the beginning of the 20th century in the seaside town. He grew up in the Villa Les Rhumbs, the family home overlooking the sea, which became a museum in 1997.

“My life, my style, owe almost everything to its location and its architecture,” Christian Dior noted in his memoirs published in 1956.

The exhibition traces how the childhood and later young adult memories of Christian Dior shaped his creative choices. His preference for shades of grey and pink, his flair for dressing up, his taste for beachwear, and his attraction to English patterns are all characteristics rooted in his native land. These elements have been reinterpreted by the successive artistic directors of the House of Dior following his death in 1957, from Yves Saint Laurent to Jonathan Anderson.

Nearly 250 pieces have been brought together: dresses, perfumes, photographs, paintings, advertising objects, and sound excerpts. More than a hundred come from the collection of the Musée Christian Dior. Loans have also been provided by Dior Héritage (the fashion house’s archives department), the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Granville, the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation, and the Cinémathèque Française.